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Like one of his commentors said, “Jim is destroying a mountain of mythology”. Have a listen to this and see what you think. I suspect a lot of people will refuse to believe what they are hearing, because once belief systems are established in our brains, we will do anything to avoid having them shattered.
Maybe my ears are defective, but I hear no difference whatsoever between most of the strings, and only a very very slight difference between the most different sets, like the flat wound vs round wound. And I was listening on a state-of-the-art sound system in my living room….turned up loud.
Sunjamr Steve
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The tone from a Telecaster can give you what is close to what is pleasant to the ears when not plugged into an amp. Even the 12 cent of set of strings you get on a budget overseas guitar sounds good on a good amp, but the feel is kind of coarse in MHO
The melody of the notes is what expresses the art of music . 🙂 6stringerPete
It really is all about ”melody”. The melody comes from a language from our heart. Our heart is the muscle in music harmony. The melody is the sweetness that it pumps into our musical thoughts on the fretboard. 🙂 6 stringer Pete
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After years of experimenting the big difference for me is feel more than sound. The biggest sound difference is between old vs new strings. The difference in feel I get with most electric strings comes from gauge more than brand. On acoustic guitar I only use Elixir nanoweb. The reason is less string noise, great feel on fingers and they last a long time.
Mike
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Yep, I 100% agree. He doesn’t discuss string squeak at all, but I also use Elixir Nanowebs because the string squeak is greatly reduced. And there’s another reason: I live on an island (North Island, New Zealand) and salt spray is often in the air, so uncoated strings rust very quickly. Many are already rusted when you open a brand new package, maybe just from sitting on the shelf of my local guitar shop. But Nanowebs never rust. This is important, because as Neil Young says, “Rust never sleeps.”
Sunjamr Steve
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I fully agree with you guys regarding (acoustic) Elixir strings, especially the nanoweb ones. I recently needed to replace the strings of my Boucher and went to my favorite guitar store. Unfortunately, they had run out of Elixir strings (at least, in light gauge) so I bought Martin strings instead.
I didn’t want to walk another mile and go to another shop, but I deeply regret I didn’t. Not only do these strings squeak a lot more, but they also age a lot faster 🙁
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I’ve been playing guitar (off & on) for more years than I care to admit and over that time I’ve tried just about every suitable string type and gauge available for acoustic guitar at the time. I agree with the comments above and believe the Elixir Nanoweb are the best all-round strings for my Martin, however I often alternate between 10’s and 11’s gauges to suit whatever I’m playing or feeling at the time.
Richard
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Interesting video and his demos doesn’t surprise me much, I agree with his findings for the most part. I do wish that he’d played some chords on different parts of the neck just to see if there was a tonal diffence.
I bought a used guitar once that sounded terrible when I got it, tone was awful – the strings were corroded to the point that one broke when I was restringing it. Put on a new set of DR Pure Blues and it was night & day difference. It went from sounding like a cheap electric guitar to what Leo intended for his S500 to sound like.I’ve found that finding the “right” string set is more of an issue with acoustic guitars than with electrics, especially if you are playing fingerstyle exclusively. I went thru a dozen or more string sets before finding that La Bella phosphorus bronze gave my Breedlove the tone that I was looking for. I’m using their Vapor Shield version of those strings, which their coated technology
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