I just put flat wounds on my 88 Custom and love it! Am I nuts? I use them on my Es 165, 335- Midtown Kalamazoo and Es 125. I never seem to read about the use of them on a Paul. Tell me what you think or have found. I play mostly a so called Jazz style of late.....
How many of you use flat wounds on yer Les Pauls?
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lonesomesheik
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I turned to flats on my 335, and I intend to do so on my R4 as well. On his Newport Strat , Dylan was using flats as welll...:hmm:hmm:hmm:hmm
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They are great for getting that smooth warm Jazz tone. Sliding licks instead of bendy ones.
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I use 13 TI flats, on my LP recording guitar pretty consistently
sometimes on my LP Artist too.
both have highs to spare, so I can dial up or back
have also been playing around with some tape wound 12s, sort of a hybrid between round and flats soundwise-and very soft tenstion-wise
sometimes on my LP Artist too.
both have highs to spare, so I can dial up or back
have also been playing around with some tape wound 12s, sort of a hybrid between round and flats soundwise-and very soft tenstion-wise
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Great for Jazz, horrible for Rock
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I've just put Pyramid's 11/48 (flats) on my R4, and Ho god, you can get the whole Chuck Berry repertoire at the tips of your fingers ( Maybe not Van Halen, I confess), Champ or Mesa don''t matter much!!!! Not to speak of the historic Chess Sound, and many more who came after, I sure won't get back to round wound (Xcept for my beloved 00028, see avatar :jim):salude
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Tell that to the Beatles and all those other British Invaders.:hank
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Used them on my Fenders in the mid sixties, on my first L-5 in the seventies and on the Barbour ES-5 since the eighties. After setting up some of Ritenour's guitars about eight years ago, I started keeping a Strat set up with his 52-42-32 Chromes and 17, 13, 9 custom gauge mixte set. Last year for fun I put the same hybrid FW set on my Standard and it's fun! No fret noise and cool jazzy tones.
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I've been thinking about using them on one of my guitars. My band plays ALOT of oldies from the 50s & 60s. Which P/U would Y'all recommend P-90 or humbucker? 335, LP or SG?
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Our bass player uses them on his Fender P-bass, Rickenbacker 2001 & real 64 Hofner. Man, they sound good!
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Always have them on my P-Bass, love 'em on my ES-5, they're great on Fender's... haven't thought to try them on a Les Paul yet. I'll have to do that.
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I would recommend LP & SG with P90; with a335with humbuckers, it is more jazzy, a 335 AND P90 shoud be quite interesting:hmm:hmm:hmm Anyone tried it???
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Well, a 330 is kinda like a 335 with P-90s. That might be a great place for flatwounds!
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Never on a LP, but now I'm intrigued...
suggestions for a flatwound brand/gauge set for a Standard w/humbuckers? Currently its set-up for nickel-plated steel .010 - .046?
suggestions for a flatwound brand/gauge set for a Standard w/humbuckers? Currently its set-up for nickel-plated steel .010 - .046?
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I've got Pyramid flat wounds on my 12 string Ric. They sound like that guy in We Five- "You Were on My Mind". Being my age and my band's material, I think I'll do a semi hollowbody, probably a 330.
I'd still like to try them on a LP. Maybe a 56 ri.
I'd still like to try them on a LP. Maybe a 56 ri.
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I'm sorry to insist, but you should try an LP with P90s (a la R4), I could recommand Lollars, but I'm partial!:jim
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& yes, of course Pyramids, 11~48 is no brainer with a bridge tail piece combo a la R4, and even the 12~58 is extremely sweet on my Peerless Charlie Christian Special.