General Music Chat

I always heard 0.96mm for FH.

I always heard 0.96mm for FH.

That makes sense to the range I found, +/- 0.1mm

I have to say these are my favorites.. .10 on little E string.. they do seem slicker than most strings I've tried, and although I am a crappy chicken picker I still like to practice at it, and Slinky's make it easier..they really are slicker than other strings imo..

Ditto!

For many years I used triangle medium picks for guitar and bass both - although bass was often finger style.

When I started taking guitar seriously my brother suggested Dunlop heavy picks which I have used ever since. His suggestion was in response to my stated desire to achieve a lighter touch with the pick. It works.

Talbot

Dunlop Nylon .60mm
Also been known to use a Bick lighter or a ping pong ball.

I've used GHS for decades, the only time they break is if they've been on the guitar too long. If you change your strings regularly breakage is not an issue.

Damn... This guy is smart!!!!

STRINGS DON'T BREAK IF THEY ARE PROPERLY INSTALLED AND NEW!

Jimmy... as dumb as you are... YOU ARE BRILLIANT!

I've used GHS for decades, the only time they break is if they've been on the guitar too long. If you change your strings regularly breakage is not an issue.

Damn... This guy is smart!!!!

STRINGS DON'T BREAK IF THEY ARE PROPERLY INSTALLED AND NEW!

Jimmy... as dumb as you are... YOU ARE BRILLIANT!

They just go wildly out of tune, cuz no one knows how to stretch strings these days... Whippersnappers!

I've used GHS for decades, the only time they break is if they've been on the guitar too long. If you change your strings regularly breakage is not an issue.

Damn... This guy is smart!!!!

STRINGS DON'T BREAK IF THEY ARE PROPERLY INSTALLED AND NEW!

Jimmy... as dumb as you are... YOU ARE BRILLIANT!

They just go wildly out of tune, cuz no one knows how to stretch strings these days... Whippersnappers!

I used to be anal about the installation and stretch routine . . . now I just "play them in" in rehearsal.
Spoiled by the stomp pedal tuner I suppose.

Damn... We have been over this before.
It takes me 15 minutes to throw on a new set of strings...
Another 5 to stretch them out.
Another 10 to bang on them as hard as possible to find any defects.
Another 2 to bring them up to near perfect tempered guitar intonation.

Done right... You will never break a string... Never go out of tune in a show...
And keep your guitar in a stable state that does not cause change.

Depending on how hard you play... That should give you about 10 hours of real confident playing, with really good intonation. After that, fret wear and sweat, and "string grunge" kick in.

Guitars are not violins... The frets dictate a bunch intonation problems. Clean, fresh strings are the easiest way to overcome that problem. Temperature and humidity changes are enough to deal with.

I guess now I am going to hear from all those blues players that love "DIRTY" strings... Well then, knock your selves out. I don't enjoy watching any guitar player stumbling through a song because of a broken string.

Just saying...

wow you only guitarists have it easy...but I can say one thing I only use DR strings if I have a choice in the matter, still haven't broken one (aside from tuning but these things happen when you reach to high) only thing that sucks is it takes something dumb like 4 hours of play and about an hour or so of stretching to get the bass strings to have their ideal sound, after that though you can probably get about 40 - 50 hours of peak tone, won't really get into the guitar side to much, lets just say I'm looking to get a baritone that way I don't have to worry about how heavy them there guitar strings are, and I love me those .88 green tortex's by dunlop, heavy enough for a bass soft enough for guitar

Geeze and now I feel like a whacko for boiling my strings before install them.

(they tend to last longer)

I've heard of people boiling old strings but never new strings. Unless they come from China LOL!

I boil them "pre and post".

I reuse some strings when I am feeling strange and looking for trouble.

They seem a little brighter after boiling them just for a moment.
They seem to last a little longer for me as well.

It's just an old VH trick I started using and never really quit doing.

PS: Don't boil the Elixirs/coated strings .. lol (very messy when the plastic melts)

IMHO, if you aren't using the Berkeley method for stretching your strings, then you are doing it wrong.
But to each his own...

I like Dunlop jazz picks. Or a green one in a pinch.
Prefer short pics though.

Berkley method?

You mean this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUvDdYYs0Zc

I didn't find that..