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Topic: Buddy Emmons strings |
Nick Waugh
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Posted 9 Jan 2014 1:16 am |
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Hi all
Since I started playing pedal steel I have been using George L's strings. I am currently trying out Buddy Emmons SIT strings. Has anyone got an opinion on these? |
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Dan Beller-McKenna
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Durham, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2014 3:51 am
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| That's all I use, Nick. I have tried a few other brands, and there are some slight, audible, tactile differences among them. Preference for strings can get pretty subjective, though. These work for me. I like to change my strings often, so I can't speak to longevity of SITs vs. others. |
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Howard Steinberg
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St. Petersburg, Florida , USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2014 4:51 am
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I've used these on all of my guitars, for a few years, and find them to be no better or worse than anything else that I've used. Be aware that the C6 first string is a .017, which is there so you can tune it to D. I've not tried Live Steel strings as of yet. Having used Thomastik-Infeld strings ($20. +- per set), on my arch tops, it has become clear to me that not all strings are created equal.
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 9 Jan 2014 5:23 am
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I tried the "Buddy Emmons" SIT strings a long time ago, when I had a D-10 PP Emmons, and the ones I got were "rubber bands". I couldn't get them in tune and had to remove them, and go back to Emmons Extra Lively that I was using at the time.
We had a Sho-Bud Maverick on loan, for my wife, and I picked up a set of SIT (Not "Buddy Emmons") as that is all the local music store had and didn't really like them. |
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Sid Hudson
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Virginia, USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2014 5:54 am
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We filled an order for Buddy and it went in the mail yesterday.
Just saying. |
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Ben Lawson
From:
Brooksville Florida
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Posted 9 Jan 2014 6:37 am
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| Quit braggin' Sid. See you in Lakeland??? |
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Craig Baker
From:
Eatonton, Georgia, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 9 Jan 2014 6:41 am
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Ben,
Did you notice. . . he didn't say which Buddy.
Best regards,
Craig Baker 706-485-8792
cmbakerelectronics@gmail.com
C.M. Baker Electronics
P.O. Box 3965
Eatonton, GA 31024 |
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Nick Waugh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 9 Jan 2014 10:14 am
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| Thanks for your responses - that's reassuring to know. |
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Gary Lee Gimble
From:
Fredericksburg, VA.
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Sid Hudson
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2014 10:50 am
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| You a funny man Gary Lee |
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David Higginbotham
From:
Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2014 11:07 am
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I used to use George L's as well until I tried the "Buddy" SIT strings. Now they are my favorite by far!!!
Dave |
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Craig Baker
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Eatonton, Georgia, USA - R.I.P.
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Posted 9 Jan 2014 2:35 pm Strings
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Never been accused of being a great player, but I will admit to having a "pretty good ear" no brag - just fact. Since beginning on my first steel in 1966, I've never found another string that performs as well as Sid's Live Steel Strings
Great Product !
Sincerely,
Craig Baker 706-485-8792
cmbakerelectronics@gmail.com
C.M. Baker Electronics
P.O. Box 3965
Eatonton, GA 31024
Respectfully,
Craig Baker 706-485-8792
cmbakerelectronics@gmail.com |
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 9 Jan 2014 3:08 pm
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| sid, i'm really hoping you didn't charge buddy for those strings. i would think he's earned a lifetime supply from everyone by now. |
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2014 3:14 pm
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| Sid Hudson wrote: |
We filled an order for Buddy and it went in the mail yesterday.
Just saying. |
If we can take that to imply that Buddy Emmons is back to playing his instruments, that's great news for everyone. |
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 9 Jan 2014 4:16 pm
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| Sid Hudson wrote: |
We filled an order for Buddy and it went in the mail yesterday.
Just saying. |
Without being the slightest bit disengenuous, I'm frankly quite happy that Big E is buying strings, which means to me that he's playing some again, if only around the house. 
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Son, we live in a world with walls, and those walls have to be guarded by men with steel guitars. Who's gonna do it? You? You, Lt. Weinberg? |
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Billy Knowles
From:
Kenansville, N. C. 28349 usa
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Posted 9 Jan 2014 6:32 pm Live Steel
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Live Steel Strings are Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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STEEL GUITAR EAST
Emmons authorized dealer and approved service technician
my web site: http://www.steelguitareast.com |
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John De Maille
From:
On a Mountain in Upstate Halcottsville, N.Y.
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Posted 9 Jan 2014 9:08 pm
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| Finally put on Live Steel Strings and used them on my NYE gig. I am totally impressed with them. The sustain was unbelievable and the sound of hard picking and soft picking was unsurpassable. They seem to ring forever. I highly recommend them. I put them on several days before the gig, to let them take a set and I never had to retune them, at all. They're great! |
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2014 9:17 pm
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| Nick Waugh wrote: |
| Since I started playing pedal steel I have been using George L's strings. I am currently trying out Buddy Emmons SIT strings. Has anyone got an opinion on these? |
The Buddy Emmons S.I.T. Stainless E9th sets are real popular. Lots of people buy them from the Forum catalog. The nickel equivalent sets (S.I.T. EM-E9th) are popular too. I'm pretty sure that Buddy himself prefers stainless, though.
I've used the S.I.T. Nickel Wound and they work fine for me. I wouldn't hesitate to use them again or recommend them. I don't like stainless wound strings (any brand) - they're just too bright for me. Personal preference.
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Georg Sørtun
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Mandal, Agder, Norway
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Posted 9 Jan 2014 9:31 pm
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Tested (as recommended) a couple of "BE" SIT string sets on a GFI I bought a few years ago. Could not make it sustain well or sound good, and at first I blamed the light GFI.
Then I first put on a Jagwire LG series set, and later a LSS nickel-wound set. Both types made the GFI sound good and sustain well - pretty identical sound actually.
Don't know if the "BE" SIT string sets were bad when I bought them or what, but see no point in testing them again since I'm happy with Jagwire LG & LSS nickel-wound. |
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Nick Waugh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 10 Jan 2014 12:09 am
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| I have always found the sound I get too bright, in terms of the the unwound strings. But I understand that Nickel wound strings would not solve that problem as the top strings would be the same as stainless steel strings - am I correct? |
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Jim Bob Sedgwick
From:
Clinton, Missouri USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2014 5:32 am
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| Nick... You are correct. |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2014 8:51 am
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| Georg Sørtun wrote: |
Tested (as recommended) a couple of "BE" SIT string sets on a GFI I bought a few years ago. Could not make it sustain well or sound good, and at first I blamed the light GFI.
Then I first put on a Jagwire LG series set, and later a LSS nickel-wound set. Both types made the GFI sound good and sustain well - pretty identical sound actually.
Don't know if the "BE" SIT string sets were bad when I bought them or what, but see no point in testing them again since I'm happy with Jagwire LG & LSS nickel-wound. |
Were the SIT strings nickel or stainless?
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Georg Sørtun
From:
Mandal, Agder, Norway
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Posted 10 Jan 2014 9:24 am
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| Stainless. |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 10 Jan 2014 5:15 pm
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That would explain it, I think. In the Forum store, nickel outsells stainless about 2 to 1. All brands. Must be a reason.
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Georg Sørtun
From:
Mandal, Agder, Norway
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Posted 10 Jan 2014 5:45 pm
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| B0b, that may be, but the string set I first replaced the SIT strings with were also stainless wound and sounded/played just right. |
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