Members gardo Posted September 22, 2015 Members Share Posted September 22, 2015 I once tried a set of nickel wrapped electric guitar strings on an acoustic guitar.. It was the cheapest tinniest worst sounding guitar I ever heard. I couldn't get them off fast enough.. BUT after checking around I became curious about flat wounds. "Thomastik-Infeld Swing Series Acoustic/Electric Jazz Guitar Strings offer mellow timbre, yet powerful tonation with a super smooth true flatwound feel resulting from the polished nickel wrap wire around a round core. This legend of jazz guitar strings was designed specifically for semi acoustic and acoustic jazz guitars"I may not have a "jazz" guitar but it is acoustic and I have been searching for a certain sound so why not give them a try?.Because they go for about $25 a set that's why.Well a little more looking and I read that some people have used D'Addario Chrome Flatwounds on acoustics. One person described the tone as "more vintage". They go for about half what the others cost and they have a wound 3rd string so I took a chance and am quite glad I did.. The 6th string is in the tone range of what I want and the bass is strong but less of a ringing tone, I guess that's a jazz tone . I like it No squeaks with flat wounds either.Next time I'll probably go for the Thomastik-Infeld strings,but that could be a while as chrome lasts a good long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted September 22, 2015 Members Share Posted September 22, 2015 You might also want to try d'Addario Flat Tops: http://www.juststrings.com/daddarioacousticguitarflattops.html. They're regular acoustic strings that have been ground to be partially flat. Also about half what the Thomastik-Infelds go for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikeo Posted September 22, 2015 Members Share Posted September 22, 2015 I once tried a set of nickel wrapped electric guitar strings on an acoustic guitar.. It was the cheapest tinniest worst sounding guitar I ever heard. I couldn't get them off fast enough.. BUT after checking around I became curious about flat wounds. "Thomastik-Infeld Swing Series Acoustic/Electric Jazz Guitar Strings offer mellow timbre, yet powerful tonation with a super smooth true flatwound feel resulting from the polished nickel wrap wire around a round core. This legend of jazz guitar strings was designed specifically for semi acoustic and acoustic jazz guitars" I may not have a "jazz" guitar but it is acoustic and I have been searching for a certain sound so why not give them a try?.Because they go for about $25 a set that's why.Well a little more looking and I read that some people have used D'Addario Chrome Flatwounds on acoustics. One person described the tone as "more vintage". They go for about half what the others cost and they have a wound 3rd string so I took a chance and am quite glad I did.. The 6th string is in the tone range of what I want and the bass is strong but less of a ringing tone, I guess that's a jazz tone . I like it No squeaks with flat wounds either. Next time I'll probably go for the Thomastik-Infeld strings,but that could be a while as chrome lasts a good long time. I use d'Addario exp phosphor bronze lights on my acoustics, but on a Jazz box like my Godin 5 Ave Kingpin I have d'Addario Chromes. Make it sound very jazzy indeed. You won't find much squeak anymore, on cated strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted September 23, 2015 Author Members Share Posted September 23, 2015 You won't find much squeak anymore' date=' on cated strings.[/quote'] This is true, they were going to be my next move if the chromes didn't work out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted September 23, 2015 Author Members Share Posted September 23, 2015 You might also want to try d'Addario Flat Tops: http://www.juststrings.com/daddarioacousticguitarflattops.html. They're regular acoustic strings that have been ground to be partially flat. Also about half what the Thomastik-Infelds go for. I looked at those as well but wanted to get away from bronze & phos bronze and try something different this time.. Who knows what the future holds,I may well end up with them sometime? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted September 23, 2015 Members Share Posted September 23, 2015 Electrics don't sound too hot on acoustics. Even heavier gauges sound tinny. Silk and steel are pretty cool sounding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted September 23, 2015 Author Members Share Posted September 23, 2015 WRONG AGAINFlatwounds sound great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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