trevorus
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Well, a friend of mine is trying every set of strings under $5, which is a worthy endeavor. Another friend buys Elixir's for his acoustics, and of course they are quite a bit more expensive, so friend 1 throws us both a set of $2 Musicians Gear strings. I usually go with D'Addario 80/20's or the EXP's. I pop the MG set on my Taylor 310ce... here's a couple things I noticed: the low E is a bit odd. When on tune, it plays sharp fretted anywhere at first. After some stretch and some play, it settled into being right. The color of the bronze is very yellow, whereas I am used to the more coppery orange of the D'Addarios I usually play with. Tone is fine, not really anything out of the ordinary. I'm really wondering if it's worth switching, because of the price. I did once try the electric strings, and immediately yanked them off. They just sounded wrong. For 12's, they don't feel that especially stiff, but that seems to be a function of the guitar as much as anything.
My Art and Lutherie guit seems to feel stiffer with just about any string at all. It's currently strung with a set of EXP's, and it sounds great. It's really a different guitar from the Taylor, of course. It's a cedar topped cutaway, CW model. I'll have to try the MG set on it, and see what comes of it.
My Art and Lutherie guit seems to feel stiffer with just about any string at all. It's currently strung with a set of EXP's, and it sounds great. It's really a different guitar from the Taylor, of course. It's a cedar topped cutaway, CW model. I'll have to try the MG set on it, and see what comes of it.
I had a customer bring an electric guitar in for me to restring and they had me put a set of First Act strings on it. Terrible, terrible strings. Dead and dull sounding right out of the box (or just "dark"?). They seemed to be made from some weird crappy alloy, as they had a darker, but not corroded, look to them.
