Brad Little
Senior Member
Just put a set of George Benson TI Flatwound .014s on my Artist Award. They're probably the first flatwounds I've used in at least 35 years, maybe more. The only time I'm sure I used them was in 1965-66 when I had a Hagstrom solid body, didn't like them. I may have tried them when I had my 40s Epi Zephyr Deluxe Regent, but that was traded away in '75.
Anyhow, I was using PB roundwounds (I use it mostly as an acoustic rhythm guitar) and generally like these little better. However, the low "E" string sounds dead compared to the other strings, at leas when played by itself. When played in full chords, the balance is good, so I wonder if it's intentional to keep it from standing out in a crowd, so to speak. I have used the GB .012 round wounds on my Guild X-170 and didn't notice a similar trait. Before I change out this string for another (I have spares for all the wound ones), I thought I'd see if anybody else has had a similar experience.
Brad
Anyhow, I was using PB roundwounds (I use it mostly as an acoustic rhythm guitar) and generally like these little better. However, the low "E" string sounds dead compared to the other strings, at leas when played by itself. When played in full chords, the balance is good, so I wonder if it's intentional to keep it from standing out in a crowd, so to speak. I have used the GB .012 round wounds on my Guild X-170 and didn't notice a similar trait. Before I change out this string for another (I have spares for all the wound ones), I thought I'd see if anybody else has had a similar experience.
Brad