Teles were originally built to be played with flatwounds with a wound g string. I played my then new 1967 tele with flatwounds it came that way from Fender. And they sound great with them.
I have a tele.. I play on the couch unplugged a lot too.. I've been having issues with fret buzz.. and I've been considering flatwounds.. the stars aligned and this video answered all my questions. And not to mention my name is also David!! Wtf thank you for posting this!!
Fun Fact Flatwound Strings came as early as 1874 by Hamilton. They were originally made to replace the Gut strings on Bowed stringed instruments because they last many times as long, hold tune better, & the flat surface increases the contact area w/ the bow resulting in faster response.
I don't know shit, so take that well into consideration: The tilt would've only tilted the wrong way he needed. Raised the action, right? I've never had a working tilt thinger so, like I said... heavily salt that.
Until the late '60s most guitars were shipped with flatwounds. In the 1966 catalogue, Fender mentions all their guitars (except short scale) are equipped with "smooth round wound 12-52, costing a whopping $5.50 a set, which in 2019 would equal to...$34 ! The bass strings ? $18.00 a set (=$112 in 2019 !!! Double bass string price)
They changed them when they broke. J. Jamerson kept his LaBellas for a decade and when a string finally broke, he sent it back to the manufacturer asking if they could solder it...
@@ChurchillCigar I remember watching an interview with John Taylor of Duran Duran where he mentioned after Bernard Edwards from chic passed he was given one of his basses with decades old strings until a tech clipped and replaced them so he could clean the bass
I've always ran 13-56 stainless flats on my Tele... I run the 3 barrel a little high and have a Bigsby neck shim in it... Almost everyone who's played it says " oh, wow... There's so LITTLE tension, and the action is SO low"... Man, I love that guitar!
1:25 OK so we're going to restring this Telecaster w/ D'addario ECG-23 XL Chromes Extra Light Gauge Flatwound Electric Guitar Strings. Fender Guitars were originally meant for these strings, & it's really interesting on how Dave bought this Telecaster back to its original Glory.
@@cawfeedawg Sorry yeah, that much I know, thanks. I have some of those. It sounded like there might be more to Dave's story, though, and he never got back to it.
When I played back in the mid-60s, I used flat wounds all the time. I liked the fatter tone and they eliminated the string 'whistle' when moving around the neck. They were also easier on the fingertips and didn't chew up picks as fast as regular strings.
I did too. I had an ES-125T and the guitar shop guy told me it should have flatwounds on it. No idea what gauge whatsoever. They were so heavy they tore my callouses up! I just didn't know no better. First time I put Fender 150s (.010s) on a guitar I could not believe the difference. Wow! I can _bend_! Amazing!
I also play flatwounds on my tele. 10-48 is a really light set. I usually do a custom set, because a wound G is no use to me. I buy the set that comes 12-52, and thrown the low E away. I move all the strings up one space and add a 10 on the high E. So effectively I get 10-12-16-24-32-42.
tenderstems I have to play Stainless Steel strings, because I’m allergic to Nickle. I use SS 12’s and have to add the unwound G...gets expensive building custom sets of strings!
I have two telecasters, one with the pots flipped like this one, AND I use Chrome flatwounds on both. It’s a Ted Green Thing. I use Dave’s setup procedures, I ain’t 😱 afraid of no truss rod!
They feel flat, as if the thick strings are unwound. They sound woody, thuddy, percussive, and somewhat dull. They have higher tension, and often include a wound G string. The wound G is quiet on some guitars, which is why vintage staggered pickups have a super high g pole piece. They're pretty unique if you've never tried them and they can absolutely nail some 50s and 60s tones. People hate on them because they haven't been standard for decades and aren't ideal for typical blues licks... The same reason other guitar gear gets hate 90% of the time. I liked my flatwounds when I tried them, however they are somewhat limiting, tonally. Oh, and they don't bend much. On my 24 inch Jag, I got 11s (which usually feel like 10s on a Strat), and they felt like 12s on a 25.5 inch guitar. The wound G and D string were especially tight.
08/17/2020: For over 10-years, I have put D'Addario XL strings (EXL119-3D): 10, 13, 17, 26, 46 on my guitars. I put them on a Fender Stratocaster (Made in the USA), and on a Gretch 5420 full Hollowbody with Bigsby, and always loved the smooth feel, and no string buzzing, and no string squeaking when playing (like Acoustics guitars do). Yes, they are a little harder to hold down, and a little harder to bend strings, and they are a little more bassy. But, I love them. I bought a 2018 MIM Fender Telecaster, Players Series with Pau Ferro fret wood, and I put the Flat Wound Chromes on it. With all my guitars, I never had a problem with setting them up. Nope, no shimming the neck, etc. Routinely with any new guitar I buy, I always take a factory stock guitar set up (always bad), and set the pickup height, and then set up the bridge for string hight (3/32) and set the Intonation perfectly (I use "compensated barrels" for perfect intonation on Telecaster). Once that is done, I never have to do it again. I can put these Flat Chromes strings on, or I can switch to lighter round wound strings with no problems. I did not have to do all the work you did on your Telecaster. Anyway, the Flat Chromes are great strings that feel smooth with no string squeaking, and no fret buzzing, and they don't wear fret notches, but a little harder to play and bend strings, and a little Bassier or duller sounding. PS: with all guitars, if the player has a very hard pick attack, then he will get string buzz. Lighten up, and see how that reduces buzzing.
Nice one Dave! I use flats, as well as rounds on my Strats and Teles all the time! Beautiful thick, punchy, and chimey sound. Think Curtis Mayfield, Luther Perkins, and Motown. The George and John used flats on their Gretches and Rickenbackers. Tuning and intonation are more stable too. Fenders came factory standard with .013-.054 flats from the late '40s until the early '60s. I never had intonation issues with a 3-saddle vintage Tele bridge. Using thicker strings helps. I use .012; sometimes .013. Intonating both E strings and the D string tends to put things right. On the music production side of things, I have found that guitars and basses recorded with flats tend to sit much better in the mix, and need less eq and compression/limiting. Thank for this one!
Been using flats since 1958 - no squeaks or squeals, faster action, fuller tone, last longer, easier on the fingers - no brainer really - just my 10 cents worth anyway!!
I also generally play unplugged on my electric and was getting fret buzz on low E and A around the 2nd 3rd fret. Factory spec is 5/64 but if I nudge to 6.ish/64 its more or less fixed. I could lower it again or mess about with string gauges but never even considered that it wouldn't be audible or an issue plugged in. Now I'm going to have to go get the hex's back out again aren't I.
I used flatwounds to get extra bassy tones for Doom metal. I used a 7 string set and threw out the high E. The bottom B string was a .064. It unfortunately absolutely wrecked my guitar as the shop I brought it too did nothing with it (but charged me anyway). Anyway. I'm here to tell yall that flat-wounds are awesome and to try them out. They're a little stiff and sliding is harder without some kind of string lube but I found reduced hand noise and Xtra Thicc guitar tones were an excellent trade off.
I dave it's nicola trans girl from the UK I have been watching your videos from 2017 you blow me away with your set ups you are fantastic I wish you and your family .
It’s interesting to hear of you using flat wounds today. I played flat wounds on my Les Paul and my Aria ES-335 clone back in ‘66 and ‘67, but changed to round wounds when they became more readily available. I played 11’s back then, 9’s now with my arthritis, lol (I’ll be 70 in July). I’m sure they’re better now, but the flats were very stiff to play back then. I always enjoy your videos, and I also get a lot from your Facebook Fun Stuff group.
Jim in Cornwall Check out Pyramid Strings, they do a pure nickel flat and round . . The tension is less ! I’ve similar issues and use 1150 flats on a Lester and Telecaster, but you have to be careful on fitting . . Do Not Cut To Length before wound to tension (use an under over locking wrap). I’ve started using their 1254’s on another Lester, but that’s slide only . . Do make certain of nut clearance on the 3rd as it’s wound/wider !
@@rallypoint1 People say that, but most Jaguars and Jazzmasters came from factory with big shims in the 60s, and have no issue today. Maybe it has something to do with the truss rod being located at the heel. I've only actually seen a couple of examples of ski ramps on guitars, and I think one or both were actually basses with headstock truss rod adjustments.
Definitely! I have them on all 3 of my Teles, my Gibson SG, and my Gibson ES-137. Been using flats for years. To me they just sound better. Give it a try.
I play a tele acoustically and just love the sound and mojo it has. If I could get that sound electrically I would be very blissful. I raised the action a tad to get the slight buzz out.
Not sure what you mean - but if you have a hollow body Tele have you tried a cheap piezo disc taped to the body? £0.27 plus soldering ... You can squeeze them a little in a wood sandwich and then tape to body ... The pressure seems to make the piezo pick up different frequencies like a crossover filter. Or rest the neck against a cardboard box - that will amplify quite a bit and mic the box :-)
@@stephenhookings1985 Great ideas. I have a solid body tele. I usually sit in a solid wood chair and press the body on the frame to amplify the sound. The chair resonates to create a beautiful warm tone that I cannot get with regular pickups. I will try a piezo to see if I can capture that sweet mellow tone.
From Leo: I have one that I run Chromes on. I use a set of 12's and add a .010" to high E and throw away the thickest .052. It ends up with a plain 3rd string so intonation stays fine. Very smooth for jazz comping with no boomy thump if my thumb hits a little too hard.
I hadn't ever heard that one and for what ever reason I never thought of swapping out the bottom E. I have a touch of arthritis and 12 to 52 on a Tele is more than I can bend any more. Thanks for the tip Barb, I have a use for that pack of strings now.
@@MrSmiley1964 So basically you are running a 010 in the normal High E, the 012 that comes in the set is your new B string.the plain .016 that comes in the set becomes the G string. the Wound 024 becomes D, etc. You end up with a 10-42 flat wound set with a plain 3rd that does not throw off your intonation. Those old thick strings were to get the volume up so the guitar could be heard with the band. After electric guitars were invented and Leo Fender started selling the Twin Reverb, hearing the guitar player has never been a problem. We can play comfortable strings all we want.
I have a 2006 MIM tele. I've been using those very same flats for years. (I'm a Beatle freak and wish I could afford Pyramids). In the sixties we all played on Black Diamond flats in North America. Good, good strings. Best paying from Dave ever. Real, real nice. See, you only need 21 frets and flats on a Telecaster. Anyone know the reason why Mexican teles have only 21 frets?
I use to use flat wounds all the time on my jaguar .I didn't know anything better back in the 70 80 up three. ERLY 2000s. Am I the only one that was that back in time?or am I that old?
I’ve used flats on a Tele before, and seeing this I’m going to slap a spare set I have knocking about on my Blackguard partscaster. I’ve been thinking about doing it again for a while. :-)
@@failuremagnet Was not aware of that before, and how I love the playing of all three of those guys.! My Japanese '62 Custom reissue when acquired nearly 2 decades ago came with a 6-saddle bridge and I currently have it strung with a nickel roundwound set featuring a wound G. Not my usual preference there as I do a lot of bending. However, before the Tele I played D'Addario chromes on a Kawai archtop acoustic. This has got me to thinkin' about my next set o' strings for my trusty red double-bound 6-string plank.
@@DavesWorldofFunStuff Ok. I don't mind ads, generally. One specific ad was just particularly offensive and I'm glad to hear it wasn't something you were specifically advocating. I enjoy your videos. Thanks.
It was good that you found the truss rod's "G Spot"! Ha Ha! I used tape wound strings in the 60s. I hated them! No tone, to snap, no grind! Like coffee through yesterday's grounds! But these sound good. Great video! Thanxz
Those compensated saddles will throw off the intonation on the wound G. Or to put it another way, the compromise between the D and G on that shared saddle will be worse than the straight saddle from the factory.
Chrome's are kinda-flatwounds IIRC. Not made quite like classic flatwounds, which are a round core with the flat nickel "tape" wrapped around. Its been a year or so since I did the research, but I think these are hex core with a different alloy wrapping. May have 2 layers. They sure are affordable though, compared to some flatwounds. Flatwounds are slightly popular in the Jazzmaster/Jaguar community because surf. And because it helps to have tight tension strings on these guitars. I had a set of Pyramid flatwounds and they were really cool, felt great, but a bit too limiting as far as the tone went. Perfect for nailing specific artists tones from the 50s and early 60s, though.
If you listen to Johnny Cash Luther Perkins my number one Guitar hero by the way used flatwounds and so do I because I love the way they feel and the way they sound I make my own custom set of Thomastik flatwound usually they would be 10/38 but I take 8s from a regular pack and make my own 8/38 flats the g is wound 18 gauge
Way back in the day I tried flat wounds on my L6-S didn't much care for 'em if I remember correctly they didn't seem to last......got all gunky and dead.... I wish I still had the axe tho Mylar..........Dave your a genius
I tried flats back in the early 80's and they ain't got any tone for rock..got rid of the string squeak and that was the only plus. One gig and they came off. I love flats on my P base.
Teles were originally built to be played with flatwounds with a wound g string. I played my then new 1967 tele with flatwounds it came that way from Fender. And they sound great with them.
This is that original Telecaster Twang. They have a Flexible Wound G.
I have a tele.. I play on the couch unplugged a lot too.. I've been having issues with fret buzz.. and I've been considering flatwounds.. the stars aligned and this video answered all my questions. And not to mention my name is also David!! Wtf thank you for posting this!!
Fun Fact Flatwound Strings came as early as 1874 by Hamilton. They were originally made to replace the Gut strings on Bowed stringed instruments because they last many times as long, hold tune better, & the flat surface increases the contact area w/ the bow resulting in faster response.
Hey dave you didn't tell the the two functions of the neck tilt after you answered the doorbell.
That better not have been a “how do you keep an idiot in suspense?” joke.
If it tilts the neck though then why did he need to add the neck shim? Or is that a different thing and I’m an idiot twice? Haha
Hitchcock would be proud…
@@NoelHaven This particular tele did not have the tilt screw. So he had to use a shim.
I don't know shit, so take that well into consideration: The tilt would've only tilted the wrong way he needed. Raised the action, right? I've never had a working tilt thinger so, like I said... heavily salt that.
Until the late '60s most guitars were shipped with flatwounds. In the 1966 catalogue, Fender mentions all their guitars (except short scale) are equipped with "smooth round wound 12-52, costing a whopping $5.50 a set, which in 2019 would equal to...$34 !
The bass strings ? $18.00 a set (=$112 in 2019 !!! Double bass string price)
Rickenbacker's OEM strings aren't far off from that price adjusted for inflation.
no wonder you didn't get many spanky bass sounds with lots of high end back in the day, no one had the money to change their dead strings
That's why bass players never change their stings, and boil them and other craziness.
They changed them when they broke. J. Jamerson kept his LaBellas for a decade and when a string finally broke, he sent it back to the manufacturer asking if they could solder it...
@@ChurchillCigar I remember watching an interview with John Taylor of Duran Duran where he mentioned after Bernard Edwards from chic passed he was given one of his basses with decades old strings until a tech clipped and replaced them so he could clean the bass
I've always ran 13-56 stainless flats on my Tele... I run the 3 barrel a little high and have a Bigsby neck shim in it... Almost everyone who's played it says " oh, wow... There's so LITTLE tension, and the action is SO low"...
Man, I love that guitar!
Those flatwounds sound pretty nice to me.
1:25 OK so we're going to restring this Telecaster w/ D'addario ECG-23 XL Chromes Extra Light Gauge Flatwound Electric Guitar Strings. Fender Guitars were originally meant for these strings, & it's really interesting on how Dave bought this Telecaster back to its original Glory.
Great set of strings I have used them on my American Standard Tele and my Strat and love them
Dude I came back here to watch how you restrung the Telecaster and you just jumped past it!😱
Just thought I would let you know, out of all the channels I watch, you provide the the most videos. I do enjoy then so. Thanks & keep them coming...
Wait. You never finished the "what the neck tilt does" story you started before the doorbell rang.
it adjusts the neck angle so you dont need to place a physical shim between the neck and neck pocket.
@@cawfeedawg Sorry yeah, that much I know, thanks. I have some of those. It sounded like there might be more to Dave's story, though, and he never got back to it.
I love flat wound bass strings.
Dave, you crack me up!
People play jazz on teles and they have a lot of twang for fp. We all need to experiment a bit more and not just follow the crowd I guess
Flats are underrated!
I’m a jazz guy who has a love affair with teles... my thinline has normal 10-52s and my normal tele with a Charlie Christian has 11-50 flats on it.
When I played back in the mid-60s, I used flat wounds all the time. I liked the fatter tone and they eliminated the string 'whistle' when moving around the neck. They were also easier on the fingertips and didn't chew up picks as fast as regular strings.
I did too. I had an ES-125T and the guitar shop guy told me it should have flatwounds on it. No idea what gauge whatsoever. They were so heavy they tore my callouses up! I just didn't know no better.
First time I put Fender 150s (.010s) on a guitar I could not believe the difference. Wow! I can _bend_! Amazing!
@@lookythat2 10 Gauge Flatwounds would help
@@RockStarOscarStern634 I have a guitar I put 11s on (Epiphone ZBT, ie ES-5 copy). Not bad but still not exactly Slinkies.
@@lookythat2 Why not try a set of 9.5s?
I always wondered what was going on with Blake Mills's superb tone: flatwound strings.
Flatwound, why not ? If you set it up as correctly as you did , might be the next trend . Great video Dave !
Its got the reverse control plate for volume swells. Learnt that trick from Bill Kirchen.
yawns
Cawfee Dawg whats your fucking problem?
Bill learned it from me.
Cawfee Dawg You need some cawfee, dawg?
Dean Zelinsky Telly copies are built that way. It makes much sense.
Late 60's early 70's flatwound strings were more popular than round, many people slid Barre chords and the flatwounds were quieter.
Also love flats on my tele, american vintage 52, 10-48.
I have the same tele with the reverse control plate as my main guitar, mine is a lot more beat up though.
I also play flatwounds on my tele. 10-48 is a really light set. I usually do a custom set, because a wound G is no use to me. I buy the set that comes 12-52, and thrown the low E away. I move all the strings up one space and add a 10 on the high E. So effectively I get 10-12-16-24-32-42.
tenderstems I have to play Stainless Steel strings, because I’m allergic to Nickle. I use SS 12’s and have to add the unwound G...gets expensive building custom sets of strings!
What about the tilt function you tease!!
I have two telecasters, one with the pots flipped like this one, AND I use Chrome flatwounds on both.
It’s a Ted Green Thing. I use Dave’s setup procedures, I ain’t 😱 afraid of no truss rod!
Goochbusters - I ain't afraid of no trussrod :-)
Tele + Chromes = really nice sound.
I noticed a lot of hate on flat strings never have tried them what's the difference?
LGBT
They feel flat, as if the thick strings are unwound. They sound woody, thuddy, percussive, and somewhat dull. They have higher tension, and often include a wound G string. The wound G is quiet on some guitars, which is why vintage staggered pickups have a super high g pole piece.
They're pretty unique if you've never tried them and they can absolutely nail some 50s and 60s tones. People hate on them because they haven't been standard for decades and aren't ideal for typical blues licks... The same reason other guitar gear gets hate 90% of the time.
I liked my flatwounds when I tried them, however they are somewhat limiting, tonally. Oh, and they don't bend much. On my 24 inch Jag, I got 11s (which usually feel like 10s on a Strat), and they felt like 12s on a 25.5 inch guitar. The wound G and D string were especially tight.
@Yard Sale Dale Sorry? Eh?
08/17/2020: For over 10-years, I have put D'Addario XL strings (EXL119-3D): 10, 13, 17, 26, 46 on my guitars. I put them on a Fender Stratocaster (Made in the USA), and on a Gretch 5420 full Hollowbody with Bigsby, and always loved the smooth feel, and no string buzzing, and no string squeaking when playing (like Acoustics guitars do). Yes, they are a little harder to hold down, and a little harder to bend strings, and they are a little more bassy. But, I love them. I bought a 2018 MIM Fender Telecaster, Players Series with Pau Ferro fret wood, and I put the Flat Wound Chromes on it. With all my guitars, I never had a problem with setting them up. Nope, no shimming the neck, etc. Routinely with any new guitar I buy, I always take a factory stock guitar set up (always bad), and set the pickup height, and then set up the bridge for string hight (3/32) and set the Intonation perfectly (I use "compensated barrels" for perfect intonation on Telecaster). Once that is done, I never have to do it again. I can put these Flat Chromes strings on, or I can switch to lighter round wound strings with no problems. I did not have to do all the work you did on your Telecaster. Anyway, the Flat Chromes are great strings that feel smooth with no string squeaking, and no fret buzzing, and they don't wear fret notches, but a little harder to play and bend strings, and a little Bassier or duller sounding. PS: with all guitars, if the player has a very hard pick attack, then he will get string buzz. Lighten up, and see how that reduces buzzing.
The most honest opening lines on UA-cam! Peace, brother.
Hey! You forgot the neck tilt thing! Where you goin'?
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Nice one Dave!
I use flats, as well as rounds on my Strats and Teles all the time! Beautiful thick, punchy, and chimey sound. Think Curtis Mayfield, Luther Perkins, and Motown. The George and John used flats on their Gretches and Rickenbackers. Tuning and intonation are more stable too. Fenders came factory standard with .013-.054 flats from the late '40s until the early '60s. I never had intonation issues with a 3-saddle vintage Tele bridge. Using thicker strings helps. I use .012; sometimes .013. Intonating both E strings and the D string tends to put things right.
On the music production side of things, I have found that guitars and basses recorded with flats tend to sit much better in the mix, and need less eq and compression/limiting.
Thank for this one!
Love your humor 👍
Been using flats since 1958 - no squeaks or squeals, faster action, fuller tone, last longer, easier on the fingers - no brainer really - just my 10 cents worth anyway!!
Sure granny, and I use round wounds since 1889.
I also generally play unplugged on my electric and was getting fret buzz on low E and A around the 2nd 3rd fret. Factory spec is 5/64 but if I nudge to 6.ish/64 its more or less fixed. I could lower it again or mess about with string gauges but never even considered that it wouldn't be audible or an issue plugged in. Now I'm going to have to go get the hex's back out again aren't I.
I used flatwounds to get extra bassy tones for Doom metal. I used a 7 string set and threw out the high E. The bottom B string was a .064. It unfortunately absolutely wrecked my guitar as the shop I brought it too did nothing with it (but charged me anyway). Anyway. I'm here to tell yall that flat-wounds are awesome and to try them out. They're a little stiff and sliding is harder without some kind of string lube but I found reduced hand noise and Xtra Thicc guitar tones were an excellent trade off.
Now I gotta try flats on a tele.
I never knew that about fret buzz. I’ve had some that buzz, have them set up properly and the buzz is gone.
I dave it's nicola trans girl from the UK I have been watching your videos from 2017 you blow me away with your set ups you are fantastic I wish you and your family .
4:06 Dave's got that Tele by the long and slinkies.
That would make a great two second GIF.
I always love your videos Dave. You just shoot straight from the hip.
00:15
Great looking guitar.
Agreed
It’s interesting to hear of you using flat wounds today. I played flat wounds on my Les Paul and my Aria ES-335 clone back in ‘66 and ‘67, but changed to round wounds when they became more readily available. I played 11’s back then, 9’s now with my arthritis, lol (I’ll be 70 in July).
I’m sure they’re better now, but the flats were very stiff to play back then.
I always enjoy your videos, and I also get a lot from your Facebook Fun Stuff group.
Jim in Cornwall Check out Pyramid Strings, they do a pure nickel flat and round . . The tension is less ! I’ve similar issues and use 1150 flats on a Lester and Telecaster, but you have to be careful on fitting . . Do Not Cut To Length before wound to tension (use an under over locking wrap).
I’ve started using their 1254’s on another Lester, but that’s slide only . . Do make certain of nut clearance on the 3rd as it’s wound/wider !
Hey Dave tell me more about the parts!
What does he do with that plastic at about 7:30?
Is he shimming the neck?
I watched again, yep he shimmed the neck a smidge.
Yes.
He’s making a future ski jump!!!😉
@@rallypoint1 Thats not stand-up material. Thats sit the f*ck down material.
@@rallypoint1 People say that, but most Jaguars and Jazzmasters came from factory with big shims in the 60s, and have no issue today.
Maybe it has something to do with the truss rod being located at the heel. I've only actually seen a couple of examples of ski ramps on guitars, and I think one or both were actually basses with headstock truss rod adjustments.
Mostly have basses, but my electric 6 string is an Epiphone Dot using GHS Brite Flats. Great tone from it using them.
You recommend flatwounds on solid bodies?
Definitely! I have them on all 3 of my Teles, my Gibson SG, and my Gibson ES-137. Been using flats for years. To me they just sound better. Give it a try.
I play a tele acoustically and just love the sound and mojo it has. If I could get that sound electrically I would be very blissful. I raised the action a tad to get the slight buzz out.
Not sure what you mean - but if you have a hollow body Tele have you tried a cheap piezo disc taped to the body? £0.27 plus soldering ... You can squeeze them a little in a wood sandwich and then tape to body ... The pressure seems to make the piezo pick up different frequencies like a crossover filter. Or rest the neck against a cardboard box - that will amplify quite a bit and mic the box :-)
@@stephenhookings1985 Great ideas. I have a solid body tele. I usually sit in a solid wood chair and press the body on the frame to amplify the sound. The chair resonates to create a beautiful warm tone that I cannot get with regular pickups. I will try a piezo to see if I can capture that sweet mellow tone.
@@brianveestrom6784 or put the piezo in the chair :-)
From Leo: I have one that I run Chromes on. I use a set of 12's and add a .010" to high E and throw away the thickest .052. It ends up with a plain 3rd string so intonation stays fine. Very smooth for jazz comping with no boomy thump if my thumb hits a little too hard.
I hadn't ever heard that one and for what ever reason I never thought of swapping out the bottom E. I have a touch of arthritis and 12 to 52 on a Tele is more than I can bend any more. Thanks for the tip Barb, I have a use for that pack of strings now.
@@MrSmiley1964 So basically you are running a 010 in the normal High E, the 012 that comes in the set is your new B string.the plain .016 that comes in the set becomes the G string. the Wound 024 becomes D, etc. You end up with a 10-42 flat wound set with a plain 3rd that does not throw off your intonation. Those old thick strings were to get the volume up so the guitar could be heard with the band. After electric guitars were invented and Leo Fender started selling the Twin Reverb, hearing the guitar player has never been a problem. We can play comfortable strings all we want.
Why cant I do full screen Dave! Your fault or utubes?
If you want to hear what flat wounds can do for you, check out Jimmie Vaughan, he uses them and his solos smoke out loud.
I have a 2006 MIM tele. I've been using those very same flats for years. (I'm a Beatle freak and wish I could afford Pyramids). In the sixties we all played on Black Diamond flats in North America. Good, good strings. Best paying from Dave ever. Real, real nice. See, you only need 21 frets and flats on a Telecaster. Anyone know the reason why Mexican teles have only 21 frets?
I use to use flat wounds all the time on my jaguar .I didn't know anything better back in the 70 80 up three. ERLY 2000s. Am I the only one that was that back in time?or am I that old?
I’ve used flats on a Tele before, and seeing this I’m going to slap a spare set I have knocking about on my Blackguard partscaster. I’ve been thinking about doing it again for a while. :-)
You can put flat wounds on a tele? It doesn't explode?
Dave any comments on Tokai guitars, have about 20 year old"52 black guard Tele style Tokai, Georgetown Ont.
Kenny Vaughan of the Fabulous Superlatives uses flats
So did Buck Owens and Don Rich, not to mention tuning a half step down.
@@failuremagnet Was not aware of that before, and how I love the playing of all three of those guys.! My Japanese '62 Custom reissue when acquired nearly 2 decades ago came with a 6-saddle bridge and I currently have it strung with a nickel roundwound set featuring a wound G. Not my usual preference there as I do a lot of bending. However, before the Tele I played D'Addario chromes on a Kawai archtop acoustic. This has got me to thinkin' about my next set o' strings for my trusty red double-bound 6-string plank.
Dave, do you have control over whose ads play at the beginning of your videos?
@@DavesWorldofFunStuff Ok. I don't mind ads, generally. One specific ad was just particularly offensive and I'm glad to hear it wasn't something you were specifically advocating. I enjoy your videos. Thanks.
@@samroney6644 Being offended is kind of like a sport these days. Pretty soon it will be an added category on the Emmys.
It was good that you found the truss rod's "G Spot"! Ha Ha! I used tape wound strings in the 60s. I hated them! No tone, to snap, no grind! Like coffee through yesterday's grounds! But these sound good. Great video! Thanxz
"Big greasy hole"
Reminds me of my younger years.
Oh , you met my wife ?
No, you didn't!
"Big greasy hole" I laughed so hard I didn't think I would catch my breath.
That's a nice lookin' blondie there Dave. Hope yer doin' good brother! PEACE
Those compensated saddles will throw off the intonation on the wound G. Or to put it another way, the compromise between the D and G on that shared saddle will be worse than the straight saddle from the factory.
From what I've seen you can get saddles that are angled either way, so you just need to pick the one that angles the way you need.
Or get another E-A / B-E saddle to get the right "stagger" in the intonation.
Looks like a FSR Tele from Long and McQuade. Nice guitar for 800 Canadian bucks.
"it's a big greasy hole" "it wiggles around" ... or as I like to call it, 1977.
Eeehhrrr... have you been out lately? Seems like 1977 all over again...
I've never tried flatwounds. I'm kind of curious.
Love the Alex Lifeson quote.
I'm just waiting for the day Dave busts out some crazy Victor Wooten solo
Damn doorbell. I wanted to hear what Dave was gonna say about the tilt. I've heard drastically different opinions on them from techs over the years.
Every guitar should have one
Luther Perkins used flat wounds on his Telecaster with Johnny Cash. It’s basic Telecaster 101.
Ry Cooder swears by flat-wound strings for his Fenders, because he mostly plays slide.
I did this to my tele once.. instantly regretted it
well since yours is the only negative comment about flats i will try them on my sqire tele, tryin to get some tim lerch sounds anyway
Chrome's are kinda-flatwounds IIRC. Not made quite like classic flatwounds, which are a round core with the flat nickel "tape" wrapped around. Its been a year or so since I did the research, but I think these are hex core with a different alloy wrapping. May have 2 layers. They sure are affordable though, compared to some flatwounds.
Flatwounds are slightly popular in the Jazzmaster/Jaguar community because surf. And because it helps to have tight tension strings on these guitars. I had a set of Pyramid flatwounds and they were really cool, felt great, but a bit too limiting as far as the tone went. Perfect for nailing specific artists tones from the 50s and early 60s, though.
I gotta have a six saddle bridge on all of my electrics.
Love flat strings
Dave's world of fun stuff definitely includes alcohol
I used those up untipp2000 ish on my jaguar it was my dad's and that's what he use d
Dave,what do you take for the migraines you get from clients like that?😉
The bottom E string is almost off the neck.it's not lined up with the pole pieces. A common problem with those old fashioned saddles.
I dunno all of my guitars have a a proper string height and no buzz unless I play aggressive as hell.
You made a tele sound like a gibson Les Paul
The tilt function Dave tells us about it Wednesday😜
I never liked flatwounds. I like the abrasive feel of rounds better. But that was when I was younger, maybe I'll try them again.
must be a Bill Kirchen Signature Tele with the reverse controls, lol... nice tho.
Given that it's made in Mexico, I'm sure it's one of the FSR (Fender Special Run) models that Guitar Center has been offering for several years.
Mod the damn doorbell
LIFE: Out of one hole when born. left in another when you kick off........
the guy is so sarcastic and rambling that any knowledge he has to display is lost in the nonsense remarks
Interesting 🤔 it does sound a little different 🎸
Flat wounds are great
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That sounds really good!
Like you, never considered flat wounds, but I am now
Thanks for sharing!
Tele - Flats. Flats - Tele ... Aren't there laws against that type of thing ??
For a Mexican made fender guitar ,it sure sounds good...
If you listen to Johnny Cash Luther Perkins my number one Guitar hero by the way used flatwounds and so do I because I love the way they feel and the way they sound I make my own custom set of Thomastik flatwound usually they would be 10/38 but I take 8s from a regular pack and make my own 8/38 flats the g is wound 18 gauge
if that `plug` doesn`t come back and neck doesn`t get straight, I won`t sleep!
@ 1:14 oh you've met my.........
Way back in the day I tried flat wounds on my L6-S didn't much care for 'em if I remember correctly they didn't seem to last......got all gunky and dead.... I wish I still had the axe tho
Mylar..........Dave your a genius
I tried flats back in the early 80's and they ain't got any tone for rock..got rid of the string squeak and that was the only plus. One gig and they came off. I love flats on my P base.
"Extra Light Gauge"
I thought that neck surgery was wrapped up a week ago.... This just a delayed posting or something...?
Ya should of dragged a pick on those flat wounds, so we can hear the difference of that sound.