String 'em up

Bob Shade
Master Contributor
Posts: 1364
Joined: Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:53 am
Location: Md
Contact:

Re: String 'em up

Postby Bob Shade » Wed Aug 15, 2012 11:19 am

I played a friends 60 Custom with 11 flats on it and I was super impressed with the tone. I didn't think I would like it!

User avatar
TriflerShawn
Senior Member
Posts: 147
Joined: Fri Jul 20, 2012 7:00 am
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Contact:

Re: String 'em up

Postby TriflerShawn » Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:23 pm

sleeperNY wrote: I just love the sound of a wound 3rd.

Jim


Yep...nothing like a tightly wound G-String ! :lol:

User avatar
erksin
Regular Member
Posts: 40
Joined: Sat Jan 14, 2012 12:51 pm
Location: Oregon
Contact:

Re: String 'em up

Postby erksin » Wed Aug 22, 2012 7:53 am

Bob Shade wrote:I played a friends 60 Custom with 11 flats on it and I was super impressed with the tone. I didn't think I would like it!


I bought some flats to try with mine but haven't got around to stringing it up with them yet. I'll be sure to report back.

How would you have characterized it, Bob?
www.catalinbread.com
erksin@catalinbread.com

Bob Shade
Master Contributor
Posts: 1364
Joined: Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:53 am
Location: Md
Contact:

Re: String 'em up

Postby Bob Shade » Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:36 pm

Very 60's recording quality!

MOSDAN
Top Producer
Posts: 206
Joined: Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:27 pm
Location: Fort Worth Dallas
Contact:

Re: String 'em up

Postby MOSDAN » Thu Aug 23, 2012 10:37 pm

GHS Boomers 10-46 goes on my Custom 60. Best for the sound I want.

Brinkman
Regular Member
Posts: 42
Joined: Sun Feb 06, 2011 6:05 pm
Location: California
Contact:

Re: String 'em up

Postby Brinkman » Tue Aug 28, 2012 9:34 pm

I'm currently using .11ga Thomastik-Infeld flatwounds on my Custom 60, but I had to tweak the pickups a bit before I was happy with the sound. Due to the interplay of the hot pickups and the high mass nickel strings, the low E sounds a bit undefined and boomy, especially in the neck position.

I just today discovered that the trick is to lower the bass end of the pickup quite a bit relative to the treble end (attenuates the boominess) and then raise the pole pieces of the low E and A strings to regain string presence or "definition." I found it was best to start this process with the bridge pickup first, getting it as close to the strings as possible without touching them or getting an [undesirably] overloaded signal before lowering the bass end to cut the boominess and then raising the pole pieces. I then repeated this process with the neck pickup, making sure to match the level of output with the bridge pickup. I think most of this is basic Pickup Adjustment 101, but aside from a little help from Raygun85, this was mostly my own trial and error.

Everyone I asked about flatwounds had varying opinions as the whether they were worth the expense or not, but all agreed that the Thomastik-Infelds had the best harmonic balance and longevity. I personally love the sound and feel and my tastes are pretty all over the place.

vjf1968
Top Producer
Posts: 221
Joined: Sun Oct 11, 2009 11:27 am
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Contact:

Re: String 'em up

Postby vjf1968 » Wed Aug 29, 2012 7:57 am

MOSDAN wrote:GHS Boomers 10-46 goes on my Custom 60. Best for the sound I want.


Try the Curt Mangan 10-46 pure nickle and tell me what you think.

ebestul84
Regular Member
Posts: 17
Joined: Sun Nov 10, 2013 1:03 pm
Contact:

Re: String 'em up

Postby ebestul84 » Sun Jan 19, 2014 7:56 am

I just put a set of Tomastik Infeld .12 Jazz strings on my Hallmark Gospel and with almost no adjustment the guitar plays like a dream and sounds amazing. I am sold. Those are the perfect strings for this guitar.

User avatar
rballister
Regular Member
Posts: 33
Joined: Wed Dec 23, 2009 12:05 am
Location: New York
Contact:

Re: String 'em up

Postby rballister » Sun Jan 19, 2014 9:54 am

What were Nokie and Don using for that "high-end-treble-live-in-Japan" sound? Wouldn't normally associate that sound with flat wounds.


Return to “Hallmark Guitars”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 92 guests