Hi Guys, I remember reading a thread here about different types of strings available, steel, nylon, nickel coated, slinky...super slinky ! etc. There was a point raised that super slinky or some other sort are good for people with smaller hands ? is it true ?...if it is...which ones would be best suited for an absolute beginner with small hands. thanks g0rt
Get a Moderately priced small to medium sized string for learning as fatter the string kinda lil tougher to play........learn on thin strings n buy heavier strings l8r..........anywayz low budget strings wud also save u cost if u break em frequently more so if u have a guitar with a whammy n ur just tryin to mess with it while learnin....(btw heavy strings wudnt be reqired if ur not into heavy distorted sounds ala "metal').....My 2 cents
no slinky and those names denote the amount of brass/copper etc coating on it. not exactly sure about those names coz I use Dadarios strings which I feel are the B3$t.They dont use this kind of nomenclature.
i bought a set of alice today for 150 bucks for my acoustic d'addario costs 275 bucks in kolkata before this i used to play on bronze coated strings gives a damn good bass
d'addarios are gud... i use extra lights which still have good tone... there was a HUGE difference when i changed over to them frm karuna
^You mean D'addario Bronze Extra Light for Acoustic ?? I personally didn't Like them and I've switched over to Givson Electro-Spanish strings on acoustic.
don't think extra lights will be too good for acoustics i currently use reynolds xtra light on my electric though imho no use going for heavier ones for the electric unless u r too much into death metal
I use DevilHogz for ma Trash muhahah Xtra Salty.. these things are crazy mannnnnn for Death Metal and they glow like a mother b4 i use to have D'addario and they worked like a charm.
@notty_lad .... extra lights for my Electric @prit_undead....lol... i know.. karuna sux big time!! me soon gonna move to heavier gauges anyway... extra lights have damn less chunk..
@sendhil: i haven't ever played on heavy gauges on electric but aren't they good only for metal and stuff?
haha not so much heard a few songs here and there - nat 'king' cole, peggy lee, louis armstrong mind you - very few
nope. Usually heavy gauge strings will produce more fundamental and first, second overtones, initial overtones. Lighter strings will have less content of fundamental and initial overtones, and more higher harmonics. What this means? When string vibrates, there are many frequencies produced. Fundamental. First overtone Second overtone ... and so on. Usually in diminishing amplitude. So heavier strings will yield a "purer" and thicker tone. Incidentally, similar thing happens when you increase tension. You will observe that the note/tone becomes "purer"