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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!

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

Jim

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

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?

Very 60's recording quality!

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

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.

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.

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.

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