Strings

If you're going to be using very thick plectrums and hitting the strings very hard, thicker strings are most certainly advised. So perhaps the more popular flatwounds are D'addario "Chromes". The ribbon is made of stainless steel, not nickel plated like normal roundwound strings are. These D'addario flatwounds have 4 wound strings (E, A, D and G). The thinner B and E strings are plain steel. Other flatwound sets, like the Fender Flatwounds, have 3 plain and 3 wound (plain G).