davismanLV
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Having one right now, my friend.Did I hear Beer !?
Having one right now, my friend.Did I hear Beer !?
Fan of the John Pearse uncoated PB strings myself.I don't think they blew me away, but since they have not been mentioned: maybe give John Pearse a try to see if you like 'em
Thanks for the replies. I’ve got enough suggestions to last a year at least. First set I’m gonna try is my nice cheap Earthwoods because I have them, then I’ll give some of these others a shot. I noticed a lot of you like the Martin Retros. Does anyone else find them kinda…zippy? Zingy? at first until they settle in? Truth be told I don’t generally like brand new strings. Two weeks in seems to be a sweet spot for me.
I think it's easy to treat D'Addario PBs as if they're generic or bland or something, but to me they are the standard. And if a store doesn't carry my favorite DRs, I'll buy them and think, "yeah these are still great strings. "I am a creature of habit and been using D’addarios forever, started out with EJ17 mediums, used them until recently when I started toying with lighter gauge. Not sure I’ve landed on a go to set yet At least with D’addario I joined the players club and get the points from each set and someday earn enough to maybe turn them into a new set one day?
edit: Oh and I’m drinking a beer right now
hi everybody
i usually use DR RARE light.
does anybody know if DR strings are tested with guilds guitars?? because the original CEO of DR were Alfred Dronges relatives.
i m wondering about current guild and DR still has that kind of relationship.
i m curious at it.
But I don’t think Guild was the test guitar for DR. It was totally separate. Guild was the acoustic that tested D’Addario phosphor bronze. Back in 1973 before PBs first launched in 1974. And D’A manufactured the base string for Guild strings. So if you are going to go with a string that Guild most partnered with, it’s D’Addario. And for a truest, for historical significance, the D'Addario EJ17 is what most dreads would have left Westerly with in the 70s. Not the EXP of course and not light gauge yet. That build era was heavier so I conclude dreads were leaving factories with medium gauge strings on them. Unless someone can convince me otherwise...That definitely was part of their thing for a long while (although I'm too lazy to google for citations). DR founder Mark Dronge, was Al's son.
That's more or less how I ended up trying and using DR Rare strings.
But I don’t think Guild was the test guitar for DR. It was totally separate. Guild was the acoustic that tested D’Addario phosphor bronze. Back in 1973 before PBs first launched in 1974. And D’A manufactured the base string for Guild strings. So if you are going to go with a string that Guild most partnered with, it’s D’Addario. And for a truest, for historical significance, the D'Addario EJ17 is what most dreads would have left Westerly with in the 70s. Not the EXP of course and not light gauge yet. That build era was heavier so I conclude dreads were leaving factories with medium gauge strings on them. Unless someone can convince me otherwise...
I just meant that my understanding was that DR/Mark had a selection of Guilds in their collection of guitars used for testing. I'm still too busy/lazy to research this.