FOR JAZZ Guitar players: Guitar setup.

[Phil]

now i cn say.. that tone is in the wallet!!! :-Dhehehe

how much are flatwounds there? It's not cheap here too.

[jazhombie]

now i cn say.. that tone is in the wallet!!! :-Dhehehe

how much are flatwounds there? It's not cheap here too.

oo nga, mahal.. tapos ang dali pang kalawangin, lalo n pag-pawisin...   

[brianb]

now i cn say.. that tone is in the wallet!!! :-Dhehehe

how much are flatwounds there? It's not cheap here too.

I use GHS Eric Johnson Signature semi-flats, 11-52.

P280/set.

[jazhombie]

now i cn say.. that tone is in the wallet!!! :-Dhehehe

how much are flatwounds there? It's not cheap here too.

I use GHS Eric Johnson Signature semi-flats, 11-52.

P280/set.

sn mo nbili sir?
 

[brianb]

now i cn say.. that tone is in the wallet!!! :-Dhehehe

how much are flatwounds there? It's not cheap here too.

I use GHS Eric Johnson Signature semi-flats, 11-52.

P280/set.

sn mo nbili sir?
 

I order them from MGD: http://talk.philmusic.com/board/index.php/topic,47618.0.html

[Phil]

now i cn say.. that tone is in the wallet!!! :-Dhehehe

how much are flatwounds there? It's not cheap here too.

I use GHS Eric Johnson Signature semi-flats, 11-52.

P280/set.

can we please hear it?  soundclips?

[brianb]

hindi ata bagay string bending pag pure unadulterated jazz tugtugan. smooth jazz, fusion, blues pwede. 

I have a VCD of Barney Kessel and he bends quite a bit.

[jazhombie]

metheny din rare sa bending.. kaya pag may part na nagbebend cya prang 1/2 step lng ang kya..hehehe! 

[Jaco D]

Hi Jaco!

Guitar-wise and bass-wise, flatwound strings are pretty much one and the same - referring to a certain process the strings are made. Flatwounds have a ribbon-like winding along the core string. It's like metal fettuccini rather than spaghetti wrapped around the core, producing a more mellow sound and feel smoother and silkier under the fingers.

Like bass strings, the guitar flats are also available in a variety of gauges, ranging from .010s to either .014 or even .015s.

There's nothing wrong with what you're doing to approximate that sound. But it's still a different experience to play a properly-setup guitar with a really good set of flats, as Phil narrated.

Thanks for the inputs, Deac.  What confused me then was the fact that when a guitar player mentions "flats", more often than not you could expect the phrase "high tension" to be close by.  Tapos "high tension" normally gets associated with thicker guage strings so that's how I associated "flats" with heavy guage strings.

Hmmm, interesting.

[Phil]

oh ... did I mentioned you can bend flatwound .11s? ....well  for my brand though. 

[brianb]

oh ... did I mentioned you can bend flatwound .11s? ....well  for my brand though. 

Does your set have a wound G? .011's aren't that stiff, especially if you put them on a Gibson-scale guitar. They feel like a .010 on a fender.

Now, I just put a .014 top E on my guitar (alongside the rest of a .011-.52 set), just for kicks. I can't imagine bending that (I have small hands), although for regular non-bendy licks it's fine. Sounds nice too.

[Phil]

yes it's wounded.

I would disagree about the stiffness though. I have a Fender Am-Deluxe with Fender Bullit .10s in them and it's softer than the .11s in my Gibson. I can bend 1.5 note up with the .10s w/ my strat and the .11s barely at one full note....but gets easier when you go up the neck.