New D'addario NYXL strings

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A little off topic, but Dark Order, are you or your band endorsing D'Addario? You mentioned something about a rep and you're also in a band, so I was curious. What other brands do you have endorsement deals with? Do you think the endorsement deals are different there down under, or similar to deals here in the states? Thanks!


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darthphineas said:
A little off topic, but Dark Order, are you or your band endorsing D'Addario? You mentioned something about a rep and you're also in a band, so I was curious. What other brands do you have endorsement deals with? Do you think the endorsement deals are different there down under, or similar to deals here in the states? Thanks!


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HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! I WWWWWIIIIIISSSSHHHHHH I had an endorsement deal! No endorsements, I just try evrything that catches my ears, I work at Artist Guitars, and part of my job is placing the purchase orders with local suppliers, like D'Addario Aust. and Dominant Music (who import Seymour Duncan into Australia). I tried the American Stage cables which blew my mind, bought a Black Winter ( yet to try), got sent sample sets of cleartones (hated them), sent a sample set of Elixir 12052 11-48 electric strings (10 times worse than Cleartones), tried the EXL115BT ( love 'em except I break these within 8hours of Thrash Metal), recently tried the cobalts(muddy) and the EB2250 pure nickel ( nice but no chunk for Thrash Metal, great for rock), now the NYXL1046. Orginally I was scared to try em as they didnt have 11-50 yet, but the rep sent me a set to try and the rest is history. Love em, best I have played in 21 years.
 
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I just took off my Beta-Tester set about about 2 months of use... honestly I didn't like the NYXL set much to begin with. I'm happier with the regular XL sets.

The NYXLs sounded a little brighter and louder, with slightly less tension but I found they corroded a little faster and didn't stay in tune quite as well. I just put my usual set back on the guitar I was using them with and I like the XL's much better, so I'll stick with those.
 
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B2D said:
I just took off my Beta-Tester set about about 2 months of use... honestly I didn't like the NYXL set much to begin with. I'm happier with the regular XL sets.

The NYXLs sounded a little brighter and louder, with slightly less tension but I found they corroded a little faster and didn't stay in tune quite as well. I just put my usual set back on the guitar I was using them with and I like the XL's much better, so I'll stick with those.
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I'll be interested how long they last me, cause regular EXL's bust on me so quick!!!
 
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Dark Order Lord said:
Ok. The word from our rep in Australia is that the other gauges, like 11-49 are arriving here in September. So what that mean for you in the USA could only be a month earlier maybe.

All I am saying is stop being a pansy over $4usd vs $12usd BUY 1 set and test it for yourself. If you love em then great, if not keep going with the crapy cleartones and elixirs, or just keep going with your regular Dads and EB's which there is nothing wrong with those (except snapping), I am just sick and tired of buying a new set and them freaking out that after 1-2 gigs or 1-2 6 hour rehearsals that my A or D string or less often my E wound string are going to snap. And they do 90% of the time

I wanna play a set till the are dead of tone, and THEN change them. Thankyou NYXL1046, when they mean play fearlessly it not a joke, and I am still getting used to this new thing
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Sounds like your saddles need work. I replaced a lot of my guitars saddles and I haven't broken a string since. I like the string savers or ferraglides. They are both graphite and have cl completely stopped my guitar from breaking strings
 
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Dark Order Lord said:
All I am saying is stop being a pansy over $4usd vs $12usd BUY 1 set and test it for yourself.
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The problem isn't buying 1 set, of course $12 is no problem. The problem is that I own 9 guitars and if I love the strings that's $108 to string them all with NYXLs instead of the current $30 for a 10 pack of EXL110s. That's when playing ~3 times as much for strings would suck.
 
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Bludave said:
Sounds like your saddles need work. I replaced a lot of my guitars saddles and I haven't broken a string since. I like the string savers or ferraglides. They are both graphite and have cl completely stopped my guitar from breaking strings
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HAHAHA!!!!! I'm busting these strings with String Saver saddles. Been using them for years.:saeek:
 
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XSSIVE said:
The problem isn't buying 1 set, of course $12 is no problem. The problem is that I own 9 guitars and if I love the strings that's $108 to string them all with NYXLs instead of the current $30 for a 10 pack of EXL110s. That's when playing ~3 times as much for strings would suck.
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9 guitars????? Do you play all 9 all the time?????? I own just 3, a Gibson Explorer 1990, and 2 custom made Grubisa Flying V's. 98% of the time I just play the black V.

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Dark Order Lord said:
9 guitars????? Do you play all 9 all the time?????? I own just 3, a Gibson Explorer 1990, and 2 custom made Grubisa Flying V's. 98% of the time I just play the black V.

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That was the point I was making in my earlier post. I have 30 guitars and even though I don't play every one every day you still have maintenance to do and at 12$ a set that's just too much. I use 11's and 13's. The XL 115's and the J17's for acoustics. They work fine for me and I see no point in changing
 
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I've playing on the Beta testers they sent me a while ago …. set them up on my Dano pro 'cause they sent me 10-46s….they,re still on and sound great ! But I'll stick with my EXL115….just cheaper !
 
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I finally got a chance to try one of the sets they sent me a while back. I use 9-42's so the 10-46's they sent sat on the shelf until I recently joined a band that tunes down a whole step! So far I like them a lot! In my experience they set in quickly and stay in tune better than most. I plan to keep them on and gig for a while to see how long they last then put on the other set they sent me....after that who knows.
 
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Bludave said:
That was the point I was making in my earlier post. I have 30 guitars and even though I don't play every one every day you still have maintenance to do and at 12$ a set that's just too much. I use 11's and 13's. The XL 115's and the J17's for acoustics. They work fine for me and I see no point in changing
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30 guitars?????????? Why????
 
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Chris of Arabia said:
Why not?

For the record, I have 25 and I know there are others on here who have more than that. Some of us just like a little variety in our lives.
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I know this will suck what I'm about to say, but free speech is what it is... Well, as someone who formally worked at Guitar Crazy, which had 900 guitars in stock, I had custom guitars made for me because no factory guitar cuts the mustard, and I don't see the need for owning more than 1 great classical, 1 great steel string acoustic, and minimum 2 really great electrics, like my V's.... Or at least 1 strat/tele, 1 Les Paul/gibsonish guitar, 1 floyd/kahler tremolo guitar. But those who keep buying guitars to point of kingdom come, sorry I not having a go at you or others here, but there is just no logical point to me. I know confidently that my Grubisa customs blow away every factory guitar out there that I have tried, including my own Gibson Explorer (Oh oooooo, here comes the flaming!!!!!), the only factory guitar that blew my guitars away was a 1960 Les Paul that I had a privilege of trying from Brad Shepard of the HooDoo Gurus, back in the mid 90's.

One can't possibly upkeep 20-30-40 etc guitars, whats the point of so many guitars when you really need is a few great guitars. Thats what working at Guitar Crazy taught me. If you need a guitar with a sound you don't own then just hire it. i did that on my 2nd Album. To put it another way, 30 guitars = 30 repairs, 30 sets of strings, 30 FRET DRESSES, 30 sets of new bridge saddles every couple of years.....etc... I have enough trouble up keeping 2 custom electrics.

I have had guitarist in my band Dark Order that do this of buying 50,000 guitars, and musos in other bands that I have known, and none of them had a 1 guitar that was killer.... Not one.

On the other hand I have known guitarists in Dark Order and other bands than own just a couple of electrics, and they happen to be killer guitars.

This is why I just don't understand, and sorry to go off the topic of NYXL's

Back on topic, the NYXL's have the best mids I have ever heard, mids are the most important part of the make or break tone to me.
 
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Hmm - I could be classified as one of those "collectors". No, I don't "need" them, but I guess I would waste the money I spent to buy them by allocating on beer or new cars. If things got bad, I could probably sell and at least recoup my money.

As far as maintenance, that varies on the player. A good number of guitars in my rotation have not been touched in terms of fret dresses etc - In other words, just strings (standard ones) once or twice a year - maybe a truss rod tweak.
 
New D'addario NYXL strings

Because I can :)

I play a lot of acoustic guitar as well as electric. The acoustics are more sensitive to tonal changes due to wood types and body sizes. Electrics are more prone to shaping the tone with pickups, pedals and amps. So I definitely have all my bases covers but I've collected these instruments of many years of playing. But IMHO every player has to have a Tele, a Les Paul, a Strat and maybe a semi hollow like a 335. Now I'm not a metal guy so I guess one could add a shred stick to that list but for me those 4 electrics can do a lot. Then of course you have acoustics...... Whole different world
 
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I also had the problem of breaking strings constantly when I was using D'Addario's, that's one of the reasons I gave up on them. I don't have that problem with other brands I use. I also think their electric strings have a sort of "mid-scooped" sound to them, so they sounded thinner than other brands.

Al
 
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