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A question about elixers

Unread post by juineaux » Sun Oct 19, 2003 10:19 pm

I decided im finnaly gonna try elixer strings, but i was wondering which kinda to try? the polyweb or nanoweb, whats the difference?
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Unread post by Pickles » Sun Oct 19, 2003 10:21 pm

i love polywebs..... i hate all else :twisted:
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Re: A question about elixers

Unread post by fatjack » Sun Oct 19, 2003 10:21 pm

juineaux wrote:I decided im finnaly gonna try elixer strings, but i was wondering which kinda to try? the polyweb or nanoweb, whats the difference?
try nanos, they feel more like regular strings
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Re: A question about elixers

Unread post by Ando » Sun Oct 19, 2003 10:22 pm

juineaux wrote:I decided im finnaly gonna try elixer strings, but i was wondering which kinda to try? the polyweb or nanoweb, whats the difference?
POLYWEB= More coating-last longer-Less natural of a soung

NANOWEB-Less Coating-More Natural Soung-Don't last so long.
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Unread post by juineaux » Sun Oct 19, 2003 10:23 pm

thanks, if the nano's dont last very long, why do they cost so much?
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Unread post by fatjack » Sun Oct 19, 2003 10:26 pm

juineaux wrote:thanks, if the nano's dont last very long, why do they cost so much?
they do last long, just as long as polyweb's in my opinion
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Unread post by juineaux » Sun Oct 19, 2003 10:28 pm

thanks, mabey i'll try them both at different times-
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Unread post by fatjack » Sun Oct 19, 2003 10:28 pm

juineaux wrote:thanks, mabey i'll try them both at different times-
go for nano first, trust me man :wink:
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Unread post by juineaux » Sun Oct 19, 2003 10:34 pm

OK, the only reason im trusting you is cause i dig your guitar tone
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Unread post by fatjack » Sun Oct 19, 2003 10:35 pm

juineaux wrote:OK, the only reason im trusting you is cause i dig your guitar tone
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Unread post by DMBFreak84 » Mon Oct 20, 2003 6:24 am

ive tried both, i love both
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Unread post by jballdmb123 » Mon Oct 20, 2003 7:32 pm

Both of the poly and nano are good... sound excellent... have you tried the ones dave uses the d'addarios.... do u no how they sound? are they better than elixirs?
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Unread post by Jay » Mon Oct 20, 2003 8:14 pm

nano's are better but they both suck.

it's all about d'addario EXP's.
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