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Noisy Cat · . Joined: 25 Aug 2011 Posts: 614 Location: East London

Who plays with these? I've just ordered some packs of D'Addario 11–49 with wound Gs. Plain Gs have always sounded a bit dull to me, particularly on my Jaguar. Ima try them on my Jazzmaster as well.

theshadowofseattle · Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 5:49 pm Post subject:

WOUND G IS BEST G.

It's all I use. D'Addarios with wound G - 10's for 25.5", 11's for 24"
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YuriK · . Joined: 12 Dec 2013 Posts: 2344 Location: nyc

Ive thought of using them but I think itd become harder to do crazy bends
I like crazy bends. I use eb regular slinkys
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BearBoy · Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 8:24 pm Post subject:

theshadowofseattle · Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 10:35 pm Post subject:

I think about 100 years ago Paul_ posted that a wound G is more of a "Team Player" and it was the perfect assessment.

An unwound G sounds off.
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YuriK · . Joined: 12 Dec 2013 Posts: 2344 Location: nyc

Ill try them out
The g string always seems to be out of tune anyway, maybe its meant to be wound
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Gabriel · . Joined: 11 Apr 2010 Posts: 3168 Location: NYC

I use a wound G on my hollow body, but not on my other electrics. I used to but one bridge is compensated so a wound G won't play intune and I've not tried one on my strat. To be honest though I don't think I'd get on with them on my solid bodies, they do stop me bending strings so much but the increased tension just feels a little weird when playing different styles of music.

mixtape · . Joined: 04 Feb 2012 Posts: 678 Location: Chicago

I've avoided them till now. The G seems to be my favorite string to bend, so I'm not sure how well I'd get on with them. Lately a 10-52 set has been feeling just right to me, although I could see stepping that up to a set of 11s without a wound G.

finboy · Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 6:43 pm Post subject:

I use flatwounds with a would g on my casino, but I can't imagine switching to them on most other electrics, clearly I'm not in manland

NickS · Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 7:37 pm Post subject:

The D'Addario .010 set I use on the acoustic guitar has a wound 3rd. I don't normally use a wound 3rd on electrics; I prefer the twang of a plain string.

The original staggered polepiece pickup I thought was designed for a wound 3rd which is one reason a plain 3rd is dominant with the staggered polepieces. Many cast bridges are designed to intonate with a wound 3rd.

MatthewK · Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 1:36 pm Post subject:

12s with wound G or GTFO.

cur · . Joined: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 7296

MatthewK · Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 2:26 pm Post subject:

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moogmusic · . Joined: 14 Nov 2011 Posts: 465 Location: Edinburgh

YuriK · . Joined: 12 Dec 2013 Posts: 2344 Location: nyc

srv played 13s
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YuriK · . Joined: 12 Dec 2013 Posts: 2344 Location: nyc