Round Wound Vs. Flat Wound | Which Guitar Strings Sounds Better? | Guitar String Comparison
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2021
- In this video, I show you the difference in sound between round wound strings and flat wound strings. I use a Heritage 516 as the example. You'll first hear it with the round wounds and then I switch to the flat wounds. I prefer flat wounds for jazz and also show you the custom gauges I use when I restring my guitars. Which strings sound better to you? and what do you prefer on your guitars? Leave me a comment! Thanks for watching!
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Very informative- thank you Rich. Look forward to a video on pickup adjustment
I appreciate your beautiful playing and I do think the Flats with the heaver top strings sound bigger and warmer. Thanks!
I love how you beatbox during legato. I use this as my metronome as well when I have no accompaniment. Thank you so much for sharing and doing your channel!!!
Beautiful sound with the flats. This music just warms my soul
Cool video and comparison! I've been wanting to try try flatwound strings ever since I started practicing bebop for a fuller bottom end type of sound.
Thanks very much for posting this session! Of course, everything you play sounds beautiful regardless of the strings. Thing very much for this this very informative presentation!
Thanks so much. Beautiful playing, too!😊😊😊
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Thank you for that comparison. I could not detect much of a difference after comparing back and forth a few times. Both sounded beautiful. Just my opinion.
Always flat on archtop!! Love it!. Thanks Rich
I've always thought that flat wound strings are great for chordal and comping. Round wound strings are great for chord melody and single notes. But now I'm rethinking things.
The d'addario chromes are hexcore. Other flatwounds like TIs are round core.
I find a set of 12s or even 11s work fine but recently put on set of 12s on big L5 size archtop and gets a great voice.. A big part of getting a great tone is learning to play with weight.
Hi Rich, I am just in awe at how effortlessly you run through those songs, Beautiful playing. you said the action is nice and low but could you please give the heights of the 1st and 12th fret on the treble and bass E's. I just want an idea of just what nice and low means. I have just finished building my first 17"archtop guitar and have the action set comfortably low but would like to know if i can go any closer and still not buzz. Thank you for all the great videos you and your son have put out I find them very informative and enjoyable to watch. Thanks so much!
Thanks for this video. Apropos- I am trying to find the strings that give me the sound I want and I agree the flat wounds sound just like I'm hoping to get my guitar to sound.
I to prefer the flat wounds. I took your suggestion on the custom set plus the washers on my Herb Ellis !65. Like the other comment below I would like to see a video on your pick up adjustments. Take care Harry
Awesome as always Rich! I like flats on archtops especially Thomastik 12 gauge. On solid guitars like my Telecaster which I also use for jazz, I use Thomastik 12 gauge round wounds ala Ted Greene. It sounds awesome!
Neck pickup is also ‘forward’ or closer to the neck- as in a Gibson L4. Shally
Great playing; mellow as jello. I prefer flats on an archtop but no way could I use light gauge 9s; at least 11 or 12s for an archtop.
Thanks for the video so could hear the difference. What would have been most helpful would gave been greater detail as to the setup. You said pickup height looked OK to you. Well I'm not you so what did you see to make that conclusion. You said the neck and nut needed adjustment....from what to what? It would be so much helpful for you to describe the goal and how you got there. Thanks again for comparing the strings. Having purchase a set of your custom set would really appreciate the steps to a setup that makes best use of them.