First gig - Replace snares or not?

mr dave · 05-14-2009, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Fletch

I read somewhere that Brian May hates new strings? If true he must be very lonely in this opinion.

nope hehe. i'm definitely another and i've read interviews with others who share the same opinion although i can't think of any off the top of my head hehe.

actually i'm 50/50 on new strings. i really like the sound of new unwound strings, they're nice and bright and cut through just about anything. but... i find the lower strings sound way too tinny and weak when they're new, it eliminates the dark chunkiness from my low end.

Fletch · 05-15-2009, 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by SATCHMO

^^^^^ Are you a lefty or is your avatar photo just reversed?

Reversed photo mate, done on the PC!

Dave, i sort of know what you mean, the unwound ones are great but the bass strings can seem a bit metalic for the first day or so. I don`t know why?
I usually change strings a day or so before anything important.

mr dave · 05-15-2009, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Fletch

Dave, i sort of know what you mean, the unwound ones are great but the bass strings can seem a bit metalic for the first day or so. I don`t know why? I usually change strings a day or so before anything important.

exactly, i'm not sure why either, all i know is i don't like it at all hahaha

i suppose it's a lack of sweat and dust hehehe

SATCHMO · 05-15-2009, 07:42 PM

I also am not a fan of fresh guitar strings for the same reasons you cited Mr. Dave, but I also regularly unwind and clean them really well along with the fretboard. seems to do the trick.

mr dave · 05-16-2009, 12:28 AM

i just turn up the amp a little more if they're not coming through clear enough hahaha

Antonio · 05-16-2009, 12:32 AM

i'm just to lazy to restring my guitar haha

mr dave · 05-16-2009, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Antonio

i'm just to lazy to restring my guitar haha

last time my strat got restrung was 2002 after i brought it into the shop to get the neck re-finished. it's about due for new strings now, maybe by the fall, i'll sweat too much this summer

Thrice · 05-16-2009, 08:06 PM

I just have a bad habit of trying new strings for different sounds. Sometimes I fall in love with a sound and in turn it effects the style I play, but then there are times when I get poor results and change them almost immediately and throw the old under my bed in case I break one, then Im really effed up.

dannu666 · 05-28-2009, 05:23 AM

I change strings every day

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Thrice أمهاتك[وهور]Aura Euphoria Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Florida/Buffalo/CT Posts: 2,077	I just have a bad habit of trying new strings for different sounds. Sometimes I fall in love with a sound and in turn it effects the style I play, but then there are times when I get poor results and change them almost immediately and throw the old under my bed in case I break one, then Im really effed up. __________________ Lew Harrison, who looked like an anarchist with his red eyes and fierce black beard, had been writing furiously in one corner of the room. "That's good—happiness by the kilowatt," he said. "Buy your happiness the way you buy light."

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SATCHMO Al Dente Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 4,708	I also am not a fan of fresh guitar strings for the same reasons you cited Mr. Dave, but I also regularly unwind and clean them really well along with the fretboard. seems to do the trick.

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