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Sideways compression wound

Iristone

Iristone

Jul 8, 2017
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Similar to Rotosound 55? Normal pressurewounds have the ribbon "wide" while these have them "narrow". Both feel a bit smoother than regular roundwounds, though.
I wonder if DR Fat-Beams and D'Addario Slow-wounds achieve a similar effect? IIRC all D'Addarios are slow-wound now, and they're reported to feel smoother than Rotosound rounds.
 
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Iristone said:
Similar to Rotosound 55? Normal pressurewounds have the ribbon "wide" while these have them "narrow". Both feel a bit smoother than regular roundwounds, though.
I wonder if DR Fat-Beams and D'Addario Slow-wounds achieve a similar effect? IIRC all D'Addarios are slow-wound now, and they're reported to feel smoother than Rotosound rounds.
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DR Fat Beams are "compressed" in the sense the outer wire is wound extra tight. That said, all DR strings tend to feel smoother due to the thinner wire used for the outer cover. I don't think D'Addario strings are all that smooth, although smoother than Rotosound.

The old Dean Markley Helix used what they called "hyper-elliptical winding process", whereby the outer wire is compressed lengthwise, which resulted in a smoother surface feel.

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Alembic is another company that talks about this "elliptical" winding.

 
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michael_t said:
That said, all DR strings tend to feel smoother due to the thinner wire used for the outer cover.
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TI Jazz Rounds also use a small wire for outer wrap.

michael_t said:
Alembic is another company that talks about this "elliptical" winding.
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Doesn't mention the direction of the winding profile, though. If I had to guess it'd be flatter against the core, like most pressure-winds.

Maybe an Alembic owner can chime in. Alembic's new website is better than the old one but still has weird gaps in its information.
 
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I'm totally in for a small-diameter roundwound, too. I'm considering Dean Markley SR2000, but I'm afraid (1) current DM strings may not be as good as the original ones; (2) with the shutting down of DM the strings may run out of stock for good.
 
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I don't recall DM SR2000s having a particularly thin outer wrap. They felt just like D'Addario XLs to me under my fingers.
TI is unique - they're outer wrap on their Jazz roundwounds are by far the smallest diameter.

I used to use D'Addario slow-wounds (long out of production) and they didn't feel any smoother than other D'Addario strings at the time. The whole slow-wound concept became moot when they transferred the tech invented for that string into the entire string-making line. So they discontinued the Slow-Wound line. They didn't have a different shape outer winding, though, they just claimed winding the string slower at tension produced a "different" (they now say better) string.
 
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ardgedee said:
TI Jazz Rounds also use a small wire for outer wrap.


Doesn't mention the direction of the winding profile, though. If I had to guess it'd be flatter against the core, like most pressure-winds.

Maybe an Alembic owner can chime in. Alembic's new website is better than the old one but still has weird gaps in its information.
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Alembic site describes the elliptical process where the thinner edge is on top, for lack of a better way to say it. It was believed that Dean Markley made them for Alembic. One is out of business and the other is out of stock. Coincidence? My last set of Alembic strings is on my MK and hope they come back soon.
 
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BassJuju said:
Alembic site describes the elliptical process where the thinner edge is on top, for lack of a better way to say it. It was believed that Dean Markley made them for Alembic. One is out of business and the other is out of stock. Coincidence? My last set of Alembic strings is on my MK and hope they come back soon.
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I've seen that description - and I had a few sets of Alembic strings. To my fingers they felt very similar to DRs... They weren't even close to as thin as the TIs though...
 
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ardgedee said:
TI Jazz Rounds also use a small wire for outer wrap.


Doesn't mention the direction of the winding profile, though. If I had to guess it'd be flatter against the core, like most pressure-winds.

Maybe an Alembic owner can chime in. Alembic's new website is better than the old one but still has weird gaps in its information.
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Dunlop Super bright too ....
 

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