My G string

[OneLouder]

If memory serves there are at least two occasions in history where america has joined a war at the last minute to look like heroes without all the effort......

and besides if we HAD been invaded by germany (bass wise at least) we'd all be playing Warwicks....

 

[kristian]

war..

ok which american on this board brought up the stupid WW2 shite? lets see your battle scars, ? ooohh you are so brave! oh wow, you can say stupid things. impressive. and so we come to the point, why did you bring it up in the first place... unfortunately, if germany would have won we wouldnt be driving stupid american cars. BMW Audi and Mercedes!!

bugger off.

 

[Krystof01]

ok which american on this board brought up the stupid WW2 shite? lets see your battle scars, ? ooohh you are so brave! oh wow, you can say stupid things. impressive. and so we come to the point, why did you bring it up in the first place... unfortunately, if germany would have won we wouldnt be driving stupid american cars. BMW Audi and Mercedes!!

LOL; now lets leave it at that shall we?

 

[psmith66]

There are absolutely NO situations where being out of tune is better than being in tune.

Anyone who bends strings regularly will encounter high E-string breakages. They will also experience the G-string going slightly flat on a regular basis - simply tune it back and bring it up to tune - if you know your guitar you will be able to do this almost without listening and nail it - in a second.

When installing strings, stretch them. Actually, it's more like YANK them - several times. Tune them in, wait five minutes - they will go sharp. Tune them down and bring them back up to tune. Play aggressively for twenty minutes and retune - you're on the way.....

 

[getuhgrip]

My strat manifests this problem more so than my LP. I had a local set it up with 46, 36, 26, 18, 11, 10. I like the heavier G, but it still wanders as much as with a 16 or 17. Most of my bends are E & B. Go figure.

 

[gibs]

Ya know what?...on my acoustic, the g string is almost always good....does the fact that it's wound have anything to do with it?....notice I said almost always, because it too can go out....

do only heavier gauge sets have wound g's???? (I use both 10's and 11's and they don't)....gibs

 

[Krystof01]

Gibs,
It's not so much the guage of the strings it's the model of the set. For example D'Addario strings. they have:

EXL110 Regular light gauge: 10/13/17/26/36/46 £4.95


EXL110W Regular light gauge (wound 3rd): 10/13/18/26/36/46 £5.25


EXL115 Jazz/Rock gauge: 11/14/18/28/38/49 £4.95


EXL115W Jazz/Rock gauge (wound 3rd): 11/14/21/28/38/49 £5.25

I pasted that, i.e. the preices have nothing to do with anything. I personally use Dean markley strings (sometimes ernie's). I do know if they do wound 3rd's. Oh I guess I'll find out:

GAUGES
6 String
2501B XL .008 .011 .014 .022 .030 .038
2502B LT .009 .011 .016 .024 .032 .042
2508B CL .009 .011 .016 .026 .036 .046
2509B F150 .010 .013 .015 .026 .032 .038
2503B REG .010 .013 .017 .026 .036 .046
2504B LTHB .010 .013 .017 .030 .042 .052
2505B MED .011 .013 .020w/18p .030 .042 .052
2507B MTHB .011 .014 .020w/18p .032 .042 .052
2506B JZ .012 .015 .026 .034 .044 .054
2500B DT .013 .016 .026 .036 .046 .056

So there wound ones are on the 11's; I use the 12's mainly. BTW, what is the advantage of the wound 3rd. I've got a good idea but anyone like to contribute.

Later,
Krystof.