Wound vs Plain G-string

[silbbu]

Besides getting chords to sound more in tune, you can also get beefier chugga chugga sounds on a wound G vs plain. So one more string to palm mute on

 

[gh0styboi]

I hate - HATE - plain G strings. I play heavier gauges (the highest tuning I have at the moment is Drop A#), and the beefy-ass G sounds and feels awful when it's plain. Ernie Ball's Beefy Slinky set has that plain G, and it's why I won't buy them for that gauge.

 

[Oscar Stern]

A Wound G that's easier to bend would be done if we shorten the scale length from 25.5 inches to 22 inches.

 

[Oscar Stern]

I hate - HATE - plain G strings. I play heavier gauges (the highest tuning I have at the moment is Drop A#), and the beefy-ass G sounds and feels awful when it's plain. Ernie Ball's Beefy Slinky set has that plain G, and it's why I won't buy them for that gauge.

I suggest swapping that Plain G w/ a Wound G of the same gauge.

 

[gh0styboi]

I suggest swapping that Plain G w/ a Wound G of the same gauge.

I could, but I can also just snag a different set that has a wound 3rd, so I don't end up sitting on a big pile of plain 3rd strings But yeah, hate those plains once it gets heavy enough. On my long scale baritone 6, I don't have any plain strings. They're all round wound.