Wound Third

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GHS Nickel Rockers? I think they make 'em as light as 11's.
 
Thunder33 said:
Just curious, what is wrong with the D'Addario?
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I can't find them locally.

I'll order them online if I have to, I was curious if I had any options.
 
EZ, what kind of music are you playing using the wound third?
 
Zaphod B said:
EZ, what kind of music are you playing using the wound third?
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The really good kind. :)




I'm not in a band anymore. I write and record my own stuff, so categorizing it would be impossible. If I feel like recording a rap song, I do. If I feel like recording a hardcore/thrash song, I do. For the most part it is hard rock kinda stuff.

Here is a link to my last band. The bulk of it is not too far off from that.
 
Cool stuff, EZ. Well done!

Lots of wah action goin' on. Are you on vocals as well?
 
apl said:
Hey, ez_, do check out Snake Oil Brand Strings. Shoot an e-mail the head cheese (Dean Farley) and he'll take care of you. He set up me up with a set of 11-14-18w-28-38-50 for the Epi archtop.
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Whaaaa??? APL's endorsing a company that isn't Carvin? As far as I know, Carvin doesn't make strings, but if they did, then can I safely assume you'd be all over that?

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I've always wondered how octaves would sound on the A and G strings if it were wound. You'd probably have to get the guitar set up for it. As far as brands, I dunno. You can get the strings individually and instead of getting a plain G string, you can get a really light gauge D string. Never tried that, so I don't know.
 
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IronFlippy said:
Whaaaa??? APL's endorsing a company that isn't Carvin? As far as I know, Carvin doesn't make strings, but if they did, then can I safely assume you'd be all over that?

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I've always wondered how octaves would sound on the A and G strings if it were wound. You'd probably have to get the guitar set up for it. As far as brands, I dunno. You can get the strings individually and instead of getting a plain G string, you can get a really light gauge D string. Never tried that, so I don't know.
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The wound G sounds richer. It very nice for rhythm.
 
apl said:
The wound G sounds richer.
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The main reason for a wound G is that many guitars (particularly Fenders, in my experience) produce some really terrible overtones and ringing on an unwound G. There was a long, technically inconclusive discussion about this among techs and pros on the FDP a couple of years ago and the bottom line was that the best way to make it go away completely was to use a wound G. The trick seems to be to get one with a small enough core to still work as commonly expected with the typical .010" set. Personally, I've never felt the expense and hassle of finding string sets like that was worth it, but I can definitely attest to the problem being real.
 
bongolation said:
The main reason for a wound G is that many guitars (particularly Fenders, in my experience) produce some really terrible overtones and ringing on an unwound G. There was a long, technically inconclusive discussion about this among techs and pros on the FDP a couple of years ago and the bottom line was that the best way to make it go away completely was to use a wound G. The trick seems to be to get one with a small enough core to still work as commonly expected with the typical .010" set. Personally, I've never felt the expense and hassle of finding string sets like that was worth it, but I can definitely attest to the problem being real.
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The vintage pole piece on the Strat single coil pickup is cut for a wound G. I had a Duncan Vintage Staggered Strat and a wound G on my Mustang back in the day, and it sounded great, but had no bending durability.
 
Zaphod B said:
Cool stuff, EZ. Well done!

Lots of wah action goin' on. Are you on vocals as well?
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Not lead vocals in that band.

Big Down Low started out as The Poorboys then morphed into BDL with a Hammond player and a different drummer.
 
apl said:
The vintage pole piece on the Strat single coil pickup is cut for a wound G.
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And more accurately, it's spaced for a traditional nickle alloy (nonferrous/nonmagnetic) -wound G. The introduction of stainless and plated-steel windings created all sorts of interesting sonic "artifacts" with pole-compensated vintage Stratocaster pickups, most notoriously "stratitis." ;)

The specific unwound G problem to which I was referring is a different matter, and it's of sufficient weirdness that I don't completely accept any one explanation I've heard for it. :confused:
 
bongolation said:
And more accurately, it's spaced for a traditional nickle alloy (nonferrous/nonmagnetic) -wound G. The introduction of stainless and plated-steel windings created all sorts of interesting sonic "artifacts" with pole-compensated vintage Stratocaster pickups, most notoriously "stratitis." ;)

The specific unwound G problem to which I was referring is a different matter, and it's of sufficient weirdness that I don't completely accept any one explanation I've heard for it. :confused:
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Those Snake Oil strings I linked to above use nickel windings.
 
bongolation said:
The specific unwound G problem to which I was referring is a different matter, and it's of sufficient weirdness that I don't completely accept any one explanation I've heard for it. :confused:
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Huh, I don't want to get too into it, but it always just seemed to me like the unwound G string just doesn't have enough tension at pitch to sit still in the nut, no matter what down angle it has.
 
All my guitars have 12-52's with a wound G, except my Fender Jag which has Flatwound 13's. I have big hands and play pretty hard. The wound G works better for me.
 
freshmattyp said:
All my guitars have 12-52's with a wound G, except my Fender Jag which has Flatwound 13's. I have big hands and play pretty hard. The wound G works better for me.
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Heeaavvy!!
 
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