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Post by Tungus on Feb 6, 2010 14:45:03 GMT -5
Personally... I like mine with about 10-30 hrs playing time. I hate how new srings sound, then again dirty (broke in) strings are more comfy but lack harmonic overtones.
Whats your guy's take on this?
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Post by thenotshredder on Feb 6, 2010 14:51:21 GMT -5
I love new strings, especially after about six hours or so. 30 hours is actually a bit much for me, but I'm poor so I give 'em about a month before changing them.
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Post by Metal Dan on Feb 6, 2010 16:18:15 GMT -5
I change em before every gig or every two weeks. I break the A string if I don't
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Post by Tungus on Feb 6, 2010 19:21:55 GMT -5
I change em before every gig or every two weeks. I break the A string if I don't Break em @ the nut or bridge?
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Post by Metal Dan on Feb 6, 2010 21:46:20 GMT -5
Neither: right where I usually pick. The core snaps and the wrap unwinds.
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Post by Tungus on Feb 6, 2010 23:48:44 GMT -5
Neither: right where I usually pick. The core snaps and the wrap unwinds. A strings hate Dan for me.... no matter what guitar.... G string goes flat. damn near like clockwork. G string hates Kev.
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Post by Stefvorcide on Feb 7, 2010 9:42:02 GMT -5
I don't like new strings, but when they lose all presence & treble I don't like that... I used to change strings every 2-3 weeks when I was playing alot, now I can wait 6 months easily..
Kev, good luck with the g string haha
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Post by Metal Dan on Feb 7, 2010 10:33:13 GMT -5
I noticed that problem with the 'g' string on a lot of guitars... it doesn't seem to stay in tune as well. Are you a penta-wanker Tungus? (I just wanted to say 'penta-wanker'). I think the majority of bending happens on the 'g' string, especially with the minor pentatonic scale. But it's not like I've counted it or anything, so I am just grabbing at straws here.
As far as my 'a' strings go, they just can't take my fierce galloping. Buncha pansies them 'a' strings.
Penta-wanker.
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Post by Joel Wanasek on Feb 7, 2010 13:11:53 GMT -5
I'm into the slightly new thing. After about a day or 2 I'm loving them.
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Post by Metal Dan on Feb 7, 2010 19:30:10 GMT -5
I heard some guys boil them in water before putting them on to get them to that stage. Anyone here try that?
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Post by Tungus on Feb 8, 2010 12:01:14 GMT -5
I tried it once about 10 yrs ago. It does work for getting oils and dirt off of them, but I found it easier just to buy a set of strings whenever I could...even when I didnt need a set. That way there were always 6 fresh strings when needed. Between having to fire up the stove and fight the strings back on ya know? I also had apprehensions of reusing double locking strings. Something about putting a pre-crushed string in.
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Post by Tungus on Feb 9, 2010 23:20:57 GMT -5
Are you a penta-wanker Tungus? -ala Dan
Nah. I 90% of the time hammer out phrygian, aeolean and mixolydian. Im a diatonic nerd it seems. I still however swallow @ pentatonics. Easiest scale on earth and I cant play it well enough other than to fake a Skynard solo.
Story of my life heh heh.
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Post by Metal Dan on Feb 9, 2010 23:57:03 GMT -5
I just wanted to say Penta-Wanker
I am a pretty convincing penta-wanker, but I'm not a big fan of the scale.
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Post by Tungus on Feb 16, 2010 3:20:06 GMT -5
Changed strings on bitch yesterday. Shiny new set of cheapie SIT 10s.
Funny, I think it sounded better with the nasty ass 3 month old 9s I had on it lmao.
Seriously though.... tone is better and the bends aren't any harder. It's prolly just gonna take a few days for my ear to start liking them.
Luckily the Yamaha has above ave tuners on it (with non locking vintage trem locked down) so there are no tuning issues to piss me off. 1/4 turn on the trussrod is all it took to get it back into shred mode.
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Post by Tungus on Feb 23, 2010 14:30:22 GMT -5
I heard some guys boil them in water before putting them on to get them to that stage. Anyone here try that? I got to thinking about this more.....and I will be experimenting more with this. Boiling the strings at say 240-260 deg would probably fall under the "annealing" category. Basically taking the stress out of the steel and theoretically should work in our favor. The amount of time its heated and then cooled comes into play also. When I was a body man (fixing cars that soccer moms tear up while yappin on the phone or puting on makeup) I used to heat the frames up with a torch, pull the frame straight and then hit it with a hammer under full pull, then release the pressure. That hammer hit is what realigned the molecules and brought the strength back into the metal. If it was just heated and pulled, it would be weak and fold twice as easy next time soccer mom would slam into someone. A string that was heated fast and cooled fast would break the 1st time you tried to play. Tuning instability with fresh strings sucks at 1st due to it tightening on the post. When its finally tight everything should stay put unless your tuners are shit. Annealing the string... hmmm. I bet it works better for string longevity. Ill let you all know what i come up with.
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