Eastman archtop bridge - wound or unwound G?

[Sigmund451]

Ive been using TE Bebops and I like them. Ive been using 13's becuse they have a round G.

I am entertaining a set of 12's. My older hands get a little tired and sore despite a good setup.

In a perfect world the 12's would have a wound G but it doesnt. I can buy single G strings from a 13 set but it seems it would make sense to just try their 12s first.

However...is my intonation gonna get squirly with a plain G?

I think its a copy of a Benedetto bridge. On a different guitar I needed a different saddle for wound vs unwound. Neither were the Eastman/possibly Benedetto style.

[John A.]

Ive been using TE Bebops and I like them. Ive been using 13's becuse they have a round G.

I am entertaining a set of 12's. My older hands get a little tired and sore despite a good setup.

In a perfect world the 12's would have a wound G but it doesnt. I can buy single G strings from a 13 set but it seems it would make sense to just try their 12s first.

However...is my intonation gonna get squirly with a plain G?

I think its a copy of a Benedetto bridge. On a different guitar I needed a different saddle for wound vs unwound. Neither were the Eastman/possibly Benedetto style.

Maybe, maybe not, depending on the overall set-up of the guitar, how hard you press the strings down when you play, how close to in tune it is now, how aware/tolerant of slight intonation variances you are, etc. The only way to find out is to try it. My experience is that switching between wound and unwound strings on a compensated wood bridge (with two different guitars, though not an Eastman) didn't make a noticeable difference to me but that's my guitars, my hands, my ears, not yours. (my current archtop has a T-O-M, however, so it's now a moot point to me).

[Aiq]

I use Newtone Electric Jazz on my Eastman AR371, sometimes the 10 set with wound 18. I have some 11 with 20w coming. Just depends on how the hands are feeling. I have a Benny bridge on there, great intonation.

I get them from the factory in England, tariff is folded into the shipping, not bad all things considered in this world of horror.

Electric Jazz Guitar Strings – Newtone Strings

[Sigmund451]

I know the wound plays in tune. I guess I will just find out.

Just in case I ordered some wound 021 to replace it. I do like the sound of wound strings.

I just didnt know what the Eastman was actually designed for (wound or unwound).

I like the 13's but I think Im fighting them a little. We will see.

Also, for those of you in the EU. Lord of the Strings is helpful (the neterlands) thus far, they sell TI singles and they have a huge selection of picks they they sell indiviually w/o a crazy mark up. Its nice to be able to try a few different picks and not have to lay out the cash for several packs that just get tossed in the drawer if you dont like them.

[KirkP]

It depends on the design details of your bridge. My Eastman AR810CE has an uncompensated wood bridge, which I think of as a compromise between what one would want for a wound vs unwound G string. It seems fine for a wound G, but I’ve never tried it with a plain G. If it had been compensated for a wound G, I think intonation would be intolerable with a plain G.