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Post by Chilly Gibbons (Todd T.) on May 16, 2021 7:35:21 GMT -7
Dave’s thread (Kroil) made me think of this and didn’t want to hijack his discussion. I have these on my bass guitars and love them. Anyone use them on regular 6 string? I’ve wanted to try it for about a year now, never can seem to remember to... Thoughts?
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Post by Ridgeback on May 16, 2021 7:49:06 GMT -7
Started using them about ten years ago on Fender offsets and G style semi and hollow bodies. I found that whether they are an improvement or not is very guitar specific rather than model specific (e.g. not every Jazzmaster or Jaguar I owned liked FWs better). They completely transformed a couple of guitars for the better. The Gibson Byrdland was the most dramatic night and day impact. Currently, I only have FWs on my Gibson ES-175 but I will probably give them a try on my Collings when string change time rolls around next time.
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Post by BritInvasion on May 16, 2021 9:13:34 GMT -7
I use flatwounds on my Rickenbacker 12 string. Great for getting the vintage '60's tones.
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Post by spencer096 on May 16, 2021 9:54:36 GMT -7
I did when I was studying jazz in college. 14’s from Thomastik Infeld on an epiphone Joe pass w Seth lovers going into a modded fender deluxe reverb reissue (2nd channel was a “dumble” ods mod…vibrato taken out and a mid boost and presence added, reverb only worked on “normal” channel).
I played w a very mellow Dunlop jazztone pick or my fingers. Was smack dab in wes territory. Couldn’t bend em at all tho. I thought they sounded decent w low gain too.
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Post by zpilot on May 16, 2021 14:49:59 GMT -7
I have flatwounds on my Jazzmaster. It gives it a cool vintage vibe that was common in the '60s when I first started playing guitar. It just makes that guitar so different from my others which is the point of having different guitars. Don't you agree? Not necessarily better, just different. I think they are Thomastic Infelds. Pricey, but worth it.
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Post by Chilly Gibbons (Todd T.) on May 16, 2021 15:29:33 GMT -7
Sounds like most have used them on short scale guitars. I guess they wouldn’t be too practical for strats and teles where you need snap and treble, but I could be wrong.
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Post by spencer096 on May 16, 2021 16:51:17 GMT -7
Sounds like most have used them on short scale guitars. I guess they wouldn’t be too practical for strats and teles where you need snap and treble, but I could be wrong. Pretty sure jimmy Vaughan uses flats on his strats
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Post by nicholas on May 17, 2021 6:15:15 GMT -7
I use flat wounds on my ES330. Thomastik-Infeld Jazz swing 10's. I really like them on that guitar. For the cost I'd say just grab a few pairs and see what you think. You'll either like them or you won't.
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Post by Chilly Gibbons (Todd T.) on May 17, 2021 14:00:36 GMT -7
I use flat wounds on my ES330. Thomastik-Infeld Jazz swing 10's. I really like them on that guitar. For the cost I'd say just grab a few pairs and see what you think. You'll either like them or you won't. Totally agree. I have the Thomastiks on one of my basses and can attest to their quality.
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Post by spencer096 on May 18, 2021 10:25:17 GMT -7
I use flat wounds on my ES330. Thomastik-Infeld Jazz swing 10's. I really like them on that guitar. For the cost I'd say just grab a few pairs and see what you think. You'll either like them or you won't. Totally agree. I have the Thomastiks on one of my basses and can attest to their quality. yea i had TI's on my p-bass, which were phenomenal...but did switch to labellas, and don't think i'll be going back.
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