StringJoy Strings

[JB_From_Hell]

I’m not sure why the other thread was closed, but I’m genuinely curious to hear opinions on StringJoy strings. If they’re coated, or some other premium (NYXL, Cobalt, etc...) the price makes sense, and allowing custom sets at this price is awesome. However, if not, they seem grossly overpriced.

I just watched a demo video on Facebook. The guy talked about all these things that set them apart and made them sound great, then demoed a standard scale guitar tuned down to B or A through some software modeling. If you’re into djent, that’s cool and all, but it’s ridiculous to talk about subtleties and nuance, then play anything with copious gain.

 

[JB_From_Hell]

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Interesting... from the looks of the Pickup Lounge, it seems we have a lot of djent dudes here. Figured somebody would've tried these.

 

[PFDarkside]

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I think they are Slinky/XL style.

 

[Sirion]

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The other thread read very much like an employee basically trying to advertise for their product covertly. I don't know which policies SD have for such things, but I suspect that is why it disappeared.

 

[JB_From_Hell]

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^ Yeah, it did come off that way.

Something that really, really bugs me about them is there are scores of people on their Facebook posts saying, "I tried whatever brand, but they broke really quick. I hope yours last longer!" and the StringJoy reply NEVER includes, "Strings don't really break unless something is wrong. Make sure your guitar is in good repair, or that you aren't bashing on it with too heavy of a pick."

 

[Metalman_666]

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I picked up a few StringJoy sets on a whim after they found their way into my Facebook feed. Can't remember for the life of me what I clicked but read through the site and figured, what the hell.

Awhile ago I used a pair of digital calipers to get the gauges of a set of ZOG strings, whose gauges felt just perfect for me. I've kept those numbers for the last few years and wanted to try them with StringJoy.

I ordered a few custom sets in October 2017 from StringJoy for my two Schecters (6 and 7) and they have been great. No breakage yet, and I've been pretty rough with them (I do use Big Bends Nut Sauce). They survive bends, seem to keep their tone and last as long as your average D'Addario XL set. I've had my KM-7 out almost since I bought it back in November and played the crap out of it, and the strings are still kicking!

Djent is not my thing, I'm more of a prog/rock/metal guy. I play big chords, do some hybrid picking, fast riffing, soloing, and a good amount of clean playing.

I am not affiliated with the company at all, just a guy who happened upon the strings. They are a little pricier than standard strings but IMO worth it for the customization and quality so far. Will definitely order a few more sets once I get through the other 2 left.

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[stratguy23]

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The best thing about Stringjoy strings is that the stock sets are actually balanced, tension-wise, all the way down the line. You can also alter string gauges as desired, and they offer the very rare 11.5 gauge, which I've only seen otherwise in the GHS Big Core Nickel Rockers line.

I went through a 5-pack and found the sets very over-priced. They are priced in the neighborhood of NYXLs and Paradigms, but have no long life qualities. I found that they lasted about the same as other major nickel wound strings - XL, Boomers, etc.

I also found the low end response in the wound strings to be a bit dark/mushy. I've seen at least one other comment to this effect in the on-site reviews, so I'm not alone in this perception.

Great idea - balanced sets with custom gauges easily orderable - but the execution didn't do it for me.

 

[Clint 55]

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My custom sets are dialed mofos.

 

[Ayrton]

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I will stick wih off the shelf D’Addarios.

 

[DavidRavenMoon]

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"Strings don't really break unless something is wrong. Make sure your guitar is in good repair, or that you aren't bashing on it with too heavy of a pick."

Unless they are Ernie Balls. Lol.

I bash D’Addario 9’s with a purple Tortex every day. No problems. [emoji3]



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[Gtrjunior]

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Unless they are Ernie Balls. Lol.

I bash D’Addario 9’s with a purple Tortex every day. No problems. [emoji3]



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My experience is exactly the opposite as yours!! Lol
I’m a die hard EB guy and don’t care for D’addario. I have nothing inherently against them, I just prefer the feel and sound of EB. The D’addario’s feel like there is something on the strings that tend to feel like it doesn’t let you slide easily over the strings. But I’ll use them if thats all I could get.

 

[6stringerguy]

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String brands for me
Elixir: feel great, sound great but I just break them like they’re like they’ll kill me.
Ernie balls:strong, good value but nothing special plus they don’t retain their tone for very long
Cleartone:felt normal despite being coated, sounded great, didn’t break as much as the elixirs
Daddario:my favourite at the moment, played them for the longest out of the four, great tone and hardly ever break and they feel like any other uncoated string

I use a variety of pick thicknesses from 0.5 to 3mm and pick incredibly hard and bend hard

 

[Jeff_H]

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I have always disliked strings starting with "D", or GHS or Fender or Gibson. I always played EB Hybrid Slinky 9-46. Then I got into Snake Oil Strings around 2002 and used those until they went out of business. I've been using Curt Mangen Pure Nickel 9-46 for a few years and have liked them. I prefer pure nickel strings. I may try some other brands myself, since sometimes I feel like the tension on the Mangen's is off somehow.

 

[Sirion]

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I guess the problem for StringJoy is that anything even approaching equal tension across a string set will mean that the thick strings are made thinner compared to the thin strings. This, of course, runs counter to Internet wisdom. I think there are a lot of myths about thinner strings out there, and would love to see StringJoy shake things up a bit, but I doubt that it'll happen.

 

[Sirion]

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I have always disliked strings starting with "D", or GHS or Fender or Gibson. I always played EB Hybrid Slinky 9-46. Then I got into Snake Oil Strings around 2002 and used those until they went out of business. I've been using Curt Mangen Pure Nickel 9-46 for a few years and have liked them. I prefer pure nickel strings. I may try some other brands myself, since sometimes I feel like the tension on the Mangen's is off somehow.

I started using Fender pure nickels about a decade ago, and has never looked back. I prefer the .009-.040 set to the .009-.042, but unfortunately the former has gotten really hard to get – which is somewhat puzzling, given the lengths some people go to replicate EVH's sound!

 

[JB_From_Hell]

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I guess the problem for StringJoy is that anything even approaching equal tension across a string set will mean that the thick strings are made thinner compared to the thin strings. This, of course, runs counter to Internet wisdom. I think there are a lot of myths about thinner strings out there, and would love to see StringJoy shake things up a bit, but I doubt that it'll happen.

It runs counter to physics wisdom in many cases, and depends on the set we’re talking about. Going with thinner sound strings in an 11 set will not give balanced tension.

 

[Sirion]

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I used a standard pure nickel Ernie Ball set as the point of departure in on the String Tension Pro website, and got the following:



It looks like the E strings are pretty well aligned, but that the other wound strings should be significantly thinner if you want to achieve balanced tension; the b should be a little thicker. I am a bit surprised that the wound e didn't stick out, but it has probably been more than a decade since I last played a set of .011s; .009s tend to have significantly heavier wound strings (.037 or .038 for the wound E would be correct against a .009, for instance)

EDIT: I had gotten the impression that equal tension was StringJoy's schtick, but as far as I can tell, some of their sets seem to be significantly off what the calculator in question would deem appropriate. Have I dreamt up that part?

 

[Gtrjunior]

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I may be off base here but afaik strings were never meant to balanced across all 6 strings poundage-wise.
Why would we think that an unwound.10g High E string would exert the same tension as a wound .36 A string?
I’d be willing to bet that NO string manufacturer is trying to balance tension....they are simply making sets of strings that simply “work” for a particular instrument/player etc.
I can’t comment on StringJoy, as until this thread I have never even heard of them.
But I think that thinking EB or D’addario is actually trying to balance tension is WAY overthinking this. More likely they are of the “close enough” mentality.

 

[Clint 55]

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All I do is order my wound strings balanced to each other but a couple pounds heavier than the plain strings, also balanced to each other and it feels balanced. For some reason at the same tension, in a balanced tension pack, the wound strings feel slinkier to me. In regular packs, going from e to slinky b to super heavy d and a to slinky E does NOT work for me.

 

[DavidRavenMoon]

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All I do is order my wound strings balanced to each other but a couple pounds heavier than the plain strings, also balanced to each other and it feels balanced. For some reason at the same tension, in a balanced tension pack, the wound strings feel slinkier to me. Going from e to slinky b to super heavy d and g to slinky e does NOT work for me.

The wound strings have more mass, and multiple layers, and they are tuned lower. So they don’t have to be at the same tension as the thin strings. It all depends on how the string is designed. Plus round cores feel different from hexagonal cores.


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