Originally Posted by: takiomail444I love jazzy tones. Something in style of Martin Taylor. [br]I know my guitar won't be sounding like His, because I have telecaster Thinline, but I heard that flatwound string are the best for jazz. Is it true?
Flatwound strings are a pretty big change if you are used to any kind of regular wound strings.
If you are aiming for jazz tone on a Telecaster for playing chord melody (Martin Taylor, Jor Pass, etc.), I'd recommend a relatively heavy set of regualr strings, then use the neck pickup & turn down the tone knob a lot. Like almost to zero!
I use my Strat on a lot of jazz material & I can definitely get a decent warm jazz tone by using heavier strings, the neck pickup & keeping the tone bassy.
I used a Strat for these tunes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIwWkbz2Ieg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mp97NNMMwrU
[br]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQcw5H1n6Gw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMf7HyS6gHY
Hope that helps! Have fun finding your jazz tone!
