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Post by Vincent on Aug 16, 2018 10:01:52 GMT
I bought some Johnny Brook Nickel Plated Steel Electric Guitar Strings in 09 gauge a short while ago. Cost about three euros and they are not bad at all. Quite spanky sounding. Much better than the Orphees. Compared to D'adarrios? Not a million miles away but one would need to do a side by side comparison to distinguish the difference. Had a set on a strat for about a month now and they are doing very well.
When I change strings I usually put the empty packet inside the appropriate guitar case to help me remember.
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Post by Vincent on Aug 16, 2018 10:51:49 GMT
Well I can substitute a case with a gig bag in some instances but most of my guitars do have something to go into when they are not in service. Your thought process with regard to string changes, if I may say so lacks a little finesse. A devil-may-care attitude is fine until the devil himself comes to call and then it usually ends in tears. You knew I would say that didn't you?
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Post by Vincent on Aug 16, 2018 11:03:41 GMT
Anyone know anything about muting with felt? What are you trying to achieve with this? Some muting of the string you are playing or some damping of the strings that you aren't to stop them from vibrating in sympathy? Also Carol says that finger players would damp under the strings but pick players should damp over the strings. Why? Is it something to do with fingers being a sort of pulling action whilst picking is a pushing one? I'm not sure I get it. I would ask her but I really need all of my organs. I don't know what the answer is but I have seen quite a few flamenco players with pieces of foam material under the strings at the bridge. This seems like a good way of getting the effect without the need to apply a picking hand technique. Conversely I think Hank Marvin is the best that ever was.
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Post by DefJef on Aug 16, 2018 11:24:40 GMT
Well I can substitute a case with a gig bag in some instances but most of my guitars do have something to go into when they are not in service. Your thought process with regard to string changes, if I may say so lacks a little finesse. A devil-may-care attitude is fine until the devil himself comes to call and then it usually ends in tears. You knew I would say that didn't you? There is no finesse to my choice of string changes Vincent. None at all. I take great care in winding on and stretching them but none at all in choosing them. I guess it comes from playing at college where I'd just grab any guitar that happened to be available. Whatever was offered. It seems to have left me pretty unchoosy about what I play or its dimensions. I just try to get a sound that pleases me out of it and some of my most pleasing times have been using someone's guitar that has been drawn out from an attic or from under a sofa and not been played for years. Blow the dust off and polish the strings a bit with some fluid and a bit of tin foil if available, chuck in a bit of back yard barbecue smoke and all is well. I have the same approach to guests coming to my house: no need to bring any instruments or equipment, there's plenty lying around here. The only disaster I try to avoid is a broken string on a floating trem when playing live. So I use decked ones or teles unless a song specifically requires a pull up.
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Post by LeoThunder on Aug 16, 2018 11:38:55 GMT
It seems to have left me pretty unchoosy about what I play or its dimensions. I just try to get a sound that pleases me out of it and some of my most pleasing times have been using someone's guitar that has been drawn out from an attic or from under a sofa and not been played for years. This is the road to happiness. Make something out of what you can rather than spend a lifetime searching for a Holy Grail. I enjoy trying things out. I like to have different strings on different guitars. I switch profiles on my modelling amp just to see what I can make out of that one I haven't used before. Sometime, I'll spend extra time with those I don't like very much because of that very challenge. Or I'll put on some effect at random and see what it inspires. Still, crappy strings are crappy and I won't buy them again. There's a difference between not being used to something and finding something unpleasant to use. Life is too short for the latter.
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Post by DefJef on Aug 16, 2018 11:56:08 GMT
I enjoy trying things out. I like to have different strings on different guitars. I switch profiles on my modelling amp just to see what I can make out of that one I haven't used before. Sometime, I'll spend extra time with those I don't like very much because of that very challenge. Or I'll put on some effect at random and see what it inspires. Still, crappy strings are crappy and I won't buy them again. There's a difference between not being used to something and finding something unpleasant to use. Life is too short for the latter. This is the other route to happiness. Nearly every sound has some potential. It's great fun going to a sound you wouldn't normally gravitate to and see where it goes. That's one reason why I try different tunings or prat around with a capo well up the fretboard. Recently I've been into very soupy big reverb with delay on my Jazz Bass through a Blues Driver. Of course a string that won't stay in tune is an off-putter but it can be a fun challenge to play whilst missing that string altogether. I'm not condoning using awful strings and wouldn't desperately try to use them but I seem to have been lucky in not finding many strings awful and even only once twice finding some that were so knackered they wouldn't stay in tune or intonate properly. That was hugely frustrating till I took the plunge and replaced them.
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Post by salteedog on Aug 16, 2018 13:07:55 GMT
I have the same approach to guests coming to my house: no need to bring any instruments or equipment, there's plenty lying around here. Me too. Except I'm left handed so most of my guitars aren't much use to my guests. I've a visitor coming to stay next week who plays a bit. He'll have a choice of my kid's 3/4 scale electric or my old battered 12 string acoustic. If he goes the electric route I can offer him a choice of one of 6 amps though
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