D'Addario ECG24-7 Chromes Flat Wound 7-String Electric Guitar Strings, Jazz Light, 11-65

Good stuff. Would buy again.

Encordoamento perfeito para o violão de 7 cordas de aço.

A corda sol(3º corda) veio com defeito.

I was kinda curious to try flatwound strings on my 7-string since I've been learning some jazz guitar. I had tried flats on my bass a long time ago and liked the feeling, and they lasted literally forever if you're not after that new-string bright sound. I was also finding the twang of an unwound G string was getting on my nerves so seeing these have them wound I was interested. I saw a pack discounted but "like new". The idea of buying used guitar strings is really strange but I figured they wouldn't be called "like new" if they were actually used. When I got them they were sealed in bag. The strings themselves were indistinguishable from new except for each string having a little kink where they'd meet the tuner. I guess they had almost been put on but never actually tuned up? Because they didn't have the little spiral shape they'd have if they were. They sounded new and bright (for like a day). Now they sound very warm (not bright, some might say dull) but I'm happy with that, I like the sound of it. They're a little heavier than I'm used to but I expected that.

Picked up a pack of the ECG24-7s for my Ibanez RG7421, since I have flat-wound on my Schecter Hellraiser (ECG24 6-string set), and love the feel of them. Let me say, they do NOT disappoint. Guitar is in Standard (BEADGBE) and these strings sound phenomenal. Have also tried guitar in Bb, A, and G. (G was a little floppy, but still usable). Amazing at all of them. I was a little worried, playing predominantly progressive metal/djent, that I would gain a lot on my prog tones (Opeth-y stuff) and lose on my djent tones (Periphery, Meshuggah-y riffs and mutes). Boy was I wrong. At least about the latter. The more proggy tones did open up and become much more warm, however these flat-wounds can "djent" better than any "roundwound" I've ever tried. You can't get the pick to "scrape" the string as much with the flats, but you almost don't need to the tone is already so thick. I plan on buying a set of ECG26 (6 string) to throw on my C-tuned Les Paul, next. I have already gotten a few friends (metal and jazz players) to switch, and have gotten the local guitar shop to carry flatwounds as well as round (it's a VERY small store). Caveat: While these might be good for a nice full prog sound, or even a thick mechanical "chug" in djent, I have noticed that a lot of "thrash-ier" 80s metal comes out .. dull. Master of Puppets era Metallica, and Iron Maiden are two fantastic examples of this. They just sound dull, and are missing a lot of the characteristic harshness of the string noise, and it's VERY notable. Tried on the Schecter and the Ibanez (both of which sounded great for 80s metal/thrash on roundwounds) with the same results, active and passive pickups.