stainless or nickel

Nicholas Dedring · From: Beacon, New York, USA

It seems to me that you could also use the "darker" nickel strings to alter the tone of your treble strings: if you don't have enought brightness to the top end, play nickel and crank the treble without making the low-end brittle... just a thought.

For me, I end up just buying sets of SIT Stainless strings, and a bunch of .012s instead of the .011s. I just prefer not having to change strings that often... don't hear much significant fall-off of sound quality with steel wound.

David Wren · From: Placerville, California, USA

Nicholas, the unwound strings (plain) are all the same, whether in a SS or nickel set. the reference to Nickel (or SS) is the wraping on the wound strings only.

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Dave Wren
'96 Carter S12-E9/B6,7X7; Twin Session 500s; Hilton Pedal; Black Box www.ameechapman.com

[This message was edited by David Wren on 04 May 2006 at 03:36 PM.]

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