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Location: East Wenatchee, WA | Has anyone tried cleartone strings .
Tommy E endorses them and a few other testimonials seem to indicate they might be on to something. A bit pricey at $17 a set, but then if they actually last a year......????? |
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Location: New Orleans | I'm mightly bound to try these, it might be what I've been looking for.
Here is an excerpt from the site:
Cleartone Treated Strings feature a protective film called EMP – Enhanced Molecular Protection. This treatment helps prolong tonal life without sacrificing feel or sound. At one micron thin, it is up to one thousand times thinner than coated strings. In fact, EMP treated strings last as long or longer than any other string brand on the market, but feel and sound like an uncoated set. This gives you exactly what you always wanted - killer Tone with an incredible lifespan. |
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Location: USA | last as long or longer....
well i go through a pack a performance...so guess for 17 bucks...ill stick with the D's... |
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Location: NJ | I'm in the same boat. |
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Location: Pennsylvania | I saw them at Sam Ash, and was going to try a set. I think i will give them a try and see how they are. So far i have found the Elixer PB's to be the best, but it may be worth it to give these a try. |
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Location: NJ | I have been through all the string crazes. To be honest I am very laxed in changing strings on my own instruments. but with that said, I found that the only major difference I have ever found is how well the ball end is attached to the end and if it fails or not. most string breakage has something to do with a sharp fret or bridge piece.
as for how long they last, I think it is determined by how long you can tolerate them. |
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Location: East Wenatchee, WA | I tend to be up for new technology. I mean we do play "high tech" guitars right. Why not at least consider high tech strings when they come along.
I still prefer the life and tone of Elixir's after playing the Adamas strings for almost a year now (bought a bunch of them, so will be playing them for a while), so if these are superior to Elixir, it could be a pretty good deal. Time will tell. |
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| Might be interesting to compare them with the other coated strings, but physics are physics so any particular string will only last so long depending on it's composition and structure. I tried the Rohrbacher Titanium core strings and they were very bright with less tension, but also quite expensive. |
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Location: Tampa, FL | Originally posted by Steve:
but physics are physics so any particular string will only last so long depending on it's composition and structure. I think it would depend on the aging mechanism involved. If I understand your argument, all bells and chimes would eventually wear out and need replacing. I know some that have been used for decades in bell choirs and others for centuries in bell towers.
Anybody know for certain what causes the rapid aging of guitar strings. I thought it was contamination and corrosion of the windings for wour wound strings and, in Cliff's case, sweat that eats right through the plain steel strings. If this is correct, then anything that inhibits the rust (a chemical characterstic) without significantly altering the physical characteristics would be a good thing. I know lubrication engineers think in these terms all the time and have acheived some pretty interesting results. My understanding is that the corrosion inhibiting charateristcs tend to be alloy dependent. If I were a betting man, I think that cleartone may be using some form of halogenated surface treatment to lock out oxygen from the superfical oxidation sites. I've tried something similar with a rust inhibiting oil I have hanging around the homnestead. Although I do seem to get more life from the strings, I worry about the long term effect of this oil on the fret board so I haven't been overly aggressive in testing this. I did email the oil manufacturer, suggesting there may be a market for a corrosion inhibiting product formulated especially for bronze alloys. Never heard back. |
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| Any string under tension would degrade at the specific rate of fatigue on the metal of it's composition according to the outside forces placed on the string. So any lubrication and cleaning would prolong it's life, and any stress on the string would shorten it's life. Some of these things could be defined as an 'aging mechanism'. The treatment used on the rohrbacher strings is called Silsesquioxane. They actually have a 'chemistry page' at their website with photos of strings exposed to water. Never seen that before.. |
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Location: New Orleans | I read all of the testimonials and found that these strings appear to last longer than any string, coated or uncoated. One fella stated that his lasted a year but just I cracked up on that one. That won't happen to any of US. I really don't think so... :p
I still have to compare them to the light-medium Elixer Polywebs. I am one hell of a picky player and have searched the earth trying new strings. I kinda like the experimentation. ;)
BTW~ I have a set of Adamas strings on my EliteT right now and I totally despise the sound my guitar has now. It doesn't sound like my guitar anymore, the sound is so weak. The "thunder" is Gone. Straight out of the pack, these strings were tarnished and in many different colors. They're a trip to look at. I can't wait to take them off and throw them away. The major deterioration of sound makes them THE worst string I've ever tried out of all the brands I've chosen. Amazed me. |
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| I get the poly and the nano webs mixed up. I know I used the ones with less coating. I guess they were ok for the money. The rohrbachers seemed to last just as long and sounded fine, but I can't imagine any acoustic guitar string lasting for a year.. |
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Location: New Orleans | me neither..LMAO |
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Location: NJ | If they were already tarnished, it sounds like somebody sold you some "old stocK" that'd been languishing in that Lewzianna humdidity for a while . . .
That's another reason why I like the D'Add's.
They come in a sealed pack. |
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Location: USA | sometimes you cant even go on that with D's ...ive already strung up the geetar with a new set...and they sounded dead...
someone posted on another thread as to whether or not strings had a shelf life...
I would definitely say... yes
Maybe I will give these new strings a shot...but Ive tried many different brands...and always go back to D's |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Hmm....something with coil un-raveling..doing some experiments with that..and ALPEP has a strong point there.. |
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Location: No Town, California | Not all strings are for everybody. I tried Ernie Balls and took them right off. I still went back to Ds. I will try them to see if I like them and let you know what I think of them. |
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