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Location: PDX | So, i just got another stable mate and it came strung with new Elixer Nanowebs. Never tried them before.
Does anybody else find that it is hard to get a solid purchase on the strings with the fretting hand? My fingers have the tendency to slip right off the strings and when i land solid the connection seems tenuous. Reminds my of those Ovation guitars i used to own that kept slipping off my knee.
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | I've always like Nanos and the way they feel. Mmmm Siiiilky. |
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Location: Vernon CT | Originally posted by Jeff W.:
I've always like Nanos and the way they feel. Mmmm Siiiilky. +1 |
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Location: Tidal Mudflats of Virginia | +2 |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by gh1:
My fingers have the tendency to slip right off the strings +4
Now put down that buttery crab claw... |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | buttery crab claw Johnny, you're killin me....lol
The closest thing to a crab claw around here is Websters or Brittanica...
I grew up on the Chesapeake...I'll never take anything for granted again... :rolleyes: |
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Location: Chicago | +4
Phosphor Nanos too (on the Adamas 1581-5):
See "Carbon 14" on the first link below. |
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Location: Reno, NV | I can live with the slippery feel because it works both ways. Its easier to slide notes and chords on Elixirs. I went to plain uncoated strings for a while, but gave Elixirs another try and really like them. The long life is also a major plus now that Im out of my string experimentation phase. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by dobro:
+4 We're up to +5 Greg.
My turn...
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Location: big island | have tried just about every string available. i keep going back to elixir nanos. +7 |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | I am currently participating in an Elixer beta/string study of their new nanoweb strings. I have no idea what the difference between these and the current for sale strings are but they do sound really good.
The ones Elixer sent me to try out are the phosphor bronze lights 12-53. I have noticed that after about 15 hours of playtime some of the coating is coming off off the middle strings around the first 3 frets.
They still sound very crisp and clear.
When I remove them I have to log onto a website and answer a bunch of questions, give opinions and then send the old strings back. |
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Location: PDX | Hmmm, well, anybody want to buy a slightly used set of strings? :)
I gotta tell ya, once these go dead -- if they don't convert me (only been played a few hours) -- i'm going back to D-Ad's and that nice grippy feel.
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Location: Utah | I just tried Nanos on my electric guitar. Wow, love that slippery feel and the lack of finger noise! On the '07 Collector I just put on Dean Markley Phos/Bnz something or others that sound really really nice. Eventually I'll try the Nanos on the acoustic. So far, the slipperiness is a bonus for me. |
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Location: Indiana | I still like Poly's... yeah, one in every crowd. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | +9, or do I get a vote for every guitar I have them on? |
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Location: NJ | total crap
I don;t know how many times I get a call.
"my tuner does not work right"
do you have coated stings on your guitar?
yes
take them off and put on bronze |
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Location: Chicago | Taste, brother (like booze, everyone has his poison).
For me it's sweat chemistry: I corrode standard strings too fast, before the gig's done. Seriously. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I've never understood the whole "coated string" fancy. How in the hell does covering your strings with some plastic wrap make them sound better? I've tried nanos, exps, whatever and I think they all suck. I use plain old EJ16s at $4 a pop. |
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Location: South of most, North of few | old school |
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| Have to say I'm old school, too. I've tried just about every coated string out there & I keep going back to EJ16's. Extra cheap in bulk packs. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Originally posted by alpep:
total crap
I don;t know how many times I get a call.
"my tuner does not work right"
do you have coated stings on your guitar?
yes
take them off and put on bronze On magnetic pick-ups, Al?
I don't see why this would be an issue on an undersaddle and such... |
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Location: Chicago | Hey, let's take the Temp approach. All y'all who don't get it is "Stupid f*ckers"! |
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Location: Vernon CT | Originally posted by Gallerinski:
I've never understood the whole "coated string" fancy. How in the hell does covering your strings with some plastic wrap make them sound better? I've tried nanos, exps, whatever and I think they all suck. I use plain old EJ16s at $4 a pop. Not trying to knock you there Toby, you are entitled to you opinion. To each his own, right?. I have found and based on the other posts here others feel the same, that for $12.00 a set I/we can get a solid 4-5 months of playing time (real good tone the whole time) (Time I play, 8-10 hours a week) on one set as opposed to changing a $5-6 set of Uncoated strings a min of 4 time in the same time frame. thats atleast $20.00 compared to $12.00 or a 60% savings for me. Again, To each his own! :)
Still love ya anyways! ;) |
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