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Matthew MacDonald
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California, USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2015 9:45 am |
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whatis the difference between flat wound, and round
wound strings, and where would you use them.and why
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John Booth
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Columbus Ohio, USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2015 9:53 am
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Matt,
I haven't used "flat wound" since the 60's but they are much duller than roundwound but pretty easy on the fingers.
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chris ivey
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Posted 15 Apr 2015 10:13 am
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| in a pedalsteel world there isn't much finger-on-the-string action, sooo...... |
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2015 10:19 am
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| There are semi-round strings also. I understand they are run through a roller that takes the sharp edge off. |
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John Booth
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Columbus Ohio, USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2015 10:34 am
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I know a fella that still uses flat wounds on his bass, but other than that I don't believe many people are using them. I recommend you don't ESPECIALLY on pedal steel. You need that brightness.
And Chris, "Duh"
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Hal Braun
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Eustis, Florida, USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2015 10:37 am
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I used flatwound strings on my old Richenbacher.. kept bar noise to a minimum and sounded bluesy..
Jazz folks tend to use them for their "warmer" tone.. round wounds are considerably brighter.. which most steel guitar folks want.
I was thinking of trying the "burnished" Irv referred to where they run a roundwound string through a machine to flatten the coils a bit.. they retain the brightness but reduce string noise.
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 15 Apr 2015 10:55 am
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And Chris, "Duh" |
exactly! this is a steel guitar forum. |
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Andy Eder
From:
North Florida, USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2015 11:08 am Flatwounds
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| Flatwounds are very popular with Jazz Guitarists. |
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Dick Wood
From:
Springtown Texas, USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2015 11:41 am
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Round wounds will ultimately go flat.
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2015 11:53 am
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Just on one side, though.  |
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John Booth
From:
Columbus Ohio, USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2015 12:01 pm
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| chris ivey wrote: |
| John Booth wrote: |
And Chris, "Duh" |
exactly! this is a steel guitar forum. |
Ivey, it is not necessary to be an a$$ all the time.
Take a break every other day, will ya?
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Erv Niehaus
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Posted 15 Apr 2015 12:12 pm
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Bless his heart.  |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 15 Apr 2015 2:33 pm
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john, i thought it was you that needed a break from spewing worthless blather continuosly. everyone should back off and let the forum breath a little, rather than constant congestion from the nothing posters.
jmho iirc lmbh lol  |
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John Booth
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Posted 15 Apr 2015 3:34 pm
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Lee Dassow
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Jefferson, Georgia USA
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Posted 15 Apr 2015 5:49 pm
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back in the 60's I used Guild EA610 strings, light gauge, on a couple of fender jazzmasters that I had.
I always thought they were the best flat wound strings for that guitar and for any guitar for that matter I dont think Flat wounds would not be good for a pedal steel. I had a Trini Lopez cherry red gibson ES335 TD with a bigsby arm on it and that stupid head stock that copied fender the Guild no.one string was thre only string that could make that streach.Tennessee Lee
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Lee Dassow
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Posted 15 Apr 2015 6:17 pm
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Double post?
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Dustin Rhodes
From:
Owasso OK
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Posted 15 Apr 2015 8:04 pm
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| Flats are still really popular with bass players and guitarists who play jazz, surf, rockabilly, etc. |
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 16 Apr 2015 6:43 am
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I bought a Fender Precision bass back in 1955 and the first thing I did was put flat wounds on it. Those round wound bass strings were hard on the fingers.
BTW: I just sold that bass to Redd Volkert in Austin, TX. |
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Dustin Rhodes
From:
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Posted 16 Apr 2015 6:55 am
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| Erv Niehaus wrote: |
I bought a Fender Precision bass back in 1955 and the first thing I did was put flat wounds on it. Those round wound bass strings were hard on the fingers.
BTW: I just sold that bass to Redd Volkert in Austin, TX. |
Depending on what you're doing flats can be hard on fingers too. Significantly more friction with flats on your fingertips. |
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Roger Crawford
From:
Griffin, GA USA
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Posted 16 Apr 2015 6:57 am
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