Members dougbeens Posted April 27, 2005 Members Share Posted April 27, 2005 Me and a friend have decided to do a metal/metalcore basement-jam project together tuned to B-standard.... compare maybe to the band Unearth... So I gutted my Ibanez Artist. Took out my pair of P-94's, the selector switch, and one Vol/Tone pot pair... rewired the whole thing simply with a Duncan JB ---> Vol/Tone ---> output. Anyway, the strings. I saw them on the rack and they were the right guage I was looking for, so I decided to give them a try. I have yet to intonate my guitar or spend any amp time with the new strings and setup, but basically I wanted to say that the G string (or rather D string now!) at an unwound 24-guage wire, could quite possibly kill a man! It was by far the most stubborn and unpliable guitar string I've ever installed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mixedxboy Posted April 27, 2005 Members Share Posted April 27, 2005 i've been thinking about trying these or the "beefy slinky" i'm currently using the power slinky (11s) did you have to file the grooves in the nut at all? any catching or tuning issues? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members squealie Posted April 27, 2005 Members Share Posted April 27, 2005 I use them occasionally. The G string, is not so much a string, as it is a lever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dougbeens Posted April 27, 2005 Author Members Share Posted April 27, 2005 Originally posted by mixedxboy i've been thinking about trying these or the "beefy slinky" i'm currently using the power slinky (11s)did you have to file the grooves in the nut at all? any catching or tuning issues? I've always had a problematic nut, so it's hard to say. Truthfully, I'd be smart to lube the thing up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stogie22 Posted January 9, 2008 Members Share Posted January 9, 2008 I've always had a problematic nut, so it's hard to say. Truthfully, I'd be smart to lube the thing up. This is by far the funniest line I've heard on here, haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members csm Posted January 9, 2008 Members Share Posted January 9, 2008 I use that set on my slide guitars ... tuned up to open E and open A. No complaints! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Samnite Posted January 9, 2008 Members Share Posted January 9, 2008 Wimp! I once (and only once) used Asher Electro Hawaiian strings (gauge 15-58) as an experiment on a beater electric. Damned things were huge sounding, but you had to hit them with a hammer to get them to sound. And forget bends. Just forget 'em. I still use them (or flatwounds) for slide guitars, tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rusholmeruffian Posted January 9, 2008 Members Share Posted January 9, 2008 A plain .024 string? Jesus. Wound G, man, wound G! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EMG_GUY Posted January 9, 2008 Members Share Posted January 9, 2008 Get a Bass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted January 9, 2008 Members Share Posted January 9, 2008 A plain .024 string? Jesus. Wound G, man, wound G! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members willhaven Posted January 9, 2008 Members Share Posted January 9, 2008 I've played a plain .24 G tuned to either dropped B or dropped C for a decade. You sort of get used to it. I used to play 11s in standard E. I'm also a rhythm player who has a heavy right hand, so they hold up well under heavy strumming. Now that I'm getting older and I play noodly melody solo things with bends, I can definitely see how it could knock the wind out of the sails of someone who wants to do a lot of leads or plays a lot of bends. It takes quite a while to get used to, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Riffer Posted January 9, 2008 Members Share Posted January 9, 2008 I've used these for a couple of years. I'm used to playing with the g bar, but it usually impales me when I'm changing strings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Fury Posted January 10, 2008 Members Share Posted January 10, 2008 EDIT: for the record I love the Slinky Top Heavy Bottom's (.052-.010) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members willhaven Posted January 10, 2008 Members Share Posted January 10, 2008 I've used these for a couple of years. I'm used to playing with the g bar, but it usually impales me when I'm changing strings.That's absolutely the worst one for it too. Ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rusholmeruffian Posted January 10, 2008 Members Share Posted January 10, 2008 If somebody figured out how to make a wound .014 I'd probably use it as a high E, but AFAIK the absolute thinnest wound string gauge out there is .020--and that's a groundwound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mc5nrg Posted January 10, 2008 Members Share Posted January 10, 2008 Lots of companies make regular wound .018- try GHS among others .Oddly enough according to an elderly player I once knew at one time in the olden days all the strings could be found wound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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