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Topic: Treble Strings |
Rick Collins
From:
Claremont , CA USA
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Posted 29 Aug 2004 3:00 pm |
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Every second time I change strings, I only change the plain strings. I believe I'm not too cheap  ; but it just seems that the wound bass strings last longer (or that they are not as critical as the plain strings).
Of course, I do most of my playing on the treble strings. Harmonics sound better on newer strings, to me.
Does anyone else do this; or am I just cheaper than I think?
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Jeff Au Hoy
From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 29 Aug 2004 3:23 pm
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I don't actually do that yet, but have been seriously considering it...I find the sound of new wound strings quite unpleasant.
I never change my low bass strings (e.g. .060 and thicker). I think they need to be aged to have that sufficient dead "thunk" to them. |
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 29 Aug 2004 4:29 pm
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| Jeff......you are in reality, much wiser than at one time I might have believed. Good thinking! I agree! |
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Chuck Fisher
From:
Santa Cruz, California, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 30 Aug 2004 10:41 am
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I'll cosign this, I use alcohol to clean them if they get too dead, on the road I would use Bacardi 151 if they got un-tunable, rather than switch them and sound sproingy and go outta tune all night. They gotta age a few days before I like them.
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