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The stock strings on my new Indio Retro Tele were shot after only about 6 hours of playing—intonation way off on high notes, so I pulled out a set of D'Addario 10's to replace them. What was this I saw before me? Seven strings in a a 6-pack? Turns out the 2nd string had become twins wrapped tightly together , one with the ball and the other with just the loop! I have never seen that before!!
I cut off the looped one, and would you know it, as soon as I got the other one up to pitch, it slipped through …. damn! :roll:
Fortunately I had a slightly used one sitting around and after cutting off the curly bit I was able to finagle it through the hole in the back of the guitar, but it didn't leave much to grab onto the tuning peg. Still, it's holding …
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I used D'Addarios for over a decade, but there were occasional weird things and every now and then the light E would slip open upon tightening the first time. I went to Ernie Ball slinkys and haven't looked back, they also feel nicely more spongy than D'Addarios which now in comparison feel a bit hard at same gauge. I've also been extremely happy how they keep pitch - I don't really have to tune my guitar but maybe once in 4 hours of playing and even then just a little bit.
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I also made the switch to EB’s and never looked back.
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I like my EXL110w's, they are the most consistent 10s with a wound G I've found.

I tried a couple other brands and was not impressed, one brand in particular they had rust on the strings because they weren't in a sealed pouch and must have come from a humid climate.

I am currently trying out these Ernie Ball extra light nickel wound with the wound g. They are like $6 vs. ~$5 not sure they are worth and extra 20%.

The slightly heavier gauge of the strings was noticeable just stringing it up, but they are on my Jaguar so the short scale sort of cancels out the heavier string gauge when actually playing if I jump back and forth from my strat to the Jag.


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Its kinda like the hair and teeth ball inside the surviving absorbing twins brain.
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deeaa wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 6:05 am I used D'Addarios for over a decade, but there were occasional weird things and every now and then the light E would slip open upon tightening the first time. I went to Ernie Ball slinkys and haven't looked back, they also feel nicely more spongy than D'Addarios which now in comparison feel a bit hard at same gauge. I've also been extremely happy how they keep pitch - I don't really have to tune my guitar but maybe once in 4 hours of playing and even then just a little bit.
Chocol8 wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 9:47 am I also made the switch to EB’s and never looked back.
I prefer Ernie Balls myself as well. I like the way they feel, they last longer than D'Addarios, and they're cheeper too. But if I have to get D'Addarios, I don't mind.
For bass, I'm all DR all the way, but I don't like D'Addario bass strings.
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Yeah, I also routinely buy strings from the 'out' bin in the music store I they are the right gauge and cosring 1-2€...it's not THAT big a difference between brands I wouldn't use pretty much any string....but yes, I prefer EB.

One I have never tried and maybe should is Elixir.

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Since I'm a cheap bastard ;) I usually purchase strings on sale. I currently have 35 sets of strings on my shelf. I have spread sheet so when I change a set of strings I know when the last time I change them.

I can't remember the brand, but they came with 2 High E strings. That must have been the one that breaks the most.

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t100d wrote: ↑Wed Jul 07, 2021 2:18 am The stock strings on my new Indio Retro Tele were shot after only about 6 hours of playing—intonation way off on high notes, so I pulled out a set of D'Addario 10's to replace them. What was this I saw before me? Seven strings in a a 6-pack? Turns out the 2nd string had become twins wrapped tightly together , one with the ball and the other with just the loop! I have never seen that before!!
I cut off the looped one, and would you know it, as soon as I got the other one up to pitch, it slipped through …. damn! :roll:
Fortunately I had a slightly used one sitting around and after cutting off the curly bit I was able to finagle it through the hole in the back of the guitar, but it didn't leave much to grab onto the tuning peg. Still, it's holding …
A day in the life … :P
That's how we used to do it back in the 30s. Intonation is for Richman bastards. I remember playing a gig and found a nice set of used bass strings 5 years ago. They were much better than what I had on mine. And they are still better to this day ;)
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