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New Twangy Strings

Unread post by LIPESU56 » Wed May 24, 2006 7:54 pm

I just bought a set of D'Addario EXP17's (Mediums). This is my first set of new strings. I've been playing guitar now for a few months, so the old strings are whatever came on my guitar. Anyway, the EXP17's sound really twangy, almost tinny. Just wondering if that's how they are supposed to sound, or if they will sound better after some playing?
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Unread post by Machtimus » Wed May 24, 2006 9:06 pm

Play with them and they will break in and won't sound so twangy and metalicly
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Unread post by Kahn » Thu May 25, 2006 1:28 am

Try different strings, D' Addarios blow
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Unread post by jellyfish » Thu May 25, 2006 7:47 am

Kahn wrote:Try different strings, D' Addarios blow
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Unread post by czech » Thu May 25, 2006 11:05 am

agreed, and when your srings break in and a few weeks later start sounding flat, you'll miss that new bright twangy sound.
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Unread post by sfmartins » Thu May 25, 2006 5:05 pm

czech wrote:agreed, and when your srings break in and a few weeks later start sounding flat, you'll miss that new bright twangy sound.
You might also want to consider another type of strings for the next time. You can record something with these ones and compare them later...
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Unread post by jsgksu » Thu May 25, 2006 5:53 pm

Get some Elixir Nanoweb light-mediums next time, let me know what you think.
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Unread post by jellyfish » Thu May 25, 2006 6:09 pm

jsgksu wrote:Get some Elixir Nanoweb light-mediums next time, let me know what you think.
cant go wrong with those.
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Unread post by Machtimus » Thu May 25, 2006 7:27 pm

jellyfish wrote:
jsgksu wrote:Get some Elixir Nanoweb light-mediums next time, let me know what you think.
cant go wrong with those.
I have a trump card over 'em.
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Unread post by jmack » Thu May 25, 2006 7:49 pm

what kind of guitar do you have? i have a piece of shit laminate and when i put my first set of strings on, the guitar sounded like it was made of tin.
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Unread post by onid41 » Thu May 25, 2006 8:31 pm

i kinda like the twangy sound of new strings
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Unread post by matonfan101 » Fri May 26, 2006 4:03 am

onid41 wrote:i kinda like the twangy sound of new strings
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Unread post by lakerhoc1121 » Fri May 26, 2006 8:54 am

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onid41 wrote:i kinda like the twangy sound of new strings
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Unread post by LIPESU56 » Tue May 30, 2006 6:18 pm

I have a washburn wd43s. Its got a solid top and laminate sides. Bought it as a starter; I don't plan on keeping for a long time. My buddy uses EXP17's on his Gibson and I like the sound. I realize he has a much nicer guitar that would sound better than mine regardless of type of strings. But I just figured I'd see if some of the good sound would carry over to my guitar with those strings.
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