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Topic: Flat Wound Strings |
Hank Ruf
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Little Elm, Texas USA
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Charlie McDonald
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out of the blue
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Posted 14 Nov 2014 5:11 am |
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I'd say because they don't have the tone.
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Jim Bob Sedgwick
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Clinton, Missouri USA
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Posted 18 Nov 2014 5:46 pm
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| I've never tried them on a steel guitar, but I tried them on a standard 6 string guitar years ago. They were dead right out of the package. I assume they would be the same on a steel guitar. Surely would get less bar drag noise though. |
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 19 Nov 2014 8:24 am
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| They just don't have the "crispness" of tone preferred by most steel players. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 19 Nov 2014 9:06 am
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Yes, I think they sound rather "dead" right out of the pack. I tried them back when I started, but quickly learned that good blocking and picking harder takes care of most all of the string noise caused by using round-wound strings.  |
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Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Posted 19 Nov 2014 9:12 am
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One of these days I'd like to try a set of Elixers or other coated strings on Pedal Steel.
I've noticed Just Strings sells Elixer singles, so you could order a set made up of singles. |
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Ken Pippus
From:
Langford, BC, Canada
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Posted 19 Nov 2014 12:44 pm
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| Not sure how long the coating on Elixirs will stand up to metal bar friction. On the earlier sets, I found the coating came off standard guitar strings earlier than I would have liked. |
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Bob Russell
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 20 Nov 2014 5:01 am
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I love them for lap steel and would be curious to hear them on pedal steel. But I've never seen a set prepackaged for pedal steel. Does any company sell a ready-made set of flats for E9?
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Chris Templeton
From:
The Green Mountain State
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 21 Nov 2014 3:20 pm
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| If Thomastik-Infeld made a set, I'd try them. I've got a Jazz buddy who loves them! Says they're bright, and last forever. I kill American-made flat wounds in a day or two. You open a pack of Tis, and immediately see that they're made to a much higher standard than American strings. It's obvious. Of course a set of TI pedal steel strings would probably cost 40 bucks or more. But I use them on my 6-string guitars. and they hold their tone, and last 4 times as long as American strings. So the cost difference is negated. |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 21 Nov 2014 4:30 pm
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Interestingly, Black Diamond used to make gold flat wound bronze strings, I used to use them an a National steel body acoustic. They sounded great for that old Mississippi bottleneck stuff.
Too bad they are no longer being made.
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 21 Nov 2014 4:47 pm
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| Yeah Mike. I used them when I got a studio call. But then took them off, as they were dead within a day! |
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