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Replacing 4 month old strings makes your sound considerably brighter.

noisepolluternoisepolluter Frets: 721
edited April 2014 in Acoustics
I mean, duh. 

However, this seems to surprise me every time I do it. Zinginess absolutely all over the shop now. 

If I actually did this once a month, and cleaned the strings for more than 2 weeks after the initial change, I might not find myself hankering after naturally bright sounding guitars every so often - probably coinciding with the point when the strings have been on there a few months. 



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  • BranshenBranshen Frets: 1221
    I was going to reply "no shit" but you did it yourself already.

    I actually dislike the zinginess and prefer slightly dead-er strings. I use elixirs so the tone after a few months, or even a year, sounds great to me,
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  • thomasw88thomasw88 Frets: 2275
    use elixirs. then you can be a lazy bugger like me for months!!
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  • BranshenBranshen Frets: 1221
    thomasw88 said:
    use elixirs. then you can be a lazy bugger like me for months years!!
    edited for accuracy.
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  • monquixotemonquixote Frets: 17108
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    thomasw88;223312" said:
    use elixirs. then you can be a lazy bugger like me for months!!
    This

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  • meltedbuzzboxmeltedbuzzbox Frets: 10333
    monquixote said:
    thomasw88;223312" said:
    use elixirs. then you can be a lazy bugger like me for months!!
    This

    Daddario 11s are working out at £2 a set on amazon at the moment if you buy a box of 10.

    How much are a set of elixirs?
    The Bigsby was the first successful design of what is now called a whammy bar or tremolo arm, although vibrato is the technically correct term for the musical effect it produces. In standard usage, tremolo is a rapid fluctuation of the volume of a note, while vibrato is a fluctuation in pitch. The origin of this nonstandard usage of the term by electric guitarists is attributed to Leo Fender, who also used the term “vibrato” to refer to what is really a tremolo effect.
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  • monquixotemonquixote Frets: 17108
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    meltedbuzzbox said:
    monquixote said:
    thomasw88;223312" said:
    use elixirs. then you can be a lazy bugger like me for months!!
    This

    Daddario 11s are working out at £2 a set on amazon at the moment if you buy a box of 10.

    How much are a set of elixirs?
    I usually wait until they are on offer and stock up so I think I paid about £7 a set last time, but I've had them for less when they were 3 for 2. 

    I haven't changed the strings on my Strat for 18 months so it's worth it as I hate changing strings and I value my time.
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  • Guitar_SlingerGuitar_Slinger Frets: 1489
    I didn't like coated strings, but found that quickly washing my hands with soap about 5 minutes before playing made my strings last longer. [/another post stating the obvious] :)
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  • thomasross20thomasross20 Frets: 4353
    I've got Daddario EXPs on my Larrivee - anyone tried those?
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