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Topic: color code for E9 strings |
Richard Stoops
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 25 Apr 2019 11:53 am |
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Is there a standard industry color code for PSG strings that indicates string size?
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 25 Apr 2019 12:41 pm
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| No "industry standard" that I've ever seen. D'Addario is the only ones I've seen color coded. |
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Richard Stoops
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Ohio, USA
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Posted 25 Apr 2019 3:19 pm color coding
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Thanks Jack, D'Addarrio strings are what I have. After looking the package over, on the end of the package the string/color mystery is explained. Thanks for the response.
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Bobby D. Jones
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West Virginia, USA
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Posted 25 Apr 2019 9:50 pm Color code for E9th strings
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When I get ready to change strings. I go through the whole set, Check and mark each envelope with the No. of the string on the guitar 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 using a magic marker.
I do not trust myself to remember the diameter of each string and where they go on the guitar.
If you cut a string short on a key head guitar, You have a OH &%!- with the only fix, Is another set of strings. Unless it is 3 or 5 and have spare strings. |
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 26 Apr 2019 2:27 am
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| I tried some D'Addario NYXL strings. The color coding method of identifying strings was a hassle. It took me twice as long to change strings. I've went back to George L's which have the conventional individually packaged strings. |
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Bill Terry
From:
Bastrop, TX
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Posted 26 Apr 2019 4:57 am
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| Jack wrote: |
| The color coding method of identifying strings was a hassle. |
I'm semi-color blind, so I had to have a micrometer to figure out which strings went where with those D'Addario sets. PIA, never again.. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 26 Apr 2019 7:24 am Re: Color code for E9th strings
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| Bobby D. Jones wrote: |
When I get ready to change strings. I go through the whole set, Check and mark each envelope with the No. of the string on the guitar 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 using a magic marker.
I do not trust myself to remember the diameter of each string and where they go on the guitar.
If you cut a string short on a key head guitar, You have a OH &%!- with the only fix, Is another set of strings. Unless it is 3 or 5 and have spare strings. |
I used to do that. I finally got to where I could remember the gauges. The problem with that is, the D'Addario strings don't come in individual packages. Like Jack S. Said, it took me considerably longer to change strings with D'Addarios. That and the higher cost of the NYXL strings make it a no-go for me. I didn't see any benefit to them.
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Stu Schulman
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Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)
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Posted 26 Apr 2019 7:49 am
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I recently put a set of D'Addario NYXL strings on my old Blanton guitar,Its a lot easier than I Thought it would be.
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Tom Spaulding
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Joachim Kettner
From:
Germany
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Posted 27 Apr 2019 4:46 am Colour code for regular guitar
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I broke a string on my guitar during a set. It was dimly lit, I opened the little carton and I couldn't see the colors at all. I broke the E string so I took what I thought was the thinnest of them. It's not a problem at home, but on stage it is.
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