Strings matter....... A LOT.

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So I was buying some new strings for my flamenco guitar. They cost about $20 a pack, which I think is a bit outrageous, and I was just looking through and decided that I will instead buy 3 packs of D'Addario classical guitar strings ($7 a pack) to save some money. After all, D'Addario makes good strings, they have to sound good.

Boy was I dead wrong... :facepalm: It sounds like a horrendous hybrid of classical and flamenco. UGH!

Oh well. The other two packs will sound great on my classical, so I am not too mad. But I'm now stuck with a semi-crap sounding flamenco guitar for 3 weeks, as I'm not really feeling as though I should change the strings.

LET THIS BE A LESSON TO ALL.
 
That's what you get for playing some weirdo flamenco guitar.:D The D'Addario electric guitar strings sound really good.
 
ocnor said:
That's what you get for playing some weirdo flamenco guitar.:D The D'Addario electric guitar strings sound really good.
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I string my Gibson archtop acoustic with D'Addario electrics. Love it.
 
Yes, the D'Addario electrics are fucking awesome! Sounds great on my strat.

I must say, after an hour to let the strings stretch and stay in tune, it does sound a little better. Still not good though. I'll use this opportunity to buy the black FLAMENCO D'Addario's for an old timey look. :D

I don't want to pay $20 per pack of strings anymore. Just trying to find a decent replacement for under 10.
 
I hate D'Addario electrics! I bought a set of 11s for my Jag, and it had a wound G! How the hell am I supposed to bend that? :laughings:

Then after about a month (of occasional home play) the ball-end of the B string shat itself. Never again. :)

Ernie ball FTW. :)
 
CrowsofFritz said:
Yes, the D'Addario electrics are fucking awesome! Sounds great on my strat.

I must say, after an hour to let the strings stretch and stay in tune, it does sound a little better. Still not good though. I'll use this opportunity to buy the black FLAMENCO D'Addario's for an old timey look. :D

I don't want to pay $20 per pack of strings anymore. Just trying to find a decent replacement for under 10.
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I wouldn't've thought flamenco strings would have needed replacing that often?
 
Strings DO make a difference, find ones you like, and stick with them. I used Martin Marquis for a long time then I used Cleartones for years on my acoustics, then my supply dried up. Tried Elixers based on lots of folks' opinions, but found they don't last me long (sound-wise) at all.
Just switched my old acoustic over to the new Martin LifeSPans with Cleartone coating, Will see how they work.
 
Strings are one of the best things to replace before you go to record. I have recently tried the new cobalts side by side against some dean markley steels and some regular ernie ball slinkys. They all sound different.

But bass seems to show how different strings can be even better. Check this out, it's been my experience with my Fender American Jazz as well (have tried pro steels and regular nickel wound and Steels really do sound better to me, although they wear that clangy sound out faster :()

 
Great comparison Guitargodgt.

Is that your video? I liked the D'Addario's better. Had more grit to them.
 
All the things I didn't think made much of a difference really did once I compared... I'll get run out of here by a pitch-fork wielding crowd, but I love the Elixir nanowebs on electric and acoustic. Tried Martin strings on an acoustic at one point which tarnished and rusted within weeks.
Picks were the biggest eye-opener - playing acoustic with a Fender light vs. medium gives the guitar noticeably different sounds.
 
cusebassman said:
I'll get run out of here by a pitch-fork wielding crowd, but I love the Elixir nanowebs on electric and acoustic.
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Same here, and I've recently done a comparison with a lot of different recommendations and buys from 'juststrings' website. Elixirs and my favorites both for longevity and lack of screechy brightness in the first few hours of playing. I HATE that over brightness!


Also, lol at me, but the first post gave me an idea...has anyone ever put nylon classical strings on an electric? For shits and giggles, I wonder how it would sound.
 
Seeker of Rock said:
Same here, and I've recently done a comparison with a lot of different recommendations and buys from 'juststrings' website. Elixirs and my favorites both for longevity and lack of screechy brightness in the first few hours of playing. I HATE that over brightness!


Also, lol at me, but the first post gave me an idea...has anyone ever put nylon classical strings on an electric? For shits and giggles, I wonder how it would sound.
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I'm starting to think the juststrings.com site is known to all, but I've never heard of it. Now I can spend 3-4 bucks less on each pack of Elixirs. Also, nothing would happen if you strung an electric with nylon strings - the unwound strings wouldn't be registered by the pickups. Not sure about the bass-end strings which have some kind of metal winding.
 
Seeker of Rock said:
Also, lol at me, but the first post gave me an idea...has anyone ever put nylon classical strings on an electric? For shits and giggles, I wonder how it would sound.
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The strings would be too thick for the tuners. Someone would have to modify the tuners in order for it to work. And the top three strings wouldn't even make a sound. The pickup works by a magnet. I don't know about the bottom three strings. It would probably sound bad if it does make a sound. :laughings:
 
Maybe alternate the metal and nylon strings so every other string is silent and invent some new rock chording technique. Then play it through a speaker inside of a drum shell.
 
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