7 string flat/half wound sets?

[s2y]

I'm inching closer to picking up a Greg German archtop. He normally uses a half-wound set with a .070 woundwound B. D'Addario's flatwound set was a little light in his opinion.

Other alternatives?

[Steve DeRosa]

Try these:

http://www.juststrings.com/lab-800-7.html

FWIW you can also get D'Addario .065, .075, and .080 flatwound singles to add to your favorite Chromes set - a 12-52+75 or 13-56+80 might be a viable option; unfortunately everything else is geared toward the headbanger crowd, so that's just about it for the jazzers...

[s2y]

Originally Posted by Steve DeRosa

Try these:

http://www.juststrings.com/lab-800-7.html

FWIW you can also get D'Addario .065, .075, and .080 flatwound singles to add to your favorite Chromes set - a 12-52+75 or 13-56+80 might be a viable option; unfortunately everything else is geared toward the headbanger crowd, so that's just about it for the jazzers...

Gotcha. Thanks. Yeah, very limited indeed. I think the tail piece can only accept up to a .070. I might have to stick with a roundwound 7th string.

Not too many non-metal 7 string players. It took me a while to find out that D'Addario also made the only coated .070 acoustic string.

[Steve DeRosa]

Originally Posted by s2y

...I think the tail piece can only accept up to a .070. I might have to stick with a roundwound 7th string....

Or not; I took a look at the two different tailpieces Greg German uses on the DB models (I assume that's what you're getting) and it shouldn't be a problem for him to enlarge the slot/hole to accommodate an .075 low B if necessary - heck, it you've got any woodworking skills you could probably do it yourself. If you're going the George Van Eps route with one of those Stromberg/D'Angelico models (I love the one he's got on the website) that metal tailpiece might present a problem - again, if you or a friend has machine shop/gunsmithing skills that too is an easy fix...

Post some pics upon arrival...

[s2y]

Originally Posted by Steve DeRosa

Or not; I took a look at the two different tailpieces Greg German uses on the DB models (I assume that's what you're getting) and it shouldn't be a problem for him to enlarge the slot/hole to accommodate an .075 low B if necessary - heck, it you've got any woodworking skills you could probably do it yourself. If you're going the George Van Eps route with one of those Stromberg/D'Angelico models (I love the one he's got on the website) that metal tailpiece might present a problem - again, if you or a friend has machine shop/gunsmithing skills that too is an easy fix...

Post some pics upon arrival...

It's Greg's DB7.

Hard to say if the mismatched string is an issue or if I really eant to get a .075 without playing it first.

[s2y]

Bumping. I asked a D'Addario rep if they'd ever consider a .070 half-wound for my archtop 7 or a .070 80/20 EXP for my 7 string acoustic. Out of the blue, I get some of these on my door step!

[Steve DeRosa]

Great idea - I might just hit up LaBella for a custom short-scale "1954" (.052 -.110) bass set for my Gibson...

[s2y]

If LaBella won't do it, Curt Mangan can wind short scale strings. I have a 32" scale 7 string bass and the low B, E, and A strings have a shorter winding so they can fit in the tuner. The rest of the strings are standard winding because the tuner is out far enough and they're thinner.