My strings last longer as well - but the same cannot be said of my frets which seem to need dressings rather often according the the guys at my local shopTo be honest, I find regular nickel-wound no-special-coatings D'Addario strings work best for my PRSi - they offer good longevity, and don't seem to change much over time. Maybe they don't sound as "great" as some other brands when first applied, but I find the sound they do have sticks around.
But I also find that strings last longer with me than other people I know - I seem to have hands that don't corrode the metal, and I don't play hard enough to physically break them very often. :shrug: YMMV.
Hi Thank you all your opinions i want to get the crispness more ring from the piezo pickup.Pretty much the same here. HB II with Piezo. Came with 11s of some sort. I changed to 10s. I use Ernie Balls mostly. Occasionally I'll go with pure nickel on a really bright guitar but I'm usually just as happy as can be with "regular" strings. Have tried a bunch of others but haven't found anything I prefer.
Weird that the PRS strings were already corroded. Did you contact PRS and get a replacement set? (And aren't they just repackaged D'Addarios anyway?)Hi Thank you all your opinions i want to get the crispness more ring from the piezo pickup.
I bought a set of Prs Strings and they were corroded straight out of the packets, not good,and i have never used pure nickel strings, which i believe were used in the 50s is there a noticable difference.?
i have never used pure nickel strings, which i believe were used in the 50s is there a noticable difference.?
Hi your reply on the history is correct but now we are in the years 2000. I guess there all made somewhere in china and bagged in what ever name you want. I wont be buying PRS bagged strings again thats for sure rubbish. I have stuck with Ernie Balls for years, but the hollow body II is a different feel and requires crispness, sharpness, ring, to get the best out of the piezo when mixing with magnetic pickups, hence my post. But i will experiment and try various brands and selections of D Daddarios. Maybe Shawn can confirm what strings are used out of the US factory.Weird that the PRS strings were already corroded. Did you contact PRS and get a replacement set? (And aren't they just repackaged D'Addarios anyway?)
About nickel-wound strings: This is what I gather trying to understand the history of all of this (feel free to correct me!), a large part of this distilled from:
http://www.guitarplayer.com/accessories/1019/pure-nickel-strings/16364
Electric guitar strings in the 50s were usually steel-wound - the brass/bronze-wound strings of acoustic guitars didn't have as good a magnetic field impact, only the core was really interacting with the field. In the late 50s pure-nickel-wound strings (steel core) were introduced. The nickel was easier on the frets.
About 1970 there was a shift to nickel-plated steel for the wound strings, which is the most common type of string used today.
I've never played pure nickel-wound strings (to my knowledge), but apparently they produce a warmer sound, so jazz folks like them. Hmm, I need to check a set of flat-wounds I have at home, maybe they are pure nickel. I bought a three-pack to use on my lap-steel (which grows dusty due to lack of use).
Sono-Tone Vintage all nickel 10s went on the RL Vela today and it sounded fantastic during the at-volume tests.
thanks never heard of them before, their web page reads good , so on your reccommendation i will definatly try a set why not!Sono-Tone Vintage all nickel 10s went on the RL Vela today and it sounded fantastic during the at-volume tests.