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So fast forward to now and my modified ArtStar Ibanez Jazzbox has flatwounds on it. Sound's great for trad Jazz stuff for sure. Currently has D'addario Chromes on it, but I totally love Thomastik's too.
I use Thomastik power brights on a different guitar and they are absolutely amazing on that guitar, but didn't work on other things I tried them on. Not flats, I know, but same company.
At the moment I don't actually play my archtop very much at all. I'm finding that I'm playing all types of everything trad Jazz on my Jon Case J1 (Neck pickup with the tone on 3) and that's got NYXL's on, which are way too bright and also fully round (noisey), which is not ideal for the Jazz, but I'm still loving it right now for some reason. I'm seriously thinking of selling my Ibanez and ordering one of Jons archtop's for this purpose and that would then get some Thomastik's on it.
I hated them on my Jazzmaster, now got ground-wounds on, a cross between the two, with the feel of flats. That works for me!
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I switched to flats when I got a hollow-body after years of using 9-41's on a Tele and now I'm completely sold on them. Changing up to a heavier gauge (11-52) has been a revelation, I find it much easier to play with a heavier string, esp finger picking, though I down tune to D standard to make bends easier. I still have light roundwounds on a Fender Bullet but I'm thinking of changing to heavier semi-flats.
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