Members chuck1016 Posted March 30, 2010 Members Share Posted March 30, 2010 So I'm continuing my cycle of rediscovering guitars and I decided to pull my Artcore AS73 out of the closet. Over all it sounds pretty good, but it still had an annoying buzz and a thin-ness that I just can't pinpoint. I swapped the pots and caps a while back to better match the 90s I have in it, I've fiddled with amp settings and volume/tone settings and it's almost there...but not quite. Just for curiosity's sake I put .11-.50 flat wounds on it and voila! no more buzz, big beefy bottom end is back, nice snappy attack, it sounds fantastic and feels more...I dunno, solid. Granted, I'm not bending notes like I usually do, but that might be a good thing to change up at this point. I was always under the impression that flat wound strings were to blame for the dead, muffled tone of contemporary jazz players but I stand corrected. You have to intentionally remove all hint of treble to achieve that sound I don't think I would put flats on any of my other guitars, but they seem to be just what my semi needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rex Machete Posted March 30, 2010 Members Share Posted March 30, 2010 I think most of us here would never try flat wounds, but now I'm intrigued Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Doctor Morbius Posted March 31, 2010 Members Share Posted March 31, 2010 I use them on a couple of my Strats. Love 'em. They really bring out the tone and they're great for tremolo picking and surf music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I.P. Freeley Posted March 31, 2010 Members Share Posted March 31, 2010 Hey, if they're good enough for Luther Perkins. I'd be willing to give them a go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted March 31, 2010 Members Share Posted March 31, 2010 As of right now, I have flats on my #1 strat and on the strat I've been playing the most lately (because of a new neck and new pickups). They are definitely a lot different sounding than rounds... but bending is kind of a pisser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SirJackdeFuzz Posted March 31, 2010 Members Share Posted March 31, 2010 I am using D'Addario 13-56 FLATT wounds (w wound G) on my Gibbo SG. I love it . . . the feel and the tone.I got a set of 12-52's that i want to try next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Moobox Posted March 31, 2010 Members Share Posted March 31, 2010 Using D'addario half rounds .12's on my artcore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bluesidae Posted March 31, 2010 Members Share Posted March 31, 2010 Yup, have them on my Godin Kingpin and love em! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ashtray Posted March 31, 2010 Members Share Posted March 31, 2010 I put flats on a tele once - didn't like em much and ended up selling the guitar bc of it. In retrospect I could have just put regular strings on it and keep it! Hahaha. Oops! The flats were kinda cool but just not me. I might try them again one day - but only on a guitar I don't mind selling. Hehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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