Thinking of FlatWounding

[Abe]

Seriously still loving my PRS and really dialed in some interesting tones with it. However I feel like I have the itch to change from the roundwound 10-46's to flatwound 11's like I used to use back in the day. Except I think I want to try these Medium GHS Brite Flats . Perhaps warm and dark with a touch more brightness than other flats? I wonder. I'm even thinking of just getting a second guitar to be my darker more jazzy flatwound stringed axe.

Anyone here tried the GHS Brite Flats?

 

[Abe]

The guitar in question to be flatwounded is a fully hollowbody SE btw. Seems like it could be fitting. I've recently strengthened my fingers a good bit so I might like to jazz out. In the late 90's I was using D'addario Flat Wound 11's. Finding out about these GHS brite Flats has piqued my interest.

 

[TheCraftsman]

Not tried the GHS but I did put some Thomastik Infeld js110 on my Gretsch HB a couple months ago and they play really nicely.

 

[Greywolf]

I love flatwounds for jazz , have them on 2 . I tried them on my HBII and didn't like them .

 

[Sybo]

I am a fan also!

 

[Zoot Allures]

I have Thomastiks on my SE HB. Absolutely love them (and the HB!).

 

[show_a_little_faith]

Personally, I'm not a fan of flats but if you liked them in the past then I'd definitely say go for it!

 

[Kiwi]

I'm a fan of flatwounds, and I have them on my PRS Archtop II (and a big ol' Gretsch hollerbody, of course).

I'd save yourself some disappointment with other brands and go straight to Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Swing set, in 10 or 11 size as you prefer.

I used to play D'Addario and GHS but they sounded too dull - that flatwound sound people hate.

T-I strings are juicy and have some zing - they're for people who think they hate flatwounds.

Caution: T-I strings are eye-wateringly expensive. But they last forever!

=K

 

[Abe]

I'm a fan of flatwounds, and I have them on my PRS Archtop II (and a big ol' Gretsch hollerbody, of course).

I'd save yourself some disappointment with other brands and go straight to Thomastik-Infeld Jazz Swing set, in 10 or 11 size as you prefer.

I used to play D'Addario and GHS but they sounded too dull - that flatwound sound people hate.

T-I strings are juicy and have some zing - they're for people who think they hate flatwounds.

Caution: T-I strings are eye-wateringly expensive. But they last forever!

=K

Whoa. Like $35 per set.

 

[Kiwi]

Whoa. Like $35 per set.

Warned ya! This also leads to some interesting decision paths:

If you break a wound T-I string, you will be HAPPY to pay $7 to $9 for one replacement string, to save the set. (Ask me how I know.)

But ask T-I users. We think they're worth it, for the sound, and because they last so long. (*)

=K

(*) Unless some idiot owner winds a new string too tight and snaps it.

 

[Jwd98056]

I have Ernie Ball Slinky Cobalt Flatwounds on my S2 Mira. They are avilable in 9's, 10's and 11's. I like them a lot and I didn't seem to loose much brightness compared to the roundwounds I had before. They are $19.99 a set.

 

[Abe]

I guess my question would be if the GHS Brite Flats provide $14.29 worth of string in comparison. 25 years ago it was D'Addario FlatWounds until eventually changing to Round 10's.

Actually I think I decided I'm gonna spare the guitar I like playing the most of the torture, and string up this Ibanez with the 11 flats instead.

 

[Kiwi]

I guess my question would be if the GHS Brite Flats provide $14.29 worth of string in comparison. 25 years ago it was D'Addario FlatWounds until eventually changing to Round 10's.

Actually I think I decided I'm gonna spare the guitar I like playing the most of the torture, and string up this Ibanez with the 11 flats instead.

Did you clear it with the boss, in the picture, upper left?

=K

 

[Abe]

Did you clear it with the boss, in the picture, upper left?

=K

Hmmm, D'Addario now makes Semi Flatwound / Half Rounds as well. Interesting.

 

[dogrocketp]

D’Addario half rounds were my archtop mainstay for many years. They were the best of both worlds.

 

[Abe]

Nay. The Ibanez wasn't cutting it.

Went with the D’Addario Semi-Flat Half-Rounds.

 

[Abe]

I like what I like.

The crescent and star symbol for me is just celestial. I'm not a religion follower. Just like the Yin-Yang for me is about self-perpetuation of interconnected oppositeness, rather than me being Chinese. (The guitars were made in China though.)

MeoW. ᓚᘏᗢ 【≽ܫ≼】



One set up for lighter roundwounds and the other with heavier semi-flatwounds. Different relief, action, intonation, pickups heights, and strings. I found this model to fit like a glove after having played a 335, an Ibanez Artcore and an EKM10T for hollowbodies that just never fit me. So the blue one now has the darker jazzier sound of flats and is good for making the rhythm tracks in recordings. A solidbody Gibson Les Paul is what I mostly learned on for many years and I like these so much better. The hollow PRS helped me retrieve the spark. I'm done buying axes now for a good while before I can have dollars squirreled away for consideration of a Core PRS.

Loving it.



The Charcoal Burst's Serial # is made up of my birth year, and the Blue Burst's my area code. I feel this celestial connection to my PRSs.