Am I the Only Person Who Doesn't Use Ernie Ball Strings

Sequoioideae · 08-09-2013, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Lord Larehip

I hope you geniuses know there are maybe 3 companies that actually manufacture strings. The guitar makers just buy them from one of these manufacturers and. put their own name on them. The. Strings are identical.

Oh sorry, I didn't realize you knew everything, but there definitely is more than 3 companies that manufacture guitar strings. Also, from the various strings I've tried there definitely is a a difference in feel, durability, and sound.

~~Lord Larehip~~ · 08-09-2013, 08:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Sequoioideae

Oh sorry, I didn't realize you knew everything, but there definitely is more than 3 companies that manufacture guitar strings.

Name them, please.

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Also, from the various strings I've tried there definitely is a a difference in feel, durability, and sound.

There's different quality strings obviously. Otherwise all sets would cost the same. There's a difference between round wound and flat wound obviously. There's a difference in gauge obviously. But nevertheless, all these so-called different brands come from the same small set of companies.

Most strings are some form of D'Addario. Ernie Ball and GHS make strings for other companies and many of the facilities are now in China and Mexico. Unwound strings come from Sweden. Thomastiks are made in Austria. All this stuff about coatings on the strings sounds like a lot of bulls-hit to me. Sure when you put them on they sound bright and clean--ALL strings do when they are brand new out of the box.

When they get clunky, you can taken them off and soak them in rubbing alcohol and restore them quite significantly. That will work pretty much with any string. Some claims certain strings like elixirs last forever, s-hit, I've had cheap strings that lasted forever. I've had expensive strings that broke quickly and I had a set of nylons were one string snapped when I wasn't even playing the damned thing. I opened the case and there's a broken string. It doesn't matter. One set to another has different characteristics. The rest of it is your damned imagination.

Sequoioideae · 08-09-2013, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Lord Larehip

Name them, please.

DR Strings
D' Addario
Ernie Ball
GHS
Dean Markley
Martin (not sure if they still do, but they did manufacture their own strings).

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There's different quality strings obviously. Otherwise all sets would cost the same. There's a difference between round wound and flat wound obviously. There's a difference in gauge obviously. But nevertheless, all these so-called different brands come from the same small set of companies.

So you're telling me the all have the same manufacturing methods, same type of quality control?

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All this stuff about coatings on the strings sounds like a lot of bulls-hit to me. Sure when you put them on they sound bright and clean--ALL strings do when they are brand new out of the box.

Who's to say, have you tried strings with coatings on them? I'm pretty sure most strings sound bright and clean right out of the pack depending on what they are actually wound with, and how they are wound.

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When they get clunky, you can taken them off and soak them in rubbing alcohol and restore them quite significantly. That will work pretty much with any string.

Sure that can clean off all the gunk, but strings start to wear out after a few months of playing for me and I usually end up changing all of them when the winding around the G string starts to unravel. As for my electric, the strings last a much longer time (mainly due to the fact I don't play it as much).

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Some claims certain strings like elixirs last forever, s-hit, I've had cheap strings that lasted forever. I've had expensive strings that broke quickly and I had a set of nylons were one string snapped when I wasn't even playing the damned thing. I opened the case and there's a broken string.

I've had 5 five dollar pack of strings last me 8 months, and I've tried more expensive *high quality* strings that I down right hated.

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It doesn't matter. One set to another has different characteristics. The rest of it is your damned imagination.

Well, obviously, so why can't different manufacturers of the same type of string be different? I find it hard to believe they all use the same techniques and manufacturing processes.