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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Option of teflon coating.
Any thoughts?
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Sounds propriatorial.
Do they work on non-Apple guitars? |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | As a seller of strings, I would like to know exactly WHAT makes them different. They talked about how great they were, but they didn't mention how they were made. I know that the SIT strings that I sell are made differently than other strings. I know that Adamas strings are made differently than other strings. All these people seem to be doing is raving about them, but never mentioning WHY. |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | They have diagrams as to cost per hour to play. I went thru this, but with coated strings. To me it seems like a gimmick. |
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| They talk about stretching the strings before they're assembled, but that's just an idustry-wide practise. Many strings and wire start with core wire that's run through draw benches and then cured. I wonder if they are stretching them again. If they are, it can only be minimal or it will reduce the life and intonation of the string. Metal is metal and the physical properties are constant. They might be using an with an extremely dense core wire. Other than that I don't know... |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
As a seller of strings, I would like to know exactly WHAT makes them different. CS...since you are a dealer maybe you could have them send you some samples to try and then report back to us.
Then if they live up to the hype, we can buy some from you. :D |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | It looks the same but there is also a direct link.
http://www.firewirestrings.net/ |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Do they come with string tubes? |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | Isn't that the teflon part of it? :rolleyes: |
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Location: Jet City | I might have missed it, but I don't see them say anywhere that they're making these themselves.
Probably re-branding Dean Markleys :D |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | which are made by GHS
and private labled out to Daddario |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Proprietary, exotic, revolutionary. They still don't say anything of substance. Besides, as someone whose love of fishing is second only to guitars, it sounds too much like Fireline, which will ruin your gear. It's almost as bad as Spiderwire. Won't use either one, and I catch a lot of fish! |
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| I did buy some EXP extended play stings. they are a coated string and they were cheaper than the Elixir Nono's I usually buy, these are made by D Addario but for some reason they seem to sound pretty bad real fast and I am not so sure these should be called extended paly. They don't sound as good as standard strings but they do sound like well used strings as fast as regular bronze wounds.
Any new string is worth a try. |
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Location: closely held secret | If that tuner is an example of how their strings sound, they won't be seeing any of my money. |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Metallurgy is a complex something , there`s probably some truth in what they`re saying , will that make for a better string ?..as for graphs , any tech can make a test anyway he wants it , anyway , I would evaluate a string after tuning/re-tuning , playing hard for three days , just to make sure the string has " settled "
Just got a set of Newtone Master Class Double wound strings , which feature a round core with a double coil on the bass-strings ( sounds special to me ) , can n`t make up my mind on what guitar to try them out yet :)
Vic
here`s the link :
http://www.newtonestrings.com/acoustic_page.htm |
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Location: Indiana | I prefer the USB strings myself. |
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| I'm not paying any more than $5 for a set of strings. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Originally posted by Jonmark Stone:
I prefer the USB strings myself. Damn! That was going to be my line. |
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Location: Just outside Dallas, TX | All that said... have any of you ever checked out http://www.webstrings.com
They have GREAT prices and sound every bit as nice as anything NON-Coated out there... MartinSP, etc... |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | DRK HRSE...
Checking the Power-Tab Tutorial...
Did U check on the Newtone strings ?
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Location: Cork, Ireland | I've always found the best-sounding strings are ones that are not too old, not too new and properly fitted to a good guitar |
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