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Originally Posted by Chickee
Nobody on the Electric guitar sub forum knows flatwounds and their benefits to certain guitars better than Steve DeRosa. Period.
But, they are an acquired taste, like escargot. Lower action? OK, I get the physics’s of the shape vibrating in a different space. The TAK-TAK-TAK sound they make, reminiscent of the fifties and early sixties semi hollow guitar slingers and jazzers has its allure to some, I’m sure.
So don’t feel like you are giving up the ghost, Perry. Variety is the spice of life!
And if the string height is on your mind, go with a set of 10-48 or 9.5-46’s. You don’t need a 54 on the bottom. It’s an electric guitar after all, not a dreadnaught!
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I had 10-46s on my Historic Gibson ES-330 and they sounded great. Just like any other guitar, the Casino needs to be set up for the strings that the OP is going to use. I sold my ES-330 to buy my Gretsch 6120T '55VS, but I wish I never sold it because it sounded great. Just couldn't afford to keep it! I didn't like flatwounds on that ES-330. The strings I used were Pyramid Maximum Performance.
https://www.stringsandbeyond.com/pyr...ght-10-46.html