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Post by scorpiodog on Oct 31, 2018 11:38:06 GMT
Looks like Elixir have started their annual three sets for the price of two offer. I bought three packs last week for well under 100 quid. I'd rather pay 11 quid a set than full price (I did buy a single set recently for 17 quid from a shop!). It's also worth shopping around. One of my packs was less than £30.
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Post by oustudent on Oct 31, 2018 11:39:18 GMT
They come around now and again, I have a pack that I think I will be putting on e-bay
J
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Post by Phil Taylor on Oct 31, 2018 13:33:51 GMT
Looks like Elixir have started their annual three sets for the price of two offer. I bought three packs last week for well under 100 quid. I'd rather pay 11 quid a set than full price (I did buy a single set recently for 17 quid from a shop!). It's also worth shopping around. One of my packs was less than £30. I always buy the 3 for 2 offer Paul, wouldn't buy them otherwise Phil
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Post by colins on Oct 31, 2018 16:58:52 GMT
I used to pay more than £70 for a set of gut strings for my classical guitars, and well over £200 for a lute set. Didn't change them very often!
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Post by Martin on Oct 31, 2018 17:20:24 GMT
I was going to buy some Elixirs when I saw that offer was on, but then I remembered I don't really like them, so that was that! I did pick up some D'Addario Nickel Bronze mediums to try, as well as some 85/15 American Bronze (sounds like a tanning product), so fun times ahead
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Post by earthbalm on Nov 1, 2018 7:53:23 GMT
Many years ago, my father gave me a Selvyt cloth. It's quite tatty now but I've just started using it on older strings on a guitar. The cloth really does bring strings back to life. I'm not sure they'd be up to recording quality but it certainly does lengthen the life for practising.
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Post by jangarrack on Nov 1, 2018 11:46:32 GMT
I've tried loads of different makes of strings and always ended up back with D'Addario PBs, either coated or plain. The make that stood out for me were Newtones and in particular the double wound PBs which sounded very rich and felt lovely to play. Does anyone else here use double wound?
At the moment, I'm trying out for the first time some D'Addario Nickel Bronze strings and I cannot for the life of me figure out quite what it is about their sound that is so different, but I really do like them. They feel really nice to play as well.
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Post by jangarrack on Nov 21, 2018 9:55:53 GMT
Elixirs, Thomastik Infeld, Newtone Heritage, D'Addario .... etc. All have something in common for my guitars. They all sound great on one or on some guitars but uninspiring or even bad on others. Mark Interesting as I have this same situation with my 2 Brook Taws. BT1 is very accepting and sounds great with just about any make or type of strings I put on it, but BT2 is really fussy, in fact extremely fussy. It hates Elixrs, DRs and others, can like or dislike D'Addarios PBs at different times, it likes La Bella Vapor Shield for about a day or so when they're brand new and it loves Newtone Masterclass PBs either single or double wound. I've just discovered it also likes D'ADDARIO NB1252BT Nickel Bronze Acoustic Guitar Strings, 12-52 Light Balanced Tension and would like to know if anyone uses or has tried the Newtone Master Class Acoustic Nickel strings. I'd also be interested to know any views on the Newtone double wound, which sounded lovely to me. What is it that makes some guitars so fussy for the right strings and others for which it makes little difference? I'd love to know.
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Post by NikGnashers on Dec 1, 2018 15:01:09 GMT
I usually use Martin cheapo strings, and gallons of 'fast fret' to aid slides and cut down the scratchy noise.
I got my new xmas prezzy this week (a lovely new 032se Lowden), and gawn knows what strings it came with, but they were much darker bronze than the ones I normally use, and oh my, really REALLY loud scratchy noise during slides. So, I swapped them out with my first try of Elixir Polywebs. Immediate impressions are, wow, superb sounding, and super slick & slidey. I don't care if I have to change them every two months, these are the strings for me and my lovely new plucker !
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Post by andyhowell on Dec 1, 2018 15:42:28 GMT
I use medium Newtones on my Lucas Pavillion and Martin J40 and lighter D’Daddario PB strings on my OM.
I really like the Newtones - they seem very ‘balanced’ to me. Whatever that means.
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Post by oustudent on Dec 1, 2018 20:07:14 GMT
I am a fan of the Newtone and I have been buying DADGAD and recently fitted some Newtone 0.012" Low Tension. My only concern is the quality of the Newtone, I have had a few dud strings which they have replaced immediately but it does cast a seed of doubt about the consistency of the quality and sound.
I have also started to use the Martin Flex Core which is their round core offering. I do like the feel of them and they can be bought for about £8.00 a set online
John
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Post by bleatoid on Dec 2, 2018 21:44:34 GMT
For most of the year, I just look at it on its stand in my little music room, and smile. But December is the month that I actually pick up my banjo to practice a couple of Christmas carols for the seasonal video entertainment of distant relatives - as of course, we all do.
When I did so yesterday, it occurred to me that (rather in common with the OP's point) the strings on my banjo are the originals and so are now over ten years old.
I would welcome any Sunday evening thoughts from our wise brethren here assembled as to the extent to which such string longevity might, perhaps, compromise the sparkling, yet richly satisfying tone associated with this particular instrument. Or, might it be the case, as, indeed I suspect, that an element of metallic torrefaction has set in - taking us tonally into the realms of Stradivarius?
By way of background for your consideration (drawing from the valuable conclusion reached on another current thread), my banjo does not (yet) have a sunburst finish.
Thank you in anticipation.
Peter
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Post by Vinny on Dec 2, 2018 22:11:52 GMT
Best use of banjo I’ve ever heard of - play when visitors overstay their welcome.
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Post by Martin on Dec 2, 2018 22:34:54 GMT
For most of the year, I just look at it on its stand in my little music room, and smile. But December is the month that I actually pick up my banjo to practice a couple of Christmas carols for the seasonal video entertainment of distant relatives - as of course, we all do. When I did so yesterday, it occurred to me that (rather in common with the OP's point) the strings on my banjo are the originals and so are now over ten years old. I would welcome any Sunday evening thoughts from our wise brethren here assembled as to the extent to which such string longevity might, perhaps, compromise the sparkling, yet richly satisfying tone associated with this particular instrument. Or, might it be the case, as, indeed I suspect, that an element of metallic torrefaction has set in - taking us tonally into the realms of Stradivarius? By way of background for your consideration (drawing from the valuable conclusion reached on another current thread), my banjo does not (yet) have a sunburst finish. Thank you in anticipation. Peter I use the Newtone clawhammer sets from Eagle Music for my banjer. Saying that, cutting your fingers on some rusty old nasty strings is pure ‘old time’
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Post by andyhowell on Dec 2, 2018 22:50:27 GMT
Rather annoyingly I have just broken a string on My banjo. Must have been about 50 years old I reckon.
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