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.... I tried them. Lasted a long time but 'eh..... not my cuppa.
13-52 / 53? Too big, like darn suspension bridge cables, lol......had to widen the hole in the bridge of my Ibanez to push the low E string through it. In my opinion not worth the extra money. I think I paid full retail for them $39.95 USD. I can see how some people would like them, definitely quiet, stay in tune very well. But I'm going back to Thomastik JS-111 / 11-47. YMMV and all that.
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09-22-2022 02:59 AM
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Thick strings have a big sound, but playing them is not easy.
The Thomastik JS-111 / 11-47 is definitely too thin for me.
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Originally Posted by kris
cheers.Last edited by ChazFromCali; 09-22-2022 at 04:10 PM.
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Originally Posted by ChazFromCali
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I've used the Benson 12 wounds GR112 for years on and off . I dapple with others, but they're still my go-to. I tried the regular brand Thom bebob round 12's, but they felt different.
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Originally Posted by Woody Sound
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I have the 14s on my D'Angelico Vestax NY. They sound and feel thick, but surprisingly I do not think they are too heavy for that guitar. I would not put them on my L5s or on any of my other archtop. I normally use 12s to 50 someting flats.
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Originally Posted by nevershouldhavesoldit
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Originally Posted by Woody Sound
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Another 0.14 Benson fan here. I play exclusively finger style. Benson 14’s feel the same size as D’Addario 12’s. Nearly identical in circumference. Big fan. I play nothing else. Ever!
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Originally Posted by nevershouldhavesoldit
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Originally Posted by Woody Sound
I could just as easily have asked if anuone knows the difference between strings of the same size in the Benson GR112s and the BB112s. The 4th, 5th and 6 th strings are 30, 38 and 53 in both sets. The only difference I've ever been able to identify is the color of the silk wrap. So what is the reason the Bensons cost so much more than the BBs? Are they in fact different at all?
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Hey Never… ive noticed (and this may be entirely in my somewhat strange mind) that the GB flat wounds have a somewhat more brilliant or bright character to them. They do break in pretty quick, but to me still retain a different sound than the TI JS. I used them on everything for years, Ibanez and Gibson, but once i tried the JS I didnt look back. Just like the sound.
But, again, at our age relying on our ears is pretty chancy!)))
Although mine are a tad younger, just a tad.
jk
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On the Heritage Owners Club forum in 2010, somebody called Ray said Jazz Swing flat wound and round wound are exactly the same as the George Benson Jazz strings.
Huge if true.
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Originally Posted by Litterick
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Originally Posted by Woody Sound
It’s just a little hard to imagine that it’s worth separate production supplies, methods, materials etc for TI to carry out parallel manufacture of two strings that are identical in cores, dimensions, and windings but are subtly different in some other way(s). I’d think they’d need sales of both in sufficient numbers to support a business case for the practice - but I can’t believe there are enough players using Bensons to justify a separate line. They’re expensive enough to deter most players, but (unless they sell a whole lot more than I think they do) they’re not expensive enough to cover the costs of their own production line.
I’m going to try a set myself, since it’s the only way to know how they perform for me on my guitars. I’m not naïve enough to believe that if I don’t understand or believe something it can’t be right. I’m just a bit skeptical that a JS flat (or round) and a Benson of the same design made of the same materials to the same specs and exactly the same dimensions can be so different as many describe. If they are, something has to be different between them - winding tension, size of the winding wire, core diameter, winding speed, etc.
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Originally Posted by Woody Sound
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The GBs feel "softer'" to the touch, if that makes any sense.
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Originally Posted by Woody Sound
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Search is our friend....
From this 10 year old thread:
Originally Posted by PhilcoOriginally Posted by PTChristopherOriginally Posted by Philco
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FYI, I've also emailed Thomastik-Infeld with this very question. It was about a month ago, and I still haven't received a reply.
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Originally Posted by c.mf
I have a long list of music industry organizations, manufacturers, dealers, etc from whom no one I know has been able to elicit a useful response. TI is now on it too.
Grant Green, What is This Thing
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