Which strings for Inspired by Lennon Casino?

[GDTRFB]

I have an IBJL casino being delivered next week. It will be my first hollowbody.

 

What kind and size of strings are best for these? I have heard flatwound are great.

 

I play mostly rock, Beatles of course, blues. I haven't really done the jazz thing yet, but I really hoping to get the bell like clean sounds with the casino. (I have an SG for the harder stuff).

 

Thanks for any input.

[charlie brown]

Any Decent quality strings will be fine. Flatwounds, if you love "The Beatles" Casino tones,

and/or Jazz-like tonality. Round wounds, or 1/2 rounds, are good choices too, depending on what

you're after. But, Casino's don't "require" any special strings, beyond your own preferences.

 

Pyramid, or Thomastik's-Infeld, for Flatwounds, is pretty standard.

 

 

CB

[bluelake07]

I don't play jazz and flatwounds are too dull-sounding to me and I get squeaks with roundwounds so I'm back to using D'Addario XL Half-Rounds 10-46. The next strings I try will be GHS Brite Flats which are advertised as being similar to flatwound in feel, but with a brighter tone.

[taxman]

The next strings I try will be GHS Brite Flats which are advertised as being similar to flatwound in feel, but with a brighter tone.

I have GHS Brite Flats on a few guitars of mine. They are as advertised, a combination of flats and rounds -- feel of flatwounds with no no finger-squeak, brighter tone of roundwounds. Very, very nice strings.

 

I have flatwounds on my burst Casino and roundwounds on my Inspired Lennon. They sound very different. I get jazzy and early rock tones from the flats, I get crisp rock from the rounds.