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Boschen · 23rd November 2010

I will use anything that isn't Elixirs; hate em.

They last me about a week before I shred the plastic string condom off the metal. And I don't like the way they sound, either. Some folks love em though.

I like D'Addario .10's on my strat.

@Norse-
I still have an old beater classical strung with real gut strings that I got in South America years ago, I think in Uruguay. They still play, though I haven't picked up that axe in ages; I think it's still lurking in a closet somewhere on my family's Virginia farm. The sound is softer and rounder, and so are the gut strings. They are weird to fret sometimes, as they are a trifle irregular.

I've heard Robert Johnson learned to play guitar by stringing a baling wire between two nails on the side of a barn. Fence wire was often used by old bluesmen as guitar strings.

23rd November 2010	#30
Boschen Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,068	I will use anything that isn't Elixirs; hate em. They last me about a week before I shred the plastic string condom off the metal. And I don't like the way they sound, either. Some folks love em though. I like D'Addario .10's on my strat. @Norse- I still have an old beater classical strung with real gut strings that I got in South America years ago, I think in Uruguay. They still play, though I haven't picked up that axe in ages; I think it's still lurking in a closet somewhere on my family's Virginia farm. The sound is softer and rounder, and so are the gut strings. They are weird to fret sometimes, as they are a trifle irregular. I've heard Robert Johnson learned to play guitar by stringing a baling wire between two nails on the side of a barn. Fence wire was often used by old bluesmen as guitar strings.