do they really make any difference between cheap or expensive.
the reason why I ask is that my son said after playing with my latest build just imagine what it would sound like with quality strings dad.
I buy cheap £1 set of 6 strings and they sound ok to me.
I've bought strings off cbjohn but doesn't seem to sound any difference to me.
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I go for the $7ish packs of Ernie Ball strings with exception of resonators which I've switched to John Pearse G-tuning mediums. I have tried the more expensive Elixr Nanoweb acoustics and they sound great and last a long time with their coating, but I don't care to pay twice as much.
I now buy Ernie Ball Power Slinky electric strings 6 at a time for about $5 a pack. Great price. Great strings.
Here's a fresh $5 pack. Power Slinky are 49-11.
I use d'Addario rather than cheap generic brand Chinese stuff for several reasons. I've used cheapo strings in the past and had the following issues with some of them:
Very weak electomagnetic performance.
Not long enough (some are cut not quite long enough to use on a trapeze style guitar or thru' neck cigarbox guitar).
When you take the cheap strings out of the pack, often they don't go totally straight - a sure sign of inferior low carbon steel core. A good string is going to play more consistently, stay in tune and last longer.
Loose windings.
With decent strings I don't get these problems, and now in my workshop building courses I now exclusively use d'Addario...I think we've had only 4 string breakages out of around 3000 strings being strung up and tuned by first-timers..not bad really. I fit thousands of strings a year, so I can do without any grief from this sort of problem. If you are buying the odd set, it seems hardly worth saving a few pennies - I spend hundreds of pounds every month buying strings, and for me it really isn't worth economising. For the home builder, the occasional duff string is probably no worry, and if you know your guitar isn't going to be used hard every day by someone earning their living out of it, it's less critical, so horses for courses I suppose.
good point john.
thanks for the input.
I've never ever considered buying a cheap set, because brand name strings are so cheap anyway. I get three sets of either d'Addario, Ernie Ball Slinky or Martin acoustic extra lights for around the £10 mark. While we're on the subject, what do you lot do with your spare strings, I have tonnes of spare low E, high E and B strings?
make a zither / lap harp
i have my own line of strings .
vid .. http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/introducing-swamp-witch-guitar-...
get em here . http://swampwitchguitars.weebly.com/strings.html
of these which is better for the slide cbg.
round wound.
flat wound.
nickel or phoster bronze?
mostly preference really .. some folks conclude that flat may be easier for slide, and less " noisy " .
im not one of those people . i like wound .
as per material , well then the guitar type itself comes into play .. in general , mag pickup guitars " need / should have" steel or nickel plated steel strings for the mag to read .
bronze wound will still work , but sound muddy .
but bronze wound, " in my opinion" , sound great on acoustic or piezo guits . " where no steel is needed for a mag pup to read . "
http://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/thebritsarecoming?commentId=259...
food for thought.
(start bottom of page , and read up )
thanks
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