Stringlife: Polymer coating

Jim Bob Sedgwick · Post by **Jim Bob Sedgwick** » 26 Oct 2002 10:50 am

Has anyone tried this product? I am thinking of ordering some. I'm curious if any of you guys are using it and what you think of it. Thanks for any responses.

Larry Jamieson · Post by **Larry Jamieson** » 26 Oct 2002 3:32 pm

I haven't tried this on my steel yet, but have a set of the coated strings on my flattop and they sound great and last a long time... The strings I put on the Taylor were Martin SP (Studio Performance) lights, with the extended life coating, made to compete with the Elixers, the original coated string for guitars. The Elixers are big sellers already in the short time they have been on the market. If somebody has a set for the steel, they will probably be good. They are more expensive, but should last 3 times as long as untreated strings...

Jon Light · Post by **Jon Light** » 26 Oct 2002 4:14 pm

Stringlife is a product that you apply to standard strings. Someone posted about it a while ago. He ordered some but has not come back with a report. I, too, would sure like to hear a review. It sounds interesting and although I should know better than to believe what I read, the testimonials are persuasive.
http://www.stringlife.com/

Ricky Davis · Post by **Ricky Davis** » 26 Oct 2002 9:54 pm

WEll I ordered some and been using it for a Month now.....Haven't noticed anything different at all in string wear.....they wear the same and get black from my acid hands the same.......so bad review here....Hell it's the same as ban roll-on but without the deorderant smell....ha.
Ricky

Reggie Duncan · Post by **Reggie Duncan** » 26 Oct 2002 10:25 pm

Reduces string corrosion, nothing more.

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 30 Oct 2002 8:35 am

Best thing I found to help string life was to wipe them off often...like after each 10-15 minutes of playing. I used to use a rag with some WD-40 on it...this helped a lot, but the smell wasn't too good! It gets to be a hassle, though, and there's no good way to keep the wound ones clean.

If you're going to do it, though, wipe them off individually, as it's the underside of the string that deteriorates fastest.[This message was edited by Donny Hinson on 30 October 2002 at 08:37 AM.]

Rick Barber · Post by **Rick Barber** » 30 Oct 2002 3:34 pm

Interesting. Does Elixer actually sell coated string sets for steel now.?? I worked on them for a while asking them to come out with that product in pedal steel sets.

Rick Barber

Gino Iorfida · Post by **Gino Iorfida** » 30 Oct 2002 5:32 pm

Well... you coudl probably look to buy Elixir singles who knows where

ANYWAYS, my experience with Elixirs, is of mixed emotions... the plain strings dont have any protection, and thus corrode fast (which has LAWAYS been the first to go dead on me... secondly the wrapped strings, dont go dead as fast, and sound good, HOWEVER, I notice after a bit of playing (couple gigs/practice etc), the wound strings grow 'fur' from the polymer wearing off where I pick... and I use a med-med/lt pick, with a fairly light touch... I know guys who can kill a set of elixirs faster than other strings... Imagine what those rough steel fingerpicks will do to a set of elixirs!! so your milage may vary

Jim Bob Sedgwick · Post by **Jim Bob Sedgwick** » 31 Oct 2002 5:51 pm

Has anyone coated an old set of strings on the guitar and have you noticed any difference. This company claims that coating old strings will restore the sound to new. I have my doubts.

Lee Baucum · Post by **Lee Baucum** » 31 Oct 2002 6:54 pm

I don't think that coating old strings will restore the tone.

You have to place them in a pan of boiling water to do that!

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[This message was edited by Lee Baucum on 31 October 2002 at 06:55 PM.]

Johan Jansen · Post by **Johan Jansen** » 1 Nov 2002 4:23 am

You also can use pledge furniturewax-spray for this, does the same job.
But, if you can afford, change strings in time for the best sound, tuning, stringbreakageproblems and so on.

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Mike Delaney · Post by **Mike Delaney** » 1 Nov 2002 8:48 am

I've always used Pledge myself.

Ken Williams · Post by **Ken Williams** » 1 Nov 2002 10:28 am

Donny, I played a club for years that was kinda lacking in the air conditioning department. I used WD-40 sprayed onto a rag to wipe the strings thoroughly at the end of the night. If it weren't for that, I would have been changing strings about every few days. I'd always heard that it would kill the tone or life of the string. But I could not detect any tone lose.

Ken [This message was edited by Ken Williams on 01 November 2002 at 11:14 AM.]