D'Aquisto Flatwounds:

[Seth]

I tried a set of the .13's the other day and found that the "Low E" was
extremely dead and unbalanced relative to the others. Has anyone used
these before? I am wondering if I simply got a bad "Low E" or if that is
truly how it sounds.

[Jaime Sol]

I had the same experience with D'Aquisto strings. All the wound strings
sounded extremely dead to me. At first, I thought it might be that
they are made of stainless steel, and that was the culprit, but then I
realized that D'Addario strings are also made of stainless steel and
sound much better.

[RickH]

Post by Jaime Sol
I had the same experience with D'Aquisto strings. All the wound strings
sounded extremely dead to me. At first, I thought it might be that
they are made of stainless steel, and that was the culprit, but then I
realized that D'Addario strings are also made of stainless steel and
sound much better.

The Addario stanless steel alloy still has a high iron and nickle
content making them more reactive to magnetics than other stainless
steels that have higher chrome or moly content, like that used in
kitchen sinks for example. One of these days I'm going to bring some
old Addarios to work with me and have them spectrum shot for it's real
alloy formula, but just using the magnet test, they have high iron.

[Dave Stephens]

I had constant problems with dead strings and gave them up. For flats I now
use the D'Addario Chromes.

Dave

Post by Seth
I tried a set of the .13's the other day and found that the "Low E" was
extremely dead and unbalanced relative to the others. Has anyone used
these before? I am wondering if I simply got a bad "Low E" or if that is
truly how it sounds.

[Dan Adler]

Same here. I used to love them, but now I can't stand them. The low E
is out of tune almost all the time and dead beyond revival.

-Dan
http://danadler.com

[RickH]

Post by Seth
I tried a set of the .13's the other day and found that the "Low E" was
extremely dead and unbalanced relative to the others. Has anyone used
these before? I am wondering if I simply got a bad "Low E" or if that is
truly how it sounds.

Also I noticed the quality of the winding on the D'Aquisto was not as
good as Addaio Chromes which I use everywhere. The D'Aquisto actually
had spacing between the spiral wrap, there was just no comparison to
the Addario's which were tight. Addarios still have the most balanced
tension across all 6 strings I have found too.

[c***@yahoo.com]

You are correct about the winding, etc, but this is because Jimmy had
sold his name to a clown, who did not care. James D'Aquisto, Jr has
since bought back his father's name. He is in the process of rebuilding
th string company and I am honored to have been asked to endorse the
newer strings. The strings are called MicroFlex. We have been
discussing this at an aditional guitar NG; morejazzguitar at yahoo
groups dot com.

TD

Post by RickH

Post by Seth
I tried a set of the .13's the other day and found that the "Low E" was
extremely dead and unbalanced relative to the others. Has anyone used
these before? I am wondering if I simply got a bad "Low E" or if that is
truly how it sounds.

Also I noticed the quality of the winding on the D'Aquisto was not as
good as Addaio Chromes which I use everywhere. The D'Aquisto actually
had spacing between the spiral wrap, there was just no comparison to
the Addario's which were tight. Addarios still have the most balanced
tension across all 6 strings I have found too.

[RickH]

Post by c***@yahoo.com
You are correct about the winding, etc, but this is because Jimmy had
sold his name to a clown, who did not care. James D'Aquisto, Jr has
since bought back his father's name. He is in the process of rebuilding
th string company and I am honored to have been asked to endorse the
newer strings. The strings are called MicroFlex. We have been
discussing this at an aditional guitar NG; morejazzguitar at yahoo
groups dot com.
TD

Good the hear! I'll look for the new strings.

[Max Leggett]

Post by RickH
Also I noticed the quality of the winding on the D'Aquisto was not as
good as Addario Chromes

Why, just out of curiosity, do you leave the D' off D'Addario and not
off D'Aquisto?








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[RickH]

Post by Max Leggett

Post by RickH
Also I noticed the quality of the winding on the D'Aquisto was not as
good as Addario Chromes

Why, just out of curiosity, do you leave the D' off D'Addario and not
off D'Aquisto?

oops

[Jim Soloway]

I'm glad to hear it. I tried some D'Aquistos a few years ago and they
really were horrible.

I've been playing flat wounds for about 12 years. I started with
Chromes and switched to Thomastik Infeld Swing Series about six years
ago. Just my opinion, but I consider the TI flat wounds to be worlds
better than the D'Addarios.

[Dave Stephens]

I went the opposite way, starting with the TIs and moving to the chromes. I
much prefer the tone and feel of the Chromes. For round wounds I still use
TI.

Dave

"Jim Soloway" <***@jimsoloway.com> wrote in message news:***@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
I started with

Post by Jim Soloway
Chromes and switched to Thomastik Infeld Swing Series about six years
ago. Just my opinion, but I consider the TI flat wounds to be worlds
better than the D'Addarios.

[Greg Clayton]

I love them.[through an amp that is]. Well, except I use a 12 set then
boost the b and e to 13 and 17. I agree they are dead/not bright but I
find that for my hands they have the best feel and I've tried them all.
They also cut down a lot of the metal overtones caused by metal tailpieces.
Greg

[BFender]

I suspect the strings may be haunted by the ghost of Jimmy D'Aquisto.
According to the bio in Acquired of the Angels by Paul W. Schmidt.
(Scarecrow Press, Lanham, MD. 1991, 1998), Jimmy's business was almost
destroyed by the people who established D'Aquisto Strings.

/bf/

Post by Seth
I tried a set of the .13's the other day and found that the "Low E" was
extremely dead and unbalanced relative to the others. Has anyone used
these before? I am wondering if I simply got a bad "Low E" or if that is
truly how it sounds.

[c***@yahoo.com]

Yes, this is true. His name was manipulated away from him by a slickly
written contract. He will be remembered as the Davinci of archtop
builders ( so many tried to copy him and still try), a true artist and
my dear friend, Jimmy D'Aquisto was. The new strings, put out by his
son will be "champ."

-Tony DeCaprio