Silk & steel 12 strings

[MainzMan]

I recently saw some Martin silk and steel strings for a 12 string while browsing and wondered if anyone has tried them. I would expect them to give a mellower tone, would I be right?

[Terry Allan Hall]

 

Originally posted by MainzMan I recently saw some Martin silk and steel strings for a 12 string while browsing and wondered if anyone has tried them. I would expect them to give a mellower tone, would I be right?

 

 

VERY "mellow"...and they don't have a long tone-life, either.

 

Silk-and-bronze may last longer, but I've never tried those.

[Freeman Keller]

It has been a long time since I tried silk and steels on anything but I remember them being very mellow as TAH suggested and having very little volume. I would think that if you tune down they would be a bad choice because of the very low tension. Probably easy to barre, bad for slide. There is a guy on the AGF that swears by them on his 355.

 

Since I hate changing strings on my 12 I like a light gauge coated string that last a couple of months, but we won't open that can of worms....

 

Try them and report back. Tell us what you were using before and how they compare.

[Queequeg]

like I said before (and feel free to quote me in future threads on this subject @ no additional charge.)

 

"Silk is for ladies underwear."

 

 

silk guitar strings are terrible !

[MainzMan]

 

Originally posted by Freeman Keller Try them and report back. Tell us what you were using before and how they compare.

 

 

I'll let you know how I get on, might be a while as I'll wait until the current strings go off.

 

I won't forget though