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Originally Posted by steelvibe
I’m curious about these strings. What style do you play 121?
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Not sure I can put a name to what style I play.
I use a flat pick and play tunes like Satin Doll, Girl From Ipanema, Summer Time, early Beatles, early Stones and some blues.
I strum chords and ad lib lead parts in between vocals parts.
One part of my lead playing style is slide blend picking.
Maybe slide blend picking is not the proper term but it's sliding the fret fingers with pressure on the strings from note to note, slide blend.
When using round wound, ground round or coated strings, finger pressure on these slide blends causes that annoying string squeak.
Reduced finger pressure can mitigate or alleviate string squeak but it also mitigates or alleviates the slide blend effect.
I like flat wound strings because there's never any irritating string squeak.
I favor the Dogal strings over the Galli because in all three of the Galli string set sizes I've tried (AJF1047, AJF1150 and AJF1252),
the 3rd string (flat wound G) the surface has been rough enough that the very slightest string squeak can be detected.
It's more noticeable in the AJF1150 and AJF1252 sets I've tried.
I did contact Galli (in Italy), but I don't know if the issue has been solved.