Roundwounds vs Flatwounds For Rockabilly - Let's swap and see!
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- Опубликовано: 12 авг 2024
- Cliff Gallup used Flatwounds, Grady Martin did (I believe firmly!) and many others surely did including Scotty Moore and Chet Atkins, but you wont expect to hear Brian Setzer using them! Are they a thing for rockabilly or best kept for jazzing? I know I enjoy a good flatwound string, but often find myself switching back to rounds. Checkout my demos and let me know your thoughts!
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00:00 Intro
00:24 Random discussion
00:37 Aliens and my Case Tag
00:55 Ok It really starts here
02:05 A little bit about the gear used
02:52 Demos on Regular wounds
05:14 - Flat wound Introduction
06:04 - Flatwound Demos
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I much prefer the flats, it's just got that vintage sound.
Nice!! Thanks Dan!!
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Flat wounds have that Cliff Gallup sound
Agreed!
The flatwounds seem to have a warmer, deeper tone. Kind of tames the steely highs of the round wounds.
Great comparison video Adrian
Thanks man, yeah they are both different - I genuinely enjoy things about both!!
why do you play so fast?
I don’t know. Perhaps, because this way my playing is over sooner!!
I personally like flatwounds on my Esquire (a rewired 90s Mexico fender with a Seymour Duncean pickup) and roundwounds on my Gretsch 5420 and my 50s East German jazz guitar.
When I first played flats, I hated the feel of them, but now I really like it.
But i don't know if I'm just imagining it or if the fault is mine, I can't play dirty/distorted with them, it just doesn't sound good.
Really interesting video, Adrian. Love this guitar. I like the regular wound for straight up rockabilly (slightly dirty strings even better?). But when things start skewing country, Merle/Chet, Western Swing, I like the flatwounds. Especially middle and neck. I like the different sound of the pick attack and the percussive nature of the bassier notes and chords.
Really interested in how my Tele with Texas Specials (Br and neck) would take. Definitely worth the $25 USD price of admission!Also, I wonder how pure nickels would sound on the Duo Jet. I’m thinking great.
I’m finding small changes in setup make monster changes in playability and tone. So polish those frets, folks. Again, aces!
I think I had pure nickels on my 6120 and they were fantastic! What were they?! Regular wounds but a darker or brighter tone? I can assure you your tele with flats will sounds great. Bright bitey pickups sound especially good with flats I reckon, because it’s a SUPER vintage tone
Agree with your sentiments about rockabilly and then the older stuff!! Well said!!
Have a great day Richard and thanks for commenting :)
@AdrianWhyte The Algorithm is truly a humbling place. I'd just started looking around for flatwounds while also searching out some R'Billy tunes and this popped up in my feed 😀 Nicely done, though a side-by-side edit is always nice for these A/Bs.
You said nright & bitey/ Dynas w flats. What would you say w/ P90s on my Epi 295 gold?
Read an interview w Scotty where he said he always played flats, which makes sense for that percussive thing he had goin.
Don’t believe the haters. I could totally see the difference after the social media transition 😂
Interesting video. I think the string/pickup combination is important. Flats + dynasonic single coil versus Flats + filtertron humbuckers.
Absolutely - Bucky Pizzarelli used flats + filtertrons and it’s a very buttery sound, a little too buttery for me as a player but loved listening to it!
man those flats create a weird semi-muted pop sound when picking (Way more obvious on the bridge). Sounds almost like you're chicken picking with a towel shoved in a hollow body. They sound way better on the neck where there is already a fuller low frequency zone and the snap isn't as noticeable. Either way... not a fan of those flats for rockabilly. They just down have the bright gretsch twang I like. Bad@ss video though, man. Keep it up
Thanks dude! Yeah it’s hordes for courses, there’s some things I love about both. I’ve kept the flatwounds on for playing jazz, it’s an awesome unique tone but I probably dug the rounds in the first half for this video!
Wow that sounded so cool!!!! I wish I could do that. Please make a video on that
I actually felt what you were feeling. lol
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That’s awesome man I will check it out. I’m still stuck on the play the changes video you made I’m trying to incorporate it the scales into my improvising loop station so I can get used to throwing it in randomly when need be.
Really wanted to hear some string bending. My flatwounds(10's) seem really taught on my 6120 and I wanted to see you bending the strings and to give your opinion
Yeah I find the same, I don’t know whether it’s the material or the guage, but certainly if your third string is wound - fahgettaboutit!!!!
@@AdrianWhyte thank you Adrian. Im a blues player converted to rockabilly and use flatwounds only on my 6120. So I'm used to bending up a lot. I'll put some roundwounds on and see if I get the attack and bend that I'm used to. 🤝
do you feel the difference on your fingers, when you play?
You actually really do! Flat wounds have a lovely smooth feel!!
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Cheers Cc!!
I split the difference and use half rounds.
I keep thinking that’s a joke but they are a thing aren’t they? I’ve never used them!!
I might throw some flatwounds on my modified Turser Hollowbody.
You’ve probably got enough guitars to give it a go! 🤓
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I hate flats. They’re so dull and lifeless. Had them on a 175 and stromberg master 400 (copy) I’m now a rotosound convert.
I’ll have to give rotosounds a go! Great tip!