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Greg Cutshaw


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Corry, PA, USA
Post  Posted 5 Feb 2007 4:18 pm    
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Simple lead in on E9th. This is a great run to have new wound strings on (my strings are now 10 months old and only the 3rd one on E9th has been changed)!

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Greg
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Anders Brundell


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Falun, Sweden
Post  Posted 8 Feb 2007 12:53 pm     Retired strings?
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10 months! That must be some kind of record. But you have a good sound nevertheless.
Can't you put on new strings and record something just to let us hear the difference?

Anders
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Greg Cutshaw


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Corry, PA, USA
Post  Posted 8 Feb 2007 4:27 pm    
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Anders,

I use stainless wound strings and they seem to keep that piano sound forever. I never cared for the sound of new strings too much and I know I am in the minority here!

Greg
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Doug Beaumier


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Northampton, MA
Post  Posted 8 Feb 2007 4:36 pm    
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My triple neck Fender stringmaster has it's original strings from 1967! That's 40 years! The guitar is basically unplayed. I got it from a woman who never learned to play it, and I have played it very little.

On Pedal Steel my record is about 8 months on the same set of strings (except for the 3rd string). That was back when I was playing 7 nights a week, so that adds up to a lot of hours. Eventually the strings get so dead the raises and lowers won't tune right. Nowadays I change strings about every 3 months, more in the summer... outdoor gigs... sun, moisture, dust, sweat, etc.

Greg, I agree with you about the sound of new strings on PSG. I prefer the 'warmer' tone of old strings! Wink On regular guitar however, I change my strings after every 4 gigs. I love the clean ring of new strings on a guitar.
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Greg Cutshaw


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Corry, PA, USA
Post  Posted 8 Feb 2007 4:59 pm    
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In "The Fretboard Journal" Number 1, Winter 2005 there is a great interview with Charlie Louvin in which he tells the following story:

Ira Louvin was a great musical instrument craftsman and even did some work for Sho-Bud for a while. They were going to do a Delmore Brothers tribute album and got their hands on one of the Delmore Brother's original flat top guitars with like 25 year old strings on it. Ira took the strings off, soaked them in a bucket of kersosene overnight, put them back on the guitar and that's what they recorded with! Charlie said they sounded like brand new strings.

I think the non-stainless strings get flat tops from the bar going acroiss the top of them and that tends to deaden them pretty quickly. On the other hand, I can see where the stainless (only the windings are stainless) strings are wearing the chrome off my Dunlop bar (1974). BTW my national picks are the same ones I had in 1977. They are wore out and should be replaced but they fit SO well. I change the blue Herco nylon thumb pick out every year or so.

Greg (sell me your used strings)
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Anders Brundell


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Falun, Sweden
Post  Posted 9 Feb 2007 10:18 am     string survivability
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Oh boy - I need to try stainless, or maybe stew my old ones in kerosene! When I played a lot I needed to change strings at least every two weeks, but I never tried to renew them in gas, kerosene or boiling water, so I don't know if that would help. But it sounds like a third world emergency solution to me.
I've never tried stainless, so that might make a real difference.

Anders
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