Anybody here use a set of Daddarios 10-46 with a wound G?

[Rockstar216]

I think I might try a set and see if my intonation improves on the G string. Also I wonder how chords and runs will feel with a wound G.

http://www.daddario.com/DADProductD...Nickel_Wound__Regular_Light__Wound_3rd__10_46

 

[DarkMatter]

Re: Anybody here use a set of Daddarios 10-46 with a wound G?

I've been using a wound G on my Strat for awhile now and I love that it balances out with the vintage stagger pickups so much better. As far as playing, it's a tiny bit thicker than the unwound set I normally use and it resists bends slightly more but other than that I don't notice it. The winding is so tight it hardly even feels like a wound string.

I am using the D'addario's but I bought the G's individually. I forget all the exact sizes right now.

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Anybody here use a set of Daddarios 10-46 with a wound G?

Get a pro setup to fix an intonation problem.

Switching to that set....you'll need to fine tune the intonation anyway.

If you're a lead player who bends a lot, a wound G has a weird feel. I'd only recommend it for jazz boxes.

 

[Rockstar216]

Re: Anybody here use a set of Daddarios 10-46 with a wound G?

I've been using a wound G on my Strat for awhile now and I love that it balances out with the vintage stagger pickups so much better. As far as playing, it's a tiny bit thicker than the unwound set I normally use and it resists bends slightly more but other than that I don't notice it. The winding is so tight it hardly even feels like a wound string.

I am using the D'addario's but I bought the G's individually. I forget all the exact sizes right now.

The wound G in this set is 18. But the guitar I would use them for is a Super strat HSH with a buckers with adjustable poles so stagger was never a issue.
It's really just to see how a wound G feels and help with a minor intonation problem.

 

[PFDarkside]

Re: Anybody here use a set of Daddarios 10-46 with a wound G?

Yeah, bends are rough on a wound G...

 

[Rockstar216]

Re: Anybody here use a set of Daddarios 10-46 with a wound G?

Get a pro setup to fix an intonation problem.

Switching to that set....you'll need to fine tune the intonation anyway.

If you're a lead player who bends a lot, a wound G has a weird feel. I'd only recommend it for jazz boxes.

I play both rhythm and lead and prefer to use one guitar for most if not everything. I use to play with a fairly high action so bending a 18 gauge wound G shouldn't be much of an issue. As for the intonation it's the same thing that plagues most guitars with a plain G string.

My only concern is my axe has a Floyd and I dive bomb and do squeals off of the G string and wonder if a wound G would have a negative or any effects at all?

 

[Rockstar216]

Re: Anybody here use a set of Daddarios 10-46 with a wound G?

Yeah, bends are rough on a wound G...

Can't be that much harder since the wound G is 18 gauge and the plain G is a 17 gauge in a set of 10s. I could see it being an issue once you start using sets of 12s and 13s.

 

[Chad]

Re: Anybody here use a set of Daddarios 10-46 with a wound G?

A wound G is a pain to bend mainly because it is more compliant than a plain G. This means to reach a given pitch you don't have to push as hard, but you have to go further vertically on the fretboard. Doing a whole step bend or more feels like you have to push the string a mile.

Plus, they obviously have a different feel/texture. Also, lower gauge wound strings are more prone to unraveling and falling apart (if not breaking).

I would never use a wound G with a set of 10s.

 

[PFDarkside]

Re: Anybody here use a set of Daddarios 10-46 with a wound G?

The issue is that for a given amount of force applied to bend the string, you're only getting a fraction of the change in pitch/tension. Think about how many more steps of pitch shift you can get on your G than your high E, and it's even worse than that. However, that also means that you can't bend it nearly as far accidentally while fretting it near the nut. So if by intonation issues you mean dealing with a G that is always a bit sharp near the nut due to fretting force and large frets, it will help you out. I you have an acoustic handy, try bending the G on it. (You'll get 1/2 - 3/4 step, unlike the 1 1/2 steps you can get on an electric) Thats due to the differing string tension on the wound string, not because its bigger than an electric.

I have a guitar that I keep in D Standard, with 12-52s. Last time at the guitar store, they gave me Jazz Lights (with the wound G) rather than the plain G. Immediately I noticed all those Chuck Berry licks (Bend G a whole step/B/E) were much more difficult. However, my open chording near the nut was far more consistent.

May as well try it, they're like $5. If you don't like it, no big deal, right?