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Topic: black strings???? |
George Manno
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chicago
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Posted 3 Jul 2005 12:26 pm |
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I heard a fellow playing lap last night whose sound was quite unusual. Kind of ballzy with a mellow bark instead growl. When I got up close to look at his set up I saw a Gold Tone copy of an Oahu lap steel with black tapped wound strings (open E).He says the bar flies across them. He was coming out of an older Roland CUBE 60 with reverb amp that was also lined out to the PA.
Anybody out there ever tried these strings
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Joy Wofford
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Battle Creek, Michigan, USA
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Posted 3 Jul 2005 2:42 pm
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| Hi. Yes, probably what you saw were Black Diamonds. I've never used them, but know someone that has, and he likes them. I guess they took a bit to get used to tho. Here's a link. There could be another brand of them, but I don't know. http://www.blackdiamondstrings.com/ |
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Russ Tkac
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Posted 3 Jul 2005 3:37 pm
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I think you may be referring to La Bella black tape wound electric strings. These are used for Jazz guitar. A bit of a mellow tone.
I've never tried them but you're never too old to learn! 
[This message was edited by Russ Tkac on 03 July 2005 at 04:37 PM.] |
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Dan Sawyer
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Studio City, California, USA
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Posted 3 Jul 2005 8:22 pm
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| Hey Russ Tkac, i don't know if you'll see this, but thanks for buying my CDs! Hope you like them. |
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George Manno
From:
chicago
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Posted 4 Jul 2005 4:21 am
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Thanks for the link. I thinl I'll try a set.
George |
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Russ Tkac
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Posted 4 Jul 2005 4:44 am
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Thanks Dan. Great CD's. I bought one for a friend who plays uke at Greenfield Village in Dearborn Mi. I'm sure he will enjoy it.
An old friend of yours, Mark Gottlieb works with me and told me about it.
Russ[This message was edited by Russ Tkac on 04 July 2005 at 05:47 AM.] |
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Keith Cordell
From:
San Diego
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Posted 4 Jul 2005 4:47 am
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DR makes a set of black coated strings that are closer to what you are describing. I have used them a few times but am partial to the Pure Blues set for my Tele- the coating doesn't do it for me.
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Robert Salomone
From:
Carefree, Arizona
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Posted 4 Jul 2005 10:59 pm
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| I tried those Black DR strings, they should rename them "ToneKillers". They effectively take the bite out of the string, absolutely terrible product, pure garbage. |
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