Flatwounds on a Tenor

[dorenac]

Having recently acquired a tenor guitar I now begin the string experimentation stage of ownership. Tuning for this guitar is GDAE and it is built for that. Currently I have PB 13-45 strings and they sound great. But out of curiosity I'm considering a set of flatwound strings if I can find them. So I'm asking for suggestions and opinions.

[fox]

Please keep us informed if you can find a suitable set.... there has been some post in the past but I think it will be a personal preference as opinions seem to be mixed.
What guitar do you have?

[colorado_al]

You can buy flatwound singles. Daddario chromes for electric guitar.
http://www.stringsandbeyond.com/dchflwoelsis.html
They are Ball end.
You don't state the scale length of your instrument, so it's not possible to make recommendations on gauges.
You can also buy sets from emando.com
http://emando.com/shop/strings8va.htm
Sounds like the medium set would be closest to your current gauges. $34 for 8 strings, so you'll have a spare on every string on tenor

[dorenac]

Scale length is 23". And I would be looking in the realm of 13-46, 47, or 48. I like the 13 because it tunes from E to D fairly easily.
Thanks colorado_al for the tip about emando. Before I throw out too much $$$$ I would like to hear from players who have tried them. My guitar is made by Adam Buchwald.

[colorado_al]

Sure thing. I use the emando.com medium flats on my Blueridge tenor & octave Mando. 22.9" scale. Like them a lot!

[dorenac]

Sure thing. I use the emando.com medium flats on my Blueridge tenor & octave Mando. 22.9" scale. Like them a lot!

What gauges are you using on your Blueridge?

[colorado_al]

What gauges are you using on your Blueridge?

emando.com medium flats

[Jill McAuley]

Scale length is 23". And I would be looking in the realm of 13-46, 47, or 48. I like the 13 because it tunes from E to D fairly easily.
Thanks colorado_al for the tip about emando. Before I throw out too much $$$$ I would like to hear from players who have tried them. My guitar is made by Adam Buchwald.

The Herb Taylor tenor that I used to have was shipped with flat wound strings on it. Herb used flat wound electric guitar strings and it sounded quite nice with them. I had initially thought I'd switch them out but ended up keeping them on. Very smooth sounding, though I did sometimes miss the "rasp" of wound strings.

[Gary Leonard]

I have the D'addario chrome singles on my 22 3/4" scale OM, currently 14 24 32 45. Like them a lot. I have used the emando medium flatwound OM strings that colorado al posted about, I liked them also. The singles seems very similar to the emando set and are a bit less expensive, though the ball ends are a pain to remove. As I have an Allen tailpiece on my OM and it can take ball ends, I may stick with the singles and experiment with the gauges till I settle on a set. Not sure I want to stick with the 24 on the A string, it is considerably higher in tension than the others, though it does sound good. The 13 on the E string was a bit weak on my OM.