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10-28-2008, 02:07 AM
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Which brand and which type has it? |
10-28-2008, 02:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Athens, Greece | | | Within the first page you'll probably get 15 different answers. There is no "one" brand and type.
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10-28-2008, 03:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Wilmington, NC | | | (Insert fav type of brand here) flatwounds
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10-28-2008, 03:19 AM
| | Son, I am disappoint. | | Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Gig Harbor, Washington | | | That is incredibly subjective, it depends what kind of string you like "flats" or "rounds".
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10-28-2008, 03:31 AM
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Originally Posted by tapp01 (Insert fav type of brand here) flatwounds | +1
10-15 years
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10-28-2008, 07:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: new jersey | | imho dr hi beams last forever.
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10-28-2008, 07:09 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Perth, WA, Australia | | | Elixir
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10-28-2008, 07:40 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2006 Location: Brandon, Manitoba, Canada | | | +1 Elixir
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10-28-2008, 09:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Kingston Ontario Canada | | | +1 for Elixir. they cost twice as much but last 3X as long so it's worth it |
10-28-2008, 09:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Perth, WA, Australia | | Quote:
Originally Posted by sombasol +1 for Elixir. they cost twice as much but last 3X as long so it's worth it | So I should get 9 years out of a set...
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10-28-2008, 08:46 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: WA State | | | SIT Powerwounds last IMO, but I use them mostly because of sound/price.
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10-28-2008, 08:54 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: lima | | | elixirs IMO
but flatwwound are know to last many years, altough they sound death already so how do you kill something that is already death? |
10-30-2008, 10:05 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Dacula, GA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Solarmist SIT Powerwounds last IMO, but I use them mostly because of sound/price. | Eh,
I've had SIT's before, and they died in 20 minutes. No joke. I simply can not bring myself to buy another set.
+1 on Elixirs. I have a set right now, and the coating is coming off over the frets and where I pick, but they still sound really good. |
10-30-2008, 10:09 AM
|  | Playing his P bass off into the sunset | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bellingham, WA | | | DR's for rounds, and just about any flats.
Flats especially will last years (I've heard 5-10 for TI's).
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10-30-2008, 04:02 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Metro Detroit | | | Elixir. The nanoweb(?) coating makes a big difference. My D'Addario strings always last pretty long, for regular rounds. They sound great when they're dead, too. |
11-01-2008, 11:49 PM
|  | Moderator Moderator | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Fargo, ND | | | Elixirs.
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11-02-2008, 10:41 AM
|  | Ampeeeeeeg \o/ | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Israel | | | Elixir, but they have some plastic-ish cover on them.
For rock/metal, dr lowriders, fender stainless steel or warwick black labels. Each lasts long and sounds decent.
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11-02-2008, 10:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Houston | | | nylonwound. They last forfreakingever. |
11-02-2008, 10:54 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Zürich, Switzerland | | | Does longevity for strings really matter? To me feel and sound are much more important, but if that's a non-issue, then go with flatwounds. Any brand. |
11-02-2008, 11:02 AM
|  | M E T S ... Mets, Mets, Mets! | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NC. Residential Tourist | | +7 Elixir 
Yup, the plastic coating comes off after a while .... except for playing with a pick; then .... ZOOM... it's gone.
As for the fretting hand; the plastic coating actually lasts quite a while.
... they sound pretty nice too.
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