smooth guitar strings

slee8251 · Post by **slee8251** » Tue May 03, 2005 2:14 pm

any way to make ur strings smoother.. when i slide on the fret, it seems really sticky and like too much friction.. i'm too lazy and too poor to change the strings.. would like pledge work or something??

czech · Post by **czech** » Tue May 03, 2005 2:16 pm

semen

DMBFan63 · Post by **DMBFan63** » Tue May 03, 2005 2:17 pm

i would suggest working up caluses(sp?) and putting newer strings on. I never have a problem with my fingers sticking

slee8251 · Post by **slee8251** » Tue May 03, 2005 2:17 pm

checkii wrote:semen

i would be too tempted to lick it

littlefriend · Post by **littlefriend** » Tue May 03, 2005 2:53 pm

guitardmb · Post by **guitardmb** » Tue May 03, 2005 3:04 pm

Buy string lubricant. That should work.

mangold · Post by **mangold** » Tue May 03, 2005 4:18 pm

i wish they made flatwounds for guitars.... yeah, some good lube on your shaft and calluses on your hand are the best way to improve your performance

Ranting Thespian · Post by **Ranting Thespian** » Tue May 03, 2005 9:43 pm

praisedave wrote:i wish they made flatwounds for guitars....

HUH? I put on gibson flatwounds on my archtop all the time. I tried the Dean Markley flatwounds for it, but just weren't that great, the only dean strings I don't like. Gibson, though, makes great flatwounds. I get them from my local guitar store.

gravesRR7 · Post by **gravesRR7** » Tue May 03, 2005 11:12 pm

i know you said you dont' buy a lot of strings. but next time get coated, i recommend ELIXER strings.

they last super long, and they slide very very nicely

Nitro1515 · Post by **Nitro1515** » Wed May 04, 2005 12:09 am

gravesRR7 wrote:i know you said you dont' buy a lot of strings. but next time get coated, i recommend ELIXER strings.

they last super long, and they slide very very nicely

definitely, elixirs are great

guitardmb · Post by **guitardmb** » Wed May 04, 2005 7:10 am

Nitro1515 wrote:
gravesRR7 wrote:i know you said you dont' buy a lot of strings. but next time get coated, i recommend ELIXER strings.

they last super long, and they slide very very nicely
definitely, elixirs are great

I disagree. I dont like them much. For one they are extremely expensive, and the coating gets weird after a while, or at least it does for me. I like Martin 80/20 medium with some string lubricant. Works great for me.

hcole · Post by **hcole** » Wed May 04, 2005 9:38 am

praisedave wrote:i wish they made flatwounds for guitars.... yeah, some good lube on your shaft and calluses on your hand are the best way to improve your performance

You might want to give d'addario EFT's a shot, I like them.

http://www.daddariostrings.com/DADProdu ... CLASS=ABQA

czech · Post by **czech** » Wed May 04, 2005 12:05 pm

guitardmb wrote:
Nitro1515 wrote:
gravesRR7 wrote:i know you said you dont' buy a lot of strings. but next time get coated, i recommend ELIXER strings.

they last super long, and they slide very very nicely
definitely, elixirs are great
I disagree. I dont like them much. For one they are extremely expensive, and the coating gets weird after a while, or at least it does for me. I like Martin 80/20 medium with some string lubricant. Works great for me.

elixers fucking rock. if you wipe them after you play they will last forever.

mangold · Post by **mangold** » Wed May 04, 2005 12:18 pm

Ranting Thespian wrote:
praisedave wrote:i wish they made flatwounds for guitars....
HUH? I put on gibson flatwounds on my archtop all the time. I tried the Dean Markley flatwounds for it, but just weren't that great, the only dean strings I don't like. Gibson, though, makes great flatwounds. I get them from my local guitar store.

oh, i meant acoustic. mybad

czech · Post by **czech** » Wed May 04, 2005 12:25 pm

whats a flatwound?