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11-22-2012, 02:37 AM
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Originally Posted by joelb79  I'm on 6 months with a set of DR hibeams though. I gotta give them credit for the most boil friendly string ever: after 6 boils the core wires just started to look funny. When they say stainless, they mean it. | LOL.... I have to agree..... both the HiBeams and the LoRiders have got to be the most boil friendly strings out there. I love the tone of SS LoRiders on my jazz.... especially after about a month of play time. That tone lasts for about a month, and then you gotta boil. It's after about 4 "boilings" that they don't get back to that sweet state any more..... and boil frequency becomes much more. But that's okay, 'cuz I've gotten a good 6 to 8 months out of them. |
11-22-2012, 05:35 AM
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Originally Posted by JimmyM When Chromes are new, they will sound like TI's. But Chromes will die and get thuddy at a much faster rate than TI's. TI's, in the 4 months I used them, simply would not die. So that's the difference. | I just did a little project with a cat who tunes down to Eb, so I pulled the TIJF's I have on my CS '59 P, and threw on a 2 year old set of Chromes. I couldn't believe how much top end was still left on those chromes..... couldn't wait to get the TI's back on. Night and day. You should give the TIJF's another shot...... something in your posts about TI's make me think you actually had on a set of JR's instead of the JF's..... especially in a post you made a while back about how they felt like they were rolling under your fingers..... I get the same sensation when playing the JR's. The JR's are pretty smooth, and I could see how someone could mistake them for flats. |
11-22-2012, 09:18 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Nashville, TN | | | The JR's are really interesting strings. If they had a little more tension I could see using them as my number 1 string. They have a warm, organic, yet clear tone that is pretty unique. I could jack the action up I guess, but they are even looser in feel than the TI flats. TI flats are my number 2 string. I play too many gigs that need a more aggressive tone but for the right gig (most gigs really) they are magical. |
11-22-2012, 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by ljazz I just did a little project with a cat who tunes down to Eb, so I pulled the TIJF's I have on my CS '59 P, and threw on a 2 year old set of Chromes. I couldn't believe how much top end was still left on those chromes..... couldn't wait to get the TI's back on. Night and day. You should give the TIJF's another shot...... something in your posts about TI's make me think you actually had on a set of JR's instead of the JF's..... especially in a post you made a while back about how they felt like they were rolling under your fingers..... I get the same sensation when playing the JR's. The JR's are pretty smooth, and I could see how someone could mistake them for flats. | Nope, definitely the flats.
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11-22-2012, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by JimmyM Nope, definitely the flats. | LOL! Yep, flats.
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11-22-2012, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Passinwind Yep, TI JF344s from a better vendor.  | this.
in europe they go for 40€. if you cant find better deals in the US order some from europe. thats what i tend to do with some US stuff (ie ordering from US).
otherwise, 70$ for couple of years isnt that much! especially considering that this is the soudn you want and not just a random try out |
11-22-2012, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by engedi1 The JR's are really interesting strings. If they had a little more tension I could see using them as my number 1 string. They have a warm, organic, yet clear tone that is pretty unique. I could jack the action up I guess, but they are even looser in feel than the TI flats. TI flats are my number 2 string. I play too many gigs that need a more aggressive tone but for the right gig (most gigs really) they are magical. | What's number one?
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11-22-2012, 01:24 PM
| | | | on the tension.....a favorite '60 P owned by a friend had extra lite Roto rounds, skinny strings. Beautiful and fat sounds with the string action up as high as you could go without creating intonation issues. I'm guessing it would be the same story with the JR's. |
11-24-2012, 12:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Italy | | | Just a thought for the op: buy them used, if you want to get them cheaper...they last forever anyway.
Sorry if it's already been suggested |
11-24-2012, 12:49 PM
|  | a/k/a Steve Cooper | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Huntington WV | | @folks who boil strings:
Try the alcohol soak instead. IME, works much better!
I learned about that trick right here, on TB. Here's a link to another site describing how to make a PVC tube for soaking strings. It works great and the materials don't cost much. |
11-24-2012, 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by CapnSev What's number one? | I am currently in a nickel wound phase. I have good ol dadarrio's exl's on at the moment, but a medium heavy guage, instead the light guage I used to used. Makes a big difference, sounds fantastic on my Jazz. My favorite round string has varied alot over the years with DR Highbeams coming up again and again. Like I said, I wish I could just leave the TI flats on forever... |
11-25-2012, 04:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Ewo @folks who boil strings:
Try the alcohol soak instead. IME, works much better!
I learned about that trick right here, on TB. Here's a link to another site describing how to make a PVC tube for soaking strings. It works great and the materials don't cost much. | I have tried it, and it's just not worth the trouble. I still have the tube buried back in a closet here somewhere. I accidently dumped the alcohol once, and never replaced it. It's easier to just get the water boiling, and really, there isn't much difference in how much longer the strings last. |
11-25-2012, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Ewo @folks who boil strings:
Try the alcohol soak instead. IME, works much better!
I learned about that trick right here, on TB. Here's a link to another site describing how to make a PVC tube for soaking strings. It works great and the materials don't cost much. | Ive read that thread. Honestly, the only strings I'll boil are DR High Beams right now. I've tried it on every string brand/make that i've bought. Dean Markley died instantly, the E string sounded like flats but the rest were as brilliant as the day I got them. Daddario's don't do anything when you boil them, not a tone difference or anything.
If I was really into making my Nickle rounds last that long I might make one of those tubes full of alcohol/solvent, but for now If I need a set of strings that will last through the boiling and actually improve DR Hi-Beams have me covered.
And I might be weird, but I think they sound better after being broken in, boiled and reused.
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