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On a whim I decided to throw a set of flat wounds on the old geetar
Thing is the gosh darned G string is way out of tune although the tuner said it was good - the open chords did sound fine.
That A chord w the root on the 12th fret A string and its octave - the octave note was sour.
I didnt notice but the D / G / B / in the set were lighter gauge than my previous set

Of course I did this before practice .......

Any thoughts or comments ?

Thanks
tom

Have you re-adjusted the intonation after putting on the flatwounds?

Bill, tgo

Use a regular G string.

Dozin wrote:Use a regular G string.

Thanks
What are you doing for your guitars string-wise ?
I like the idea of flat wounds to help set me apart from the Jerry
Im fumbling around on them now ...

lbpesq wrote:Have you re-adjusted the intonation after putting on the flatwounds?

Bill, tgo

Thanks Bill
Im gonna try that reg G string for the heck of it but the intonation was what I was thinking also

Dozin wrote: ↑Thu Mar 18, 2021 3:51 pm Use a regular G string.

But be careful (when I suggested the same to Mrs. Jon S., she slapped me).

Weir uses a plain G string

Don’t most string brands use plain Gs? Isn’t the wound G the unusual one? What planet is this?

Bill, tgo

Pyramid use to provide both but I haven’t seen a set with the plain G in awhile

https://www.stringsandbeyond.com/pyram ... 12-52.html

Rukind is a great place. However, I think most members use the Facebook forum now.

No Facebook for me.

What’s Facebook?

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Bill, tgo

Jon S. wrote: ↑Fri Mar 19, 2021 8:58 am No Facebook for me.

You couldn’t pay me to have a Facebook account. Never had one, never will.

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