PittPastor
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I've bounced around to a bunch of different strings on the Savoy, and can't say I've found the one that made me shout Yahtzee yet.
I started with the flatwounds that came on it, which I am pretty sure were the D’Addario ECG25 Chromes Flat Wound, Light that come with it. I mean, the bridge protective paper was still on this guitar, so I'm guessing it was never really played. That would make them basically unplayed, but three years old.
Weird thing happened when I played it for awhile. I developed flat callouses. If that's a thing. My fret hand's callouses got flat and squareish. I'm not kidding. Like I had a small square eraser under my skin. That's an extreme description, but I could feel edges on my callous. Which was odd, but fine -- unless I fretted the chord a little diagonal from the callous edge, and then it would really hurt. Like a string was cutting into me hurt. If I hit the callous on the flat part, it was like I felt nothing at all. Come a little bit on an angle, and wow! I don't know how to describe it -- but it hurt.
I took it to have Stuart Day do a setup, and when he asked me what to put on it, I said to put regular bronze phosphor strings on it. I played that for awhile. Sounds was actually better acoustic. Plugged in, I couldn't say because I didn't play the flat wounds very much. My callouses went to normal shape. It was a lot like playing my dred. But, I was getting the squeak when sliding. And because of the radius difference, it seems harder to do things like bends.
I switched them out recently for a new set of Elixr -- still rounds. Pretty much the same thing. Squeak is a little better. But still takes quite a bit to get a good bend.
I'm wondering if I should go back to the flat wounds? Maybe a newer set would give a better experience.
What are you all playing on it? (Or anything like it.) Anyone ever go Silk and Steel on a Jazz archtop?
I started with the flatwounds that came on it, which I am pretty sure were the D’Addario ECG25 Chromes Flat Wound, Light that come with it. I mean, the bridge protective paper was still on this guitar, so I'm guessing it was never really played. That would make them basically unplayed, but three years old.
Weird thing happened when I played it for awhile. I developed flat callouses. If that's a thing. My fret hand's callouses got flat and squareish. I'm not kidding. Like I had a small square eraser under my skin. That's an extreme description, but I could feel edges on my callous. Which was odd, but fine -- unless I fretted the chord a little diagonal from the callous edge, and then it would really hurt. Like a string was cutting into me hurt. If I hit the callous on the flat part, it was like I felt nothing at all. Come a little bit on an angle, and wow! I don't know how to describe it -- but it hurt.
I took it to have Stuart Day do a setup, and when he asked me what to put on it, I said to put regular bronze phosphor strings on it. I played that for awhile. Sounds was actually better acoustic. Plugged in, I couldn't say because I didn't play the flat wounds very much. My callouses went to normal shape. It was a lot like playing my dred. But, I was getting the squeak when sliding. And because of the radius difference, it seems harder to do things like bends.
I switched them out recently for a new set of Elixr -- still rounds. Pretty much the same thing. Squeak is a little better. But still takes quite a bit to get a good bend.
I'm wondering if I should go back to the flat wounds? Maybe a newer set would give a better experience.
What are you all playing on it? (Or anything like it.) Anyone ever go Silk and Steel on a Jazz archtop?