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Post by Djangle on Oct 2, 2020 12:27:06 GMT
I tried them a few years ago on my HB Strat and found them far too slinky for my taste. I usually use .10s and tone wise I felt the .7s were a touch more shrill on the high strings. Had to ease up on my bending as its so easy to go past the pitch you're looking for also had to ease up my picking hand to stop the low E going out of tune when riffing. It's definitely easier overall to play and bending is effortless so if your playing style is with a soft touch/attack these may well be perfect for you but I have quite an aggressive rhythm style at times so couldn't bond with them. I also had a hard time getting the strings to intonate properly even playing above the 9th fret sounded out of tune slightly (could have been a bad set tho). Also worth mentioning these strings are so slinky almost like a kind of elasticity feeling they are pretty much unbreakable. I use .8 set on my 12 string and they're great but anything less than .9s on a six string just feels weird tho I wouldn't rule out ever playing them again as I get older and the hands get stiffer.
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Post by Djangle on Oct 2, 2020 13:28:14 GMT
They certainly make you adjust your playing style and if you're more of a lead playing string bender gymnast they could be perfect for you but if you attack a guitar in a kind of Pete Townsendy style they kinda suck . The .8s I use on my 12 string are the Ernie Balls DefJef but I'm looking to try a made up set of Thomastik flatwounds once they die. Apparently flats on a 12 last forever though I'm not sure this is true as the unwounds are likely just the same Ones found in normal packs.
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