Guitar Strings 101

[eSGEe]

3-5 years on average if needed lol

 

[Ramo]

Generally, I can get about 4 hours out of any maker's strings, so I change after every performance.

You are a string eater lol

 

[Inspector #20]

You are a string eater lol

I'm not an educated musician. I grew up playing in bars and I'm self-taught. I'm certain it's poor technique.

 

[Don O]

I'm not an educated musician. I grew up playing in bars and I'm self-taught. I'm certain it's poor technique.

I’d love to have your poor technique !

 

[Inspector #20]

I’d love to have your poor technique !

You are too kind!

 

[SkyMonkey]

With Elixirs, the Polywebs have a thicker coating than the thinnest coated Optiwebs, with the Nanowebs somewhere in-between.
The upshot is that the thicker coated Polywebs 'fill in' the wound string windings more and result in a smoother feeling, quieter string when changing position.
Almost 'Jazz-like'.
The string 'scrape' is back now with the thinner Optiwebs.

Of course, the thicker Polyweb coatings dampen the high frequencies more too.

 

[smitty_p]

Yeah, I’m liking GHS since my recent migration to them from D’Addario. I think my Strat has benefited the most.

Way back in the ‘80s I had a Washburn Wonderbar on one of my guitars. I had a problem with string breakage on that unit. Boomers lasted the longest. For some reason, I got away from them, but recently came back when I discovered they have a set with a wound third.

So, I grabbed my Les Paul today and noticed I still had D’Addarios on it. That means that I haven’t played that guitar for about eight months!

I promptly restrung with the 10-46 GHS DYXLs.