strings question

seth_southerland · Unread post by **seth_southerland** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 11:17 am

what can i put on my guitar strings to make them easier to do slides on them, and slick so that they wont squeal so much when i slide?

Ando · Unread post by **Ando** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 11:23 am

seth_southerland wrote:what can i put on my guitar strings to make them easier to do slides on them, and slick so that they wont squeal so much when i slide?

ELIXIR POLYWEBS

Hardly any squeak, and easy as hell to do slides on. They're extra coated so they last longer...

You can also try nanowebs if polyweb is too slick for you..Nanowebs have less coating, therefore they don't last as long.

DMBFan63 · Unread post by **DMBFan63** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 11:50 am

Heh, you may thing poly's have more coating so they last longer, but they only last like.. a week and a half with how much i play

Nano's were gone in under a week.. i'm such a loser..lol

Yea go Polyweb's.. I use custom lights and they are amazing..

Ando · Unread post by **Ando** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 12:15 pm

DMBFan63 wrote:Heh, you may thing poly's have more coating so they last longer, but they only last like.. a week and a half with how much i play
Nano's were gone in under a week.. i'm such a loser..lol

Yea go Polyweb's.. I use custom lights and they are amazing..

Ha.. I play my strings until the sound so horrible I'm just forced to change them

I usually wash my hands before I play, that helps

bugman96 · Unread post by **bugman96** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 3:00 pm

spray them with PAM

Ranting Thespian · Unread post by **Ranting Thespian** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 5:09 pm

Get flat wire strings. They slide so smoothly, and you don't get the squeaking sound either. Also, that doesn't fade. Gibson makes nice flat wire strings. Check them out.

It's pretty much this. take a basic low E string

Regular - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Flat Wire - |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||

They are wound so much tighter, to get that smooth feel and no squaking. Basicly it just gets rid of most of the friction.

Pickles · Unread post by **Pickles** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 6:47 pm

i love elixir polywebs. i wouldnt use anything else. i love em.

DMBFan63 · Unread post by **DMBFan63** » Fri Sep 26, 2003 6:58 pm

Heh, not only do with like LP's and 12 strings, we both like polywebs!

Ranting Thespian · Unread post by **Ranting Thespian** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 12:29 am

I used Flat Wires on my electric. I havn't seen them for acoustic, but browse through here http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/sid ... 398/c=4499 . If you still don't find any, e-mail the people at gibson.com or this great local store that is very helpful davesguitar.com (dave is a really good guy).

Appfro · Unread post by **Appfro** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 1:19 am

don't try stretch chords on those polywebs though. or at least, it takes practice, they're too slippery if you ask me. i can't keep my fingers where i want them

Pickles · Unread post by **Pickles** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 5:10 am

i can make really big stretches on my polys

czech · Unread post by **czech** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 12:01 pm

how often do you guys change your strings?
I just bought some martin extra lights ccause i'm fucking broke and they were the cheapest strings the shop had.

Pickles · Unread post by **Pickles** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 1:28 pm

checkii wrote:how often do you guys change your strings?
I just bought some martin extra lights ccause i'm fucking broke and they were the cheapest strings the shop had.

me? not NEARLY as much as i should.. maybe every 3 months if that. lol. i hate doing it and i procrastinate as much as possible.

DMBFan63 · Unread post by **DMBFan63** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 3:31 pm

every 2 weeks..

Appfro · Unread post by **Appfro** » Sun Sep 28, 2003 3:33 pm

shane wrote:i can make really big stretches on my polys

blah blah blah everyone's an exception. my point was that it's harder and takes practice, not that its impossible.

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