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04-22-2007, 10:44 PM
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Do you prefer the tone of old, strings (that have never been cleaned), or brand new strings?
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04-22-2007, 10:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Los Angeles | | | It really depends on the string, but for the most they sound the best after the 2nd week, DR's especially the coated one's sound great right out of the box.
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04-22-2007, 11:06 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Ensenada , B.C Mexico | | | I like them a week old
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04-22-2007, 11:19 PM
| | | | I like 'em best at that "just broken in" period. But I'll use them as long as they last.
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04-22-2007, 11:29 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: WI | | | I love 'em new, right out of the box.
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04-23-2007, 12:31 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Phila,Pa. | | | One month old but clean. |
04-23-2007, 06:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Mudsock,Ohio | | | Flats that are at least 6 months old. Actually the older the better.
I have a set on a old Jazz that are close to 20 years old.
I just replaced them due to them comming unraveled at the tuning peg.I'm pretty bum'd about that.
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04-23-2007, 08:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Oakland, California, USA | | The tone of a slightly broken-in SS string is a beautiful thing, especially with a P-pickup and a pick. 
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04-23-2007, 08:41 PM
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Endorser:Fender User:Rotosound, LaBella, Ashdown, Lindy Fralin | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: New York | | | I like the tone of dead flat wounds.
However, I like the tone of slightly broken in Rotosound rounds for when I play more upbeat stuff.
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04-23-2007, 08:44 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Upstate NY | | | I like them just before they go completely dead.
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04-23-2007, 10:50 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Seattle, Washington | | Old, for sure. At least a couple months old, if not longer. I hate the tone of new strings 
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