Got this sudden urge yesterday to play something detuned. I've dedicated my RGD321 for this task since it sports a slightly longer scale length (26.5"). This one is tuned to C#. This beast has a set of DR flat wounds & looks like it's gonna last forever. That's right folks, flat wounds are easier to clean since they have little to no indentations along the entire strings length so once a wipe down is effected, you are most probably going to dislodge all the dirt on your strings.
Is there a disadvantage to having flat wounds in one's guitar? If you are tone-specific, the flat wounds are anything but bright sounding. This is the reason why jazz cats love them in their semis; the guitar is already rather bright by default so the string set helps even out the overall tone with added warmth. This will definitely be a plus point for finger pickers.
