Guitar Strings Used by Kenny Vaughan
Kenny Vaughan is a Nashville guitar player who plays with Marty Stuart's Fabulous Superlatives. In 2006, he was Americana Music Association's instrumentalist of the year. Vaughan previously played for Nashville singer and songwriter Lucinda Williams and was a founder of cult 1980s punk band Jonny 3. He uses Fender Telecaster Slimline style guitars.
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Brand of Strings
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Vaughan has an exclusive licensing deal with guitar string company D'Addario & Company. D'Addario & Company makes strings for musical instruments under the D'Addario brand and is a major producer of musical instrument accessories. D'Addario & Company is well-known for its environmental credentials; it was the first company to reduce packaging and focus on nontoxic and recyclable materials.
Construction Type of Strings
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Vaughan uses flat wound strings on his guitars exclusively, according to a video interview with him available from D'Addario. Flat wound strings are manufactured with a flat surface wire wound around the central core. Flat wound strings give a smoother, less-abrasive sound since their flattened, polished surfaces have less friction with your fretting fingers.
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String Gauges
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Vaughan was quoted in an interview with Guitar Player magazine, in September 2006, as saying he uses 0.012 gauge strings. In the interview he said those were his choice because "flatwounds give the front end of the note more pop, and that notes decay smoother than they do with roundwound strings."
String Gauge Measurements
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The full set of D'Addario XL flat wound string gauges are as follows: (E) 0.012; (B) 0.016; (G) 0.024; (D) 0.032; (A) 0.042; and (E) 0.052 inches in diameter.
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