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Topic: Where can I buy really heavy wound strings? |
Nicholas Dedring
From:
Beacon, New York, USA
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Posted 26 Jul 2004 12:28 pm |
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I was looking at Buddy Emmons' tuning chart on the buddyemmons.com site, and saw that he is using (at the time it was written up, at least) a .079 cw string for string 10 on the C6 side.
I've had sets recently that have .068s on that string, and they just feel really anemic and flabby, especially when you boo-wah it it just doesn't ring.
So, given that the thickest I can find is an .070 wound, where the heck can you buy ball-end .079s? Would they even fit in a changer that has a slot for the ball instead of a pin??
Barring that, would a 70 gauge feel much heavier than a 68, or is it not that noticeable? |
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Glenn Suchan
From:
Austin, Texas
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Posted 26 Jul 2004 12:42 pm
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Nicholas,
Check out Just Strings. Their URL is: www.juststrings.com
I've bought GHS brand .080" wound guitar strings (not bass strings) for my S-14 Sierra. They arrived a few days after I ordered them. Good company.
Keep on pickin'!
Glenn
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Lawrence Lupkin
From:
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Mark Herrick
From:
Bakersfield, CA
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Posted 26 Jul 2004 1:02 pm
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Your talking two thousandths of an inch: .002 - on a string that large you probably won't notice much difference.
I just pulled out a micrometer and set it to .002. I couldn't get a sheet of paper in the gap. (The paper measured .0045)
BTW, I have found a micrometer very useful in checking strings that I couldn't remember what gauge they were or strings that I suspected were not as labeled. (It also makes me feel really brainy when I use it...) I bought it for about $10 or so at one of those weekend, parking lot flea markets in Manhattan. Probably that one over on 6th Ave. and 25th St.
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Larry Bell
From:
Englewood, Florida
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Posted 26 Jul 2004 1:13 pm
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GeorgeL is the brand I've used for 079CW
I've been using that on the bottom for many years. Works great for me.
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Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 26 Jul 2004 2:22 pm
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Several of the companies used to use a .066 for the #10, but now I think .068 is the most common. When I can get them, I use a .072, but that's about the largest string that my tuners will handle. I know for sure they wouldn't handle a .078-.080, due to the hole size, and I sure don't want to drill them out!
I like the .072, probably only because I "overuse" that boo-wah pedal!  I like the "feel" better, but I don't know that there's that much difference in the sound. |
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David Nugent
From:
Gum Spring, Va.
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Posted 26 Jul 2004 5:44 pm
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| You may want to check your nut roller also. If you have gauged rollers, they may not accomodate a .079 string. |
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