Yeah, me too.
It caused me, the D'Addario purist, to do more digging.
D'as are "Pb", the copper
alloy.
And I see this from
GHS's site:
"GHS Silk and Bronze™ acoustic guitar strings feature a unique
silk and steel core wound with Phosphor Bronze cover wire to create a warm, mellow tone with a soft feel. Silk & Bronze™ strings are ideal for live performances and have impressive sustain and low finger noise for the studio."
BUT by golly their "Silk'n'
steel " says silver-plated copper.
If it's truly pure copper and not an alloy I'm gonna say they're definitely gonna have a shorter string life than the pb, because copper's softer.
It's the whole reason bronze superceded copper in the bronze age when bronze alloy was discovered, it's harder and more durable.
Still I have a suspicion it really
is a bronze alloy, just not
phosphor bronze, and maybe of a very low percentage of tin/nickel to allow it to be a little softer.
I Also saw Martin specifically reference a "copper
compound".
Maybe technically the alloys don't qualify as "bronze" but to me Martin's terminology is "telling", that it's not actually pure copper..
Let's not forget that copper wire was invented by two Scots fighting over a penny.
It's that soft.
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(As a proud Scot I feel entitled to share that joke)
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