what brand of strings?

firedancer86 · Unread post by **firedancer86** » Wed Apr 30, 2003 7:44 pm

mbgreen wrote:
DMBTaylorPlayer wrote:
mbgreen Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 2:10 pm Post subject:

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Coated strings are for little girls. That is all.
Then apparently Dave Matthews is the biggest girl of them all. He uses EXPs, you know...
Oh shit, Dave uses coated strings??!! I'm switching!

Ah hem...as I said before: Coated strings are for little girls. That is all.

and uncoated ones are for the big girls :?:

Pickles · Unread post by **Pickles** » Wed Apr 30, 2003 8:00 pm

coated strings are awesome. everyone should listen to me for no reason except that i have nothing else to talk about. i know this doesnt make sense, but it shouldnt so dont worry about it. just go out, buy some coated strings, go see x-men 2 on friday, send money to my house or tell me you want me to set up a paypal account, etc.. please excuse my incoherrent rambling.

Jay · Unread post by **Jay** » Wed Apr 30, 2003 9:14 pm

i recently put on some uncoated strings that i had to use them up, and i'm actually liking them better than the coated ones now....

mbgreen · Unread post by **mbgreen** » Wed Apr 30, 2003 9:16 pm

firedancer86 wrote:and uncoated ones are for the big girls

Well they could be. If she has balls instead of ovaries. :wink:

firedancer86 · Unread post by **firedancer86** » Wed Apr 30, 2003 9:37 pm

mbgreen wrote:
firedancer86 wrote:and uncoated ones are for the big girls
Well they could be. If she has balls instead of ovaries.

and no breasts...and all the other features? :roll:

8)

4mbi3nt · Unread post by **4mbi3nt** » Mon May 05, 2003 8:11 am

grock wrote:
4mbi3nt wrote:I haven't tested these out yet but you may want to try GHS true mediums. The luither that is working on my stuff recommended them. They're kinda of different in that they use some strings from the light set. Also they only cost 8$.

See the data below.
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
LIGHT S325 012 016 B24 B32 B42 B54
Tr.MED TM335 013 017 B24 B32 B42 B56
MED S335 013 017 B26 B36 B46 B56
those true mediums look like they are made to be tuned up to open E. i like that. i use the bluegrass guages. they use light strings for the high e and high b. and then use the medium guage for Low EADG strings. and i have been using elixirs but i may just try out some EXP's.

Ok so i got my rig back with the new strings. They suck. I played for about 2 hrs and I had to take them off. My fingers had tons of black dust on them and I couldn't get used to closeness in size of the some of the strings. They felt all out of proportion to one another. So I put on some Elixirs.

grock · Unread post by **grock** » Mon May 05, 2003 9:46 am

once you go elixir you don't go back.

i am trying some EXP's right now and i don't like them. they came out awhile ago but i had a stash of about 4 sets of elixirs at the time. now as i was out of strings i thought i'd give D'Addario another chance. wrong idea!!! now, i am just waiting for one to break so i can change them. there is so much string noise. squeaky slides are not my style. and i've never had a problem with huge stretch chords but the extra grab of the strings prevents me from pushing that pinky to that extra fret. arghhh. after all i heard i thought they were gonna be awesome.

it's like every song i play is all like squeak squeak squeak.

elixirs have minimal to zero string noise and that's the way i like it.

DT · Unread post by DT » Mon May 05, 2003 10:21 am

yea, its definitely the string noise that keeps me on elixirs- i just restrung my guitar with some cheap regular phosphor bronze stuff and it feels good, but the noise is just too much- elixirs feel too slick at first, but after a week or so they break in real nice, just enough grip and hardly any squeak

4mbi3nt · Unread post by **4mbi3nt** » Mon May 05, 2003 11:33 am

which ones are you guys using the Nanoweb or polyweb? I think I got the nanoweb ones. Sad thing is I wasn't able to play for but all of 10 minutes with them. I plan on breaking them in tonight :lol:

DustyDave · Unread post by **DustyDave** » Mon May 05, 2003 11:56 am

What are you paying for Elixirs ? Here they are 25 - 30 $ damn danish taxes :cry:

but i wanna try them , i never tryed them , i've been using D'addario Phosphor Bronze Custom Light .011 EJ26 .... Love them :lol:

Pickles · Unread post by **Pickles** » Mon May 05, 2003 11:58 am

i just recently bought a set of electric lights and 12 string lights. in total i paid $40. the electrics were about $15 and the 12 string set was about $25. it was either great or crap so i chose great

DustyDave · Unread post by **DustyDave** » Mon May 05, 2003 12:03 pm

So all the Elixirs users would say they're worth the money ?

Which ones do you people recommend , and whats the difference in the coating on Nanoweb and Polyweb ?

Pickles · Unread post by **Pickles** » Mon May 05, 2003 12:05 pm

elixirs are awesome. nanoweb has a thinner coat, so it has better grip and a more natural sound. polyweb makes the string smoother and have a different sound to them. either way you cant go wrong. same price.

DustyDave · Unread post by **DustyDave** » Mon May 05, 2003 12:12 pm

Thanks for your input Shane , appreciate it

Gonna give them a try when i get that far :lol:

Pickles · Unread post by **Pickles** » Mon May 05, 2003 12:15 pm

just to let you know, i personally love elixirs, but be warned. a friend of mine used this analogy - elixirs are like heroine to a addict. be careful.

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