Comments on: Guitar Strings – How and What to Buy http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2006/03/23/guitar-strings-how-and-what-to-buy/ Guitar Reviews, Ratings, Tips, and Comparisons. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:35:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dave Allen http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2006/03/23/guitar-strings-how-and-what-to-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-25071 Dave Allen Sun, 01 Feb 2009 04:17:41 +0000 http://guitarstuff.mattvanstone.com/2006/03/19/guitar-strings-how-and-what-to-buy/#comment-25071 I recently found D'Addario, Extra light Chromes with a choice of 9's or 10's. Since I suffer from mild Carpel Tunnel, I experience pain when reaching for notes on the board, but these seem to ease this discomfort. They play like butter. No noise when running up and down the board and bar cords are amazing. I can add what ever bite I want with my effects processor without the squeaks and squawks of regular wound strings. These strings are REALLY flat wound, smooth and slick. I have them on two, elec. guitars and as soon as the stock strings on my Les Paul Robot go dead, I'll probably put them on it. If finger pain or noise from changing position bothers you, these are the strings to check out. Guitar is like making love, sometimes it hurts alittle, but that's no reason to quit. Don't listen to your mother, keep picking at it, you will get better. I recently found D’Addario, Extra light Chromes with a choice of 9’s or 10’s. Since I suffer from mild Carpel Tunnel, I experience pain when reaching for notes on the board, but these seem to ease this discomfort. They play like butter. No noise when running up and down the board and bar cords are amazing. I can add what ever bite I want with my effects processor without the squeaks and squawks of regular wound strings. These strings are REALLY flat wound, smooth and slick. I have them on two, elec. guitars and as soon as the stock strings on my Les Paul Robot go dead, I’ll probably put them on it. If finger pain or noise from changing position bothers you, these are the strings to check out.
Guitar is like making love, sometimes it hurts alittle, but that’s no reason to quit.
Don’t listen to your mother, keep picking at it, you will get better.

]]> By: matt http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2006/03/23/guitar-strings-how-and-what-to-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-33 matt Sun, 09 Apr 2006 23:34:50 +0000 http://guitarstuff.mattvanstone.com/2006/03/19/guitar-strings-how-and-what-to-buy/#comment-33 A buddy of mine used to have this ¾ size classical guitar that his mom bought from some random guy. It was more of a decoration than a practical guitar because he had a really nice classical already. Plus this guitar had steel strings on it but we didn’t know that was bad because we had just started playing at the time. We called it the killer guitar because a year after he had it his mom read in the paper the guy killed two people and jumped town. Also, it was a killer on the fingers because the strings were so tight (you know steel strings on a nylon string guitar). Eventually we realized this was wrong, but the guitar was so messed by then changing the strings wouldn’t make it playable. In the end we just tuned the guitar down a step and a half. It was really fun to mess around on after that. A buddy of mine used to have this ¾ size classical guitar that his mom bought from some random guy. It was more of a decoration than a practical guitar because he had a really nice classical already. Plus this guitar had steel strings on it but we didn’t know that was bad because we had just started playing at the time.

We called it the killer guitar because a year after he had it his mom read in the paper the guy killed two people and jumped town. Also, it was a killer on the fingers because the strings were so tight (you know steel strings on a nylon string guitar).

Eventually we realized this was wrong, but the guitar was so messed by then changing the strings wouldn’t make it playable. In the end we just tuned the guitar down a step and a half. It was really fun to mess around on after that.

]]> By: Cullen http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2006/03/23/guitar-strings-how-and-what-to-buy/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Cullen Thu, 23 Mar 2006 19:49:05 +0000 http://guitarstuff.mattvanstone.com/2006/03/19/guitar-strings-how-and-what-to-buy/#comment-10 I used to play heavy gauges -- .10 or .11, sometimes better -- because I used to break my low E all the time from all the galloping and smacking it I would do. This was due, in some part, to the crappy bridge on my guitar at the time. But mainly to the fact that I used to pound the hell out of my strings. These days I play Super Slinky and sometimes Extra. I tend to put heavier gauges on my little $99 Epiphone Les Paul Box-of-Cheerios Junior Special because it sounds better. But I hate playing on those heavy strings. I used to play heavy gauges — .10 or .11, sometimes better — because I used to break my low E all the time from all the galloping and smacking it I would do.

This was due, in some part, to the crappy bridge on my guitar at the time. But mainly to the fact that I used to pound the hell out of my strings.

These days I play Super Slinky and sometimes Extra. I tend to put heavier gauges on my little $99 Epiphone Les Paul Box-of-Cheerios Junior Special because it sounds better. But I hate playing on those heavy strings.

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