What brand of strings do you use?
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Keeping it brief - Cobra Coil. Excellent strings for tone and longevity at a good price.
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Soooooo Sid...... what are you trying to say here? . Just kidding, I also use your Live Steel Strings and love them!
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George L's. Been using them since they changed from Bill Lawrence to George L's.
I've tried almost all other brands, but I like the George L's the best. I just replenished my stock with a dozen sets each of the E9th and C6th "Nashville" strings.
I've tried almost all other brands, but I like the George L's the best. I just replenished my stock with a dozen sets each of the E9th and C6th "Nashville" strings.
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I'm treating my girl to a full set of E9 and C6 Live Steel strings tonight. I should have done it 3 weeks or so ago. Saturday night, when I was doodling around before a gig, I could hear my 5th string starting to sound real "tinny" and just didn't sound right when played with the 3rd string. I knew that it was going to break. Halfway through the first set, KABOOM!!! Live Steel Strings will break, but you have to be careless (I really wanted to say "stupid") enough to let them go longer than they should. My C6 strings are black from my arm resting on them and by my hand when I am playing that neck. They still sound good enough for the little bit that I play C6 these days. But it will have new ones for this weeks gigs.
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Multiple choices re. strings............
I used ONLY Bigsby strings on my quad=Bigsby. Always played and sounded great. Minimal breakage.
What ever Emmons shipped on my 1972 p/p have been really great strings. Always stay in tune and only the G# string breaks..........occasionally.
For replacements I've found Sierra Company's strings to be really great strings for all the playing I do.
For my Ric Bakelites, I use nothing but GIBSON, Spanish guitar strings. They stay in tune; no breakage whatsoever; fabulous sustain........ I wouldn't change for anything.
What ever Emmons shipped on my 1972 p/p have been really great strings. Always stay in tune and only the G# string breaks..........occasionally.
For replacements I've found Sierra Company's strings to be really great strings for all the playing I do.
For my Ric Bakelites, I use nothing but GIBSON, Spanish guitar strings. They stay in tune; no breakage whatsoever; fabulous sustain........ I wouldn't change for anything.
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I use metal strings, they come in a small square plastic or paper envelope.
And Sid..nice post !
And Sid..nice post !
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I don't have a large data base of testimonials to what strings OTHER people use, thus cannot compete in the bandwidth sweepstakes, but as the OP's question was what strings do we each use personally this post will be short.
I buy D'Addario singles from local music stores, no sets, no mail order. If the locals don't have the D'Addarios that I need I will buy a few Ernie Balls to get me through the drought.
I'm sure Sid's strings are just over-the-top awesome, but until they can be found in every town I travel through they will not find their way to my guitars. This is not a slam on Sid or anyone else, I'm just happy with what I already have, any further improvements in tone and sustain will have to come from my hands...
I buy D'Addario singles from local music stores, no sets, no mail order. If the locals don't have the D'Addarios that I need I will buy a few Ernie Balls to get me through the drought.
I'm sure Sid's strings are just over-the-top awesome, but until they can be found in every town I travel through they will not find their way to my guitars. This is not a slam on Sid or anyone else, I'm just happy with what I already have, any further improvements in tone and sustain will have to come from my hands...
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I can’t really hear much difference between stainless steel strings of different brands, but there’s definitely a difference between stainless steel and nickel.
Just as no 2 people are exactly alike, (twins notwithstanding,) neither are 2 trees. Therefore, no two wood guitars are exactly alike. There will always be slight differences, even in 2 supposedly identical guitars made by the same people.
But the same cannot be said for the Millennium. The carbon fiber bodies all have the same resonance and tonal characteristics. I have 2 of them, with the same pickup in each. Cosmetics aside, they are absolutely identical.
I put Live Strings on both. Nickel on one, stainless steel on the other. I put them on, on the same day, so they were all fresh. I tested them side by side, with no volume pedal, going into the same amp, and compared the tone of the 2 sets if strings.
The inherent properties of the guitars are identical, so the only differences in tone came from the strings.
The differences are subtle, but noticeable. The stainless steel strings sound brighter, with more bite, and more twang. The nickel sound warmer and deeper.
They both really sounded good. I prefer the nickel.
Just as no 2 people are exactly alike, (twins notwithstanding,) neither are 2 trees. Therefore, no two wood guitars are exactly alike. There will always be slight differences, even in 2 supposedly identical guitars made by the same people.
But the same cannot be said for the Millennium. The carbon fiber bodies all have the same resonance and tonal characteristics. I have 2 of them, with the same pickup in each. Cosmetics aside, they are absolutely identical.
I put Live Strings on both. Nickel on one, stainless steel on the other. I put them on, on the same day, so they were all fresh. I tested them side by side, with no volume pedal, going into the same amp, and compared the tone of the 2 sets if strings.
The inherent properties of the guitars are identical, so the only differences in tone came from the strings.
The differences are subtle, but noticeable. The stainless steel strings sound brighter, with more bite, and more twang. The nickel sound warmer and deeper.
They both really sounded good. I prefer the nickel.
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I thot the same until I tried Frenchy's "Silent Wound" strings. Its what you don't hear that's important with those, and you pretty much lose interest in other brands once you don't hear those things. He's got a website.Mike Perlowin wrote:I can’t really hear much difference between stainless steel strings of different brands, but there’s definitely a difference between stainless steel and nickel.