Question for Peerless Cremona 16 owners

[Patriots2006]

Has any owners of the Peerless Cremona tried switching to round wound strings, and if so what are your thoughts on the sound.
Thanks,
Rich

[marcwhy]

One of my students had a Cremona -- nothing wrong with round wounds! [I have rounds on my 16" hollowbody] Pretty low cost to try a set out; if you don't like them, go back to flats. [I like Stringjoy rounds, FWIW.]

Have fun experimenting!

[Patriots2006]

Thanks for the info. Are you referring to the Broadway string set? 12-52
Thanks

[marcwhy]

The Signatures or the Broadways - whatever material/gauge you prefer!

[RJVB]

You could try silk-and-steel strings like the TI Plectrum or Spectrum if you're interested in the acoustic sound but are afraid round-wounds might be too bright. The silk takes off some of the tension and zing, plus dampens finger noise.

[Marc Grossman]

As implied by RJBV, round wounds will cause much more finger noise. If you play a lot of chord melody stuff, round wounds will cause a lot more noise when switching chords. Even though I sometimes prefer the sound of round wounds, I have changed all of my hollow bodies from round to flat wounds because the finger noise during chord melody work was just intolerable. I will have to try silk and steel at some point.
That said, round wounds are cheap and it would be a small investment to give them a try.