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Johnsterl · 19th November 2010

Hey all.
I have a 76 Hummingbird that I was looking to get a Beatles' J-160 type recording tone out of. Knowing that they used flatwounds on those acoustic guitars with a p-90 on board, I decided to experiment. I put on D'Addario Chrome XL Flatwounds (.012 - .052). These are rated Warm/Mellow on the package.
The results were amazing. The tone is booming unplugged. The Hummingbird is neither the loudest nor quietest acoustic normally, but the tone is great. With the flatwounds it feels like a really well set-up electric gretsch neck. Great for playing 50's, 60's style licks and leads. The string gauge is roughly the same size as the GHS white bronze I usually use, so no problem there and now, no string sliding noise either. Anybody else tried this type of setup? Results?
Cheers.

19th November 2010	#26
Johnsterl Gear interested Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 2	Electric Strings on Acoustic Hey all. I have a 76 Hummingbird that I was looking to get a Beatles' J-160 type recording tone out of. Knowing that they used flatwounds on those acoustic guitars with a p-90 on board, I decided to experiment. I put on D'Addario Chrome XL Flatwounds (.012 - .052). These are rated Warm/Mellow on the package. The results were amazing. The tone is booming unplugged. The Hummingbird is neither the loudest nor quietest acoustic normally, but the tone is great. With the flatwounds it feels like a really well set-up electric gretsch neck. Great for playing 50's, 60's style licks and leads. The string gauge is roughly the same size as the GHS white bronze I usually use, so no problem there and now, no string sliding noise either. Anybody else tried this type of setup? Results? Cheers.