I play mostly chord/melody solo gigs (pre-pandemic of course):? with a dark/clean tone -no pick. So that's a lot of grabbing full handfuls for 2 hours and perhaps too much use of a lot of using partial or full bar grips. When I do a gig with a Bass player wow my hands like they did nothing after 2 hours. I have settled in on the Thomastic Jazz Swing Series pure nickel flat wounds??010, .014, .018, .023, .033, .044.? I sub a generic .011 for the 10. The lower stings are quite light and my hands are thankful. If I was more of an ensemble player I would probably go heavier. If I keep them and my hands clean they last about 3 months before getting noticeably?dull. That 2-3 hours playing per day.
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Peter Crist
