I'll just leave this here.....($40 string content)

Lewy · January 2017

http://shopstrings.martinguitar.com/p/titanium-core

Strangefan · January 2017

Lol utter shite!

AliGorie · January 2017

yeah, saw that on the sick (as in unwell) site.
Nickel alloy wind = lack of tonal character - but hey - it's so retro - who cares.
BTW - nothing new here, whatever the snake-oil salesmen tell ya - anyone remember Rohrbacher titanium core nickel wound strings from over a decade ago ?
I find it very telling that nickel isn't used in strings for the violin family (except the VERY cheapest) - they may not be so easily led by advertisers and more discerning about tone.
The yanks wont buy into these - they like their 5 bucks a set stuff to much.

ICBM · January 2017

I'd be interested to try them, just to see what they sound like. But probably not at $40.

I did wonder if they were acoustic bass strings at first, from the price - and bronze acoustic bass strings sound shit, so it wouldn't have been so odd to use nickel… but no, it clearly says 6 strings.

Lewy · January 2017

It's not that I think it's all snake oil as much as even if everything they say about them is true....so what? I mean tuning stability and intonation - who has a decent guitar and knows how to change strings and has problems with those things any more?

AliGorie · January 2017

Lewy, all this bumph re 'intonation' - tuning and the likes is a response too the - get this - parabolic EQ'd strings Santa Cruz brought out - which were based on some other guys work - the marketing guys are just masturbating each other - and the yanks are failing over themselves to buy into it, they have 'chosen' Trump remember. Weird place (but they DO make some nice guitars

Sassafras · January 2017

They use so many repetitions in their spiel I thought I was being hypnotised unwittingly.

bluechargeboy · January 2017

I'd be interested in lower tension than the Martin Retro strings of the same gauge, but not at that price!

(PS I use Retro strings for body chemistry / longevity reasons, not because they are fashionable)

AliGorie · January 2017

bluechargeboy said:

I'd be interested in lower tension than the Martin Retro strings of the same gauge, but not at that price!

(PS I use Retro strings for body chemistry / longevity reasons, not because they are fashionable)

Newton's Master Class Nickel ?
https://www.newtonestrings.com/shop/master-class-acoustic-6-string/

bluechargeboy · January 2017

Interesting! Cheers @AliGorie, I didn't know about those! Do you know why they use a round core?

Lewy · January 2017

bluechargeboy said:

Interesting! Cheers @AliGorie, I didn't know about those! Do you know why they use a round core?

Don't know if this is their reason why but round core strings tend to be more flexible under the fingers and have a different sustain characteristic (longer initial sustain then a sharper drop off compared to a more linear decay of hex core)

AliGorie · January 2017

bluechargeboy said:

Interesting! Cheers @AliGorie, I didn't know about those! Do you know why they use a round core?

hi, mainly it's to do with (mass) production methods - hex core wire was adopted because - as you can imagine the round wrap wire 'bites' into the hexagonal 'corners' and stop's it unraveling - so suited too automated production - not for sonic quality reasons. If you think about it, round core with a round wrap will is in complete contact (on the underside of the wrap wire) - whereas there will be small voids between the wrap wire and the flat sides of the hex configuration. Also the wrap wire gets 'crimped' slightly as it bends round the corners of the 'hex' shape.
Also round core are invariably 'hand wound' in that they 'feed' the wrap wire - by hand, onto a spinning core - yes the use a machine to 'spin' the center wire.
As for sound differences - Hmmm don know - I seemed to gravitate too round core strings long before I knew any of this stuff

I forgot to add above - the bronze alloy used by different manufacturers comes in different qualities (from 'music' wire manufacturers) - and as with everything, strings are made to a cost.

bluechargeboy · January 2017

Thank you @Lewy and @AliGorie. The Newtone strings say that you should tune to pitch before cutting the string, to stop fall-apart. Old school!

I started using Martin Retro because I was struggling to get 2x45 minute sets out of phosphor bronze (D'Addario and others). I have tried the coated strings, but my right hand attack with plectrum just wrecks the coating! The Retros seem to be a reasonable balance between cost and longevity.

I have grown to like the nickel/monel sound now, and it suits my style of playing, which is fast single-note lines (or "twiddley-diddley music" as my sister calls it).

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