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Post by fatfingerjohn on Jun 24, 2020 14:38:21 GMT
I have tried coated, uncoated, PB bronze etc etc strings and remain a crap player are the string manufacturers ripping me off? If you're a crap player Ged I don't know where that leaves me ...
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Post by geddarby on Jun 24, 2020 15:12:52 GMT
fatfingerjohn a lot better than I am especially on the Auden 12 string
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Post by vikingblues on Jun 25, 2020 8:32:10 GMT
Plus when you change the strings it gives you a chance to give the instrument a good clean and polish, oil the fret board, change the battery or anything else it might need. I can clean and polish a guitar???!!
I'm going to have to break the habit of a lifetime.
Back on topic, I've sometimes found that the feel of coated strings puts me off, and with some makes have thought the sound just a little less resonant.
But each guitar, and each different brand and variety of coated string is different - so some work and some don't.
Mark
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2020 8:46:47 GMT
To be fair your time is probably better spent playing it.
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Post by dreadnought28 on Jun 26, 2020 0:35:19 GMT
I'm not a very experienced guitarist so I'm probably talking out of my fundament but surely the main reason to use coated long-life strings is for a guitar you don't play much, so you can put it away and when you want it a few weeks or even months later you can get it out knowing that the strings won't be all black and tarnished and need to be replaced. If you're playing it a lot they're going to need to be replaced regularly anyway and besides, if there is any saving at all it is minimal. Plus when you change the strings it gives you a chance to give the instrument a good clean and polish, oil the fret board, change the battery or anything else it might need. Oiling the fretboard is not necessary, maybe every year or two.
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Post by curmudgeon on Jun 26, 2020 8:16:07 GMT
I'm not a very experienced guitarist so I'm probably talking out of my fundament but surely the main reason to use coated long-life strings is for a guitar you don't play much, so you can put it away and when you want it a few weeks or even months later you can get it out knowing that the strings won't be all black and tarnished and need to be replaced. If you're playing it a lot they're going to need to be replaced regularly anyway and besides, if there is any saving at all it is minimal. Plus when you change the strings it gives you a chance to give the instrument a good clean and polish, oil the fret board, change the battery or anything else it might need. Hi New Dave, I guess I could be seen as an experienced player, if only as I am older than dirt. but I agree with you in every aspect apart from the fact that my acoustics don't run on batteries.
From time to time (mainly because of being misled by folk on forums (fora?) I experiment, but I always go back to D'addario PB EJ series
Typically a set of uncoated lasts 3-4 months, so a couple of ten packs of lights and mediums is really all I need.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2020 8:32:57 GMT
Thanks. As for the batteries I only have one pure acoustic guitar, the others all have preamps and pickups (which I hardly ever use ). I'd like to do some busking when I'm a bit more confident with my playing and singing and I'll use an amp then but for now it's a waste really.
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Post by slartibartfarst on Jul 2, 2020 15:32:25 GMT
My experience with acoustic strings is still limited but on my electrics I've used Elixirs for years. I found that with normal strings I couldn't get much more than a month but with Elixirs they'll last 6 months even playing that guitar all the time. If I move between a couple of different guitars in that time they should easily last for a year and the tone stays strong. I can't remember the last time I tried a different brand.
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