The sound on the intro track is absolutely impeccable. Superb playing and gorgeous sound, fantastic work!

You are good musician and i like warm and mellow

Does flats sound great.Beautiful playing so relaxing,thank you.

Dude I have a 335 and I have been thinking about this over the past little while so it's incredible that your video popped up now. I have tried using flat wounds in the past and I was absolutely shocked how different the sound was- and how cool it was in its own way. Great video and beautiful guitar. Thank you very much.

I recently found you, and I’m so glad I did! Great playing and huge inspiration. Thanks for sharing!

You’re right in your assessment of the flat wounds n yes you’re use to the rounds on that rig, mind I say you’re a very good guitarist 🎸🎸🎸❤️☮️👍🏻🍺

I have an epiphone 335 and 355 (BB King). I use flatwounds on the 335 to get a solid jazz tone, and use roundwounds on the 355 to get those BB King and Albert King blues tones. Remarkable how much difference the string construction makes! I prefer D'addarios, but also use TI flatwounds. That tonal flexibility is the beauty of the 335 design, to my mind.

To put it short ... I like the sound of the round ones better... think the notes blossom more .. The flat wounds make the sound too dark for my taste .... But it depends most of all of taste ...

They are both beautiful. The wound wounds seem to be a little more dynamic to me. The flats are pristine. I would have to try 10-46 flats before I made up my mind. Lovely picking on both!

So smooth and soft.

0) Thank you for sharing this experiment and your nice playing! :-) 1) You switched strings while I looked away. I hadn't heard the difference. I blame that on the settings that match your style of playing. 2) I now have two copies of the Harley Benton HB-35Plus, an ES-335 imitation. It comes with "your" D'Addario EXL110 round-wounds fitted. I have replaced those on one with Thomastik JS110 (not your JS111) flat-wounds, and I'll eventually replace the EXL110 with D'Addario NYXL (for an even brighter sound). Trivia: the second HB-35Plus is also intended to prevent me from buying a real hollowbody (likely the Harley Benton Big Tone). - You string set changers, be aware that at least on these Harley Benton models the bridge is not firmly attached to the body, so don't take off all strings before replacing them... 3) My impression [not yet opinion] is, that flat-wound strings are instrumental(!) in achieving a tone as desired in jazz, whereas round-wounds are instrumental in achieving a richer tone, as desired in other genres. Without excluding the use of the one type of strings for the other music. 4) I'm gearing toward flat-wound strings for bass guitars (5 out of 8) and (at least as slightly) toward round-wound strings for steel-string guitars. - If you're not satisfied with the timbral range of your [bass] guitar, consider trying the other type of strings. You may find helpful videos (like the current one) here on KZfaq. 5) Disclaimers: I have no experience (yet) with half-wound strings. I have counted an acoustic bass guitar with tape-wound strings under "flat-wound".

13 flats for me. That tone !!!!

Great video Thor, I enjoyed that! Your playing tonight was particularly appealing to me as I love that “Jazz fused with blues” approach. Now, here’s my thoughts! I feel I’ve now completed my own 2 or 3 year journey into Flatwounds. Personally, I preferred your sound with the Flatwounds. The vibe with them was more Lo-fi and made your guitar sound old (in a good way). However, I do think you love that particular 335 so much that it should stay with roundwounds. And then, like you say, start trying them with other guitars in your stable. My own journey has led me to dedicate an entire guitar to flat-wounds. That guitar is my Jazzmaster. The journey to this point was very interesting though! I tried flats on almost all of my guitars. Some guitars really suited them, others not so much. And the results were very surprising. The guitars that really loved them were my Tele and my black Les Paul Custom. All of the others were surprisingly disappointing (Gretsch, Strat, LP Goldtop, LP Junior, LP Standard). Happy exploring Thor 👍

On my semi-hollow, I now swear by round wounds. So much more sound! Now I also put round wounds on the hollow. Thomastik Bebop. They have a lot less tension then the flat wounds (same gauge). Had to get the guitar set up right. Highs are a bit thin. But mids and lows are a lot clearer. And these strings are so comfortable to play. It really makes me play differently, more musically I think, and using the mids and lows more.

It depends: comping I would definitely do with flats, but single line playing, soloing, round wounds do better. Especially with this guitar and the way you play.Thanks for your interesting video.

Round strings seem to cut thru better. Flat seems too warm and not enough overtone and clarity but I love the flat wound on feel and sliding my fingers thru them

A perfectly timed video ( for me) ...as it is time to restring my guitars. I listened thru my iPad and I couldn’t tell any difference, so I went and got my headphones.. I am still fairly inexperienced as a musician and sometimes I have difficulty finding the correct words to describe what I believe I’m hearing. So I’ll say it this way, the flat wounds said “ jazz” to me... and the rounds said “blues” ( blues/rock) .... both sound great , but I’m a blues/ rock guy . So I guess I’ll stick with rounds...... great video as always....

Fiat or round, it doesn't really matter to me because you always have your amp and pedal tones dialed in so nicely Thor. I guess it comes down to personal preference.

What is the backing track on your playing ? Great playing. Thanks

Roundwounds for more sustain.

I don't see a jazz chorus amp anywhere, sup? 😊

Have you tried half rounds?

Rounds. Definitely rounds.

Way much better with flats

flats do feel nicer.

FLATWOUND

Keep that guitar straight! So much unnecessary movement.

You're picking too hard. You're causing the sound to distort. What's with all of that shaking ? There's too much distortion. You can't hear what the strings sound like.

Nice video, love your playing! I have a brand new Ibanez AM153QA semi-hollow being shipped out to me tomorrow and an Ibanez AF85TDG (with Bigsby) jazz box I customized with a set of Seymour Duncan Seth Lovers. I'm planning on putting D'Addario ECG23 XL Chromes flatwounds on the hollow and Ernie Ball Slinky 10 roundwounds on the semi-hollow.