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Topic: All Plain Strings |
DroopyPawn
From:
Fox, OK, USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2003 2:05 am |
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I'm interested in a set of strings for my dobro but with all plain strings. No wound ones. Any chance I could find something like that? I just want to try it out.
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2003 6:32 am
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I think you'll find that the plain bass strings would be so stiff you'd have a hard time winding them around the pegs. What is the reason for the plain strings?
Erv |
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John Kavanagh
From:
Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada * R.I.P.
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Posted 2 Jan 2003 10:21 am
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If you haven't tried flat or semi-flat strings, one of the big advantages with them is that there isn't much difference in tone between wound and unwound strings.
I've used extra-heavy unwound gut on other instruments, and didn't like them. There is some interaction between length and width; if the string is too thick for its length, it won't play in tune and it sounds punky and tubby. For metal strings, I've gone as high as an .026 unwound (about as heavy as you'll find, most places) on standard guitar, and didn't like it much. I was trying to minimise tone contrast between strings, but flatwounds solved that problem better for me. |
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R. L. Jones
From:
Lake Charles, Louisiana, USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2003 7:24 pm
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They dont work very well on accoustic steel as ( DOBRO).
Cant speak for electric guitars.
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Tom Olson
From:
Spokane, WA
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Posted 3 Jan 2003 12:19 pm
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The low strings on a Docro are pretty heavy from what I understand. I agree with those who've posted above -- imagine taking an 18 guage electrical wire and trying to wrap it around one of your tuning pegs. That's probably about how stiff a solid steel low string would be (the electrical wire is soft copper) Also, even if you were successful in getting it wound around the tuning peg, imagine how much tension you'd need to get it in tune -- it would probably be too much for the tuning peg, and even for the neck, to handle.
From what I understand, the reason for wound strings is that you have increased mass/length of the string to get the low notes, but you have the flexibility and tension of a much lighter string. |
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