Guitar String pack discovery....

[PFDarkside]

I consolodated packs of guitar strings from various guitar cases, guitar center bags and random containers. Looks like I could have a shootout without buying a new pack of strings!

2 Nickels, 3 Nickel-Steels, 1 coated and 1 "treated".

Good thing I checked before going to buy any more packs of strings...

 

[Jackson Distortion]

Re: Guitar String pack discovery....

The tension on Nanoweb Elixir's SUCK, imo. Not balanced AT ALL.

 

[MetalManiac]

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Thats cool Darkside! I was thinking about putting together assorted string packs for sale on ebay.

Of course, now we will need reviews in comparison.

 

[PFDarkside]

Re: Guitar String pack discovery....

The tension on Nanoweb Elixir's SUCK, imo. Not balanced AT ALL.

I hadn't noticed that, but I'm using Custom Lights right now. Which strings are off, and in what direction?

(The 7 String set is left over from an experiment to build a balanced tension set to approximate 10's in Eb. I ended up using the 7th string from a set of 9's most of the remainder of a set of 11's with possibly a different b.)

 

[treyhaislip]

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Slinky Cobalts....love those!

 

[JeffB]

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Old Dad packaging. Youve had those for awhile

 

[Mincer]

Re: Guitar String pack discovery....

With my apparently acidic skin, coated strings lose their coating for me after about 2 weeks. I get white flakes all over the case and my clothes, which I am sure does wonders for the sustain and vibrations of the string. I am also in a very humid area, so string just simply don't last long here.

 

[Rand-O-Monium]

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Damn,Kewl!

Wish I could "find" some strings...


& cables...

 

[Jackson Distortion]

Re: Guitar String pack discovery....

I hadn't noticed that, but I'm using Custom Lights right now. Which strings are off, and in what direction?

(The 7 String set is left over from an experiment to build a balanced tension set to approximate 10's in Eb. I ended up using the 7th string from a set of 9's most of the remainder of a set of 11's with possibly a different b.)

I used the 10-46 set - which is comparable to the Custom Light set - and the wound strings feel way off. The feel of the A string compared to the low E and D strings are world's apart. And I personally thought the tension of the E and D strings was very high. Power chords didn't feel right but, if you like playing octaves on the low E and D strings I guess it'd be just fine considering that both strings feel almost identical in tension. YMMV

Here's the tension scale for that set:

.010 / 16 .013 / 15 .017 / 17 .026 / 18 .036 / 20 .046 / 17

 

[PFDarkside]

Re: Guitar String pack discovery....

Interesting, here are my numbers for Slinky 10s

.010 - 16.2
.013 - 15.4
.017 - 16.6
.026 - 18.4
.036 - 19.5
.046 - 18.8

 

[GuitarFanatic]

Re: Guitar String pack discovery....

I now use D'Addario 11-49 stuff.

 

[PFDarkside]

Re: Guitar String pack discovery....

Old Dad packaging. Youve had those for awhile

Yes, the Nickels were in a case of a guitar I bought a little over a year ago. The nickel steels... Who knows.

With my apparently acidic skin, coated strings lose their coating for me after about 2 weeks. I get white flakes all over the case and my clothes, which I am sure does wonders for the sustain and vibrations of the string. I am also in a very humid area, so string just simply don't last long here.

I think my sweat/environment is a perfect match for Elixirs, they last forever. I used to use them on my guitars I played infrequently and changed nickel steels fairly regularly on my main players. Now that I have a baby I just have had elixirs on my main guitar to keep it semi-fresh since time is not on my side.