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Topic: GHS nickel wound strings |
Terry Sneed
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Posted 5 Aug 2006 6:05 pm |
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Does anybody use or tried these steel guitar strings? I posted a couple weeks ago about breaking my 5th (B) string to often.(Jagwire Nickel)
Thanks to all you forum members I got several replies and advice. I turned the screw that tightens the return spring one round. I don't know if this helped or not, but it's been two weeks tomorrow since I broke my 5th string.That's the longest one has lasted in quite a while. Anyway, I was told by one of the Mullen people to try a GHS string.
So, I ordered a set from b0b yesterday. Just wondering how many of ya'll like your GHS strings? Are they durable, have good tone etc? I got the Nickel wound GHS set. The ones that are flattened at the twist.
Terry |
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Chris LeDrew
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Canada
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Posted 5 Aug 2006 6:31 pm
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Terry, I use the GHS Pedal Boomers exclusively, and have found no reason to change brands. They are durable and sound great. I have a backload of .11's on hand and a few .17's, and only feel the need to change the full set every few weeks. They keep their tone for a long time.
It seems a lot of people are using the Jagwires, but the GHS Pedal Boomers are all I've ever really known, and I'm happy with them. |
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Eric West
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Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 5 Aug 2006 7:07 pm
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I really like GHS Super Steel Stainless. I get spare .010s .017s and .020s. (they come with .011s and if they break I replace them with .010s.)
For the C6 I use SIT Power wounds. The tone is a little less Brassy.
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 6 Aug 2006 6:49 am
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| I haven't tried them myself, but I carry all 3 flavors of GHS in the Forum Catalog. |
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billy tam R.I.P.
From:
baton rouge, louisiana
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Posted 6 Aug 2006 8:05 am
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I've been using the red pack boomers for years and see no reason to change. I have had many guitars over that same period and some broke more strings than others during my normal changing routine.
thanks
Billy Tam |
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Marc Weller
From:
Upland, Ca. 91784
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Posted 6 Aug 2006 8:28 am
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| A few years ago I was having problems with string breakage on my Williams with a particular brand that is popular among forumites and I posted here. Jerry Fessenden read my post and sent me an entire box of SIT .011's (Jerry wouldn't accept a penny for this entire box of strings). What a great guy. Also, Blackie Taylor our local GFI dealer uses the SIT strings exclusively. Now I use the Buddy Emmons set and I absolutely never break strings. Of course the Williams changer is particularly easy on strings. As for the GHS Super Steels, that is what Bill Rudolph recommends so they must be good sounding strings. I use GHS semi flat nickel wounds on my jazz guitars and they sound terrific but breakage is never an issue on that type of instrument. |
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Terry Sneed
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Arkansas,
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Posted 6 Aug 2006 2:05 pm
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Appreciate it guys. I started to get the GHS stainless, but was afraid they might be a little too bright on my Mullen. I think I'll like the GHS nickel as long as that B string don't break.
Terry |
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