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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | D'Addario DOES make good strings. But so does GHS and Martin. You need every marketing/sales advantage you can get, and can never afford to throw one away.
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Location: NJ | Brad;
I average 1-2 strings/gig.
(It's a JerseyThing, I guess)
If it's at a point where I can't switch-off to my other guitar, we do one of our "Cliff Breaks a String" tunes (there are several).
Usually, it's the Beatles' "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away". Rick does it solo while I pull off the busted string, find the replacement, restring it, tune to pitch, stretch the string, re-tune it, and join him on the last chorus and play while I sing the little alto-flute bit at the end.
It's a bit of a game we play t'see how much sooner I can "come in" each time we do it.
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Location: East Wenatchee, WA | I think the color coding is cute, but have never actually purchased a set of strings with it.
I use a much more scientific method. I read the package before I install them and try to get them in order. Of course when in doubt I grab my dial caliper out of my tree friendly NRA approved reloading kit, and check the diameter. Well...sorry...that would be lying. I just look at them to determine which is the next thickest. Haven't lost an eye yet. |
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Location: Isle of Man, UK | How come you guys are breaking strings? Are you actually playing your guitars?...
I play D'adds, but not because of the coloured ends - I just like them, and they were fairly 'green' to me as they came in one packet not six. The coloured ends were a bonus if I did break one during a gig, but that doesn't happen often, as I change on my gigging guitars fairly regularly (after every other gig).
Let's hope that they don't hike up the price. Have been playing same strings for too long, I'd find it hard to deal with change now!
Which reminds me - must restring this week as have a gig on Saturday! Thanks for the nudge, folks!
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Location: NW NJ | Originally posted by Slipkid:
What's with all this breaking strings stuff???
I have not put in near the hours that Cliff and John have accumulated but it's been years since I broke a string. Me too Brad ... |
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Location: NJ | Johnny and I both have a somewhat "percussive" rhythm style . . . |
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | "percussive"...rhythm and music born of violence and aggression... :D
Then again, what do I know? I used to break a string once a month. I actually switched from EJ16's to EXP16's and have hardly had a problem since. |
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Location: NJ | it's only Rock&Roll . . . |
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Location: south east Michigan | ....but I like it!
BrianT has a rather percussive style himself. |
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Location: SoCal | And that's just his personality...... |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | Can't remember the last time I broke a string, either--I do about half finger-pickin' and half strummin' when I play; I don't use a pick for strummin', though, so that probably accounts for it.
Karen and her crew: Gertrude, Jewel, Blanca, "Nonnie," Ivory, Sugar, Plink, Twang and Shriek |
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Location: Upper Left USA | There's just something right about this!
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Location: closely held secret | Nice picture, but for some reason it won't link on the board. I can go direct to the address and view it. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | I loaded it and then posted, and reposted. It doesn't show up in my Gallery but everything went well.
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Location: Chehalis, Washington | There Mike goes again, showin' off his balls... |
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Location: Central Massachusetts | Originally posted by The Wabbit Formerly Known As Waskel:
Nice picture, but for some reason it won't link on the board. I can go direct to the address and view it. It's the space [%20] in the filename. The space gets morphed into a %20 inconsistantly by the gallery and board software. So it will let you upload the pic, but you can't refer to it correctly thereafter. When you copy and paste it into your URL window by hand, it gets parsed correctly. But if you put it into a message the board sw converts it back to a space. This came up a couple of months ago with a different character.
found it... pound sign to %23 in gallery filenames breaks things |
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Location: Isle of Man, UK | Nice balls.
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Location: Upper Left USA | Now that everyone can see THE balls... notice anything else?
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | A dyslxeic strnug that giutra. |
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Location: Snellville, GA | That a Rickenbacker nut? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Its a reverse strung nut, not sure if Ric's should hold the copyright. I picked up a file kit from Fleabay and thought it was time to try it out. Still have some adjustments to make for lower action but it should prove interesting.
Back on topic - If D'Addario goes with a three tone system what will the 12 strings look like? |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Don't I win the Prize??? |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Would you like the "String-tubes" or the "Reflective Bowl Upgrade"? I can even throw in a copy of AC/DC "We've got big balls". |
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Location: Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey | I strum my ass off, and I'm proud of it!
I play gigs in acoustic rock duos with other singers, but I'm basically playing the part of the whole rhythm section...guitar, bass and 'drums'. At least that's what I'm attempting to create the illusion of with a single guitar...and most times it works. It's often we have people up and dancing to the groove. Lot's o' thudding the strings, heavy accents, and 'drum fills' add interest and build momentum. It just evolved into my style, more or less out of necessity trying to fill out the sound.
The price is the countdown of strings flying off the guitar as the night wears on. That's what I love about O's...you can beat the crap outta them and they hold up like a charm. Just wish the strings did too!
There have been a handful of gigs where no strings broke, but it's rare. It would be a completely different story, and my style would be different if I were playing with a full band-I wouldn't be losing strings. But IMHO, just down up, down up strumming can get really boring song after song with solo guitar, and it puts everyone to sleep.
Strum that mutha like your heart's on fire! It ain't rock music if you can't feel it. |
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