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03-09-2011, 12:03 PM
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Hey guys, for those who are looking for a few of the legendary (you know who you are!) there are some 'G', 'A' and 'C' strings on Ebay UK. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TO-CLEAR-LYCON...50524672846464
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03-09-2011, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Jake deVilliers  | Thanks, Jake! I saw those a few days ago. I wish a full G-D-A-E set was available. For now, I'm quite happy with my Spiros, but if I could.... 
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03-09-2011, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by drurb Thanks, Jake! I saw those a few days ago. I wish a full G-D-A-E set was available. For now, I'm quite happy with my Spiros, but if I could.... | Really? I thought you'd at least want to use a Lycon 'G' with your Spirocores, given your avatar and all...
I figure a Spiro 'E' will work and a matching 'D' string will be findable. |
03-09-2011, 02:14 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Seattle, WA | | | Hell, I bought a G. If I wasn't broke I would have bought all of them. $11 for a string as mythical as the unicorn?
It's worth it just for the future pontification it opens up for me. Plus I'll be able to sell it to you stiffs for at least $20 if I'm so inclined. I didn't even want a G string right now, I'm fully smitten with the results of my last experiment.
Come on TBDB! You call yourselves string addicts?
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03-09-2011, 02:44 PM
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i just bought a 3/4 g
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03-09-2011, 02:47 PM
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03-09-2011, 02:49 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Germany | | | jesus, i just bought another one...
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03-09-2011, 02:50 PM
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03-09-2011, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Uncletoad Oh yea, I'm in! | My brother!
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03-09-2011, 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by TroyK Hell, I bought a G. If I wasn't broke I would have bought all of them. $11 for a string as mythical as the unicorn?
It's worth it just for the future pontification it opens up for me. Plus I'll be able to sell it to you stiffs for at least $20 if I'm so inclined. I didn't even want a G string right now, I'm fully smitten with the results of my last experiment.
Come on TBDB! You call yourselves string addicts? | 'String addicts'?! I'd better not tell you how many I bought... 
PS The 3/4 'G' strings are all gone.
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03-09-2011, 08:30 PM
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03-09-2011, 09:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Jake deVilliers Really? I thought you'd at least want to use a Lycon 'G' with your Spirocores, given your avatar and all...
I figure a Spiro 'E' will work and a matching 'D' string will be findable. | A full Lycon set or none at all for me. I've never been a string mixer and I especially wouldn't do it with the Lycons. I couldn't stand having just one or two of those fantastic strings. I'd end up trying not to play on the other ones. It would be heartbreaking.
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03-09-2011, 10:39 PM
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03-10-2011, 12:01 AM
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Originally Posted by drurb A full Lycon set or none at all for me. I've never been a string mixer and I especially wouldn't do it with the Lycons. I couldn't stand having just one or two of those fantastic strings. I'd end up trying not to play on the other ones. It would be heartbreaking. | I think you're not really a Lycon guy after all - and after talking about getting somebody to make some Lycon copies...sheesh  |
03-10-2011, 07:02 AM
| | Oracle, Ancient Order of Rass Hattur; Mem. #1, EPC | | Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Connecticut | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Jake deVilliers I think you're not really a Lycon guy after all - and after talking about getting somebody to make some Lycon copies...sheesh | Nah, it's because I'm a tried and true Lycon guy that I can't deal with a partial set. Now that's a purist! Maybe you just have to have had played them for years to understand. Perhaps I should have snagged a G to see if I would prefer the mix with the Spiros but that opportunity has passed.
As for talking about someone making copies, who knows? One of these days you may discover that talk has led to action.
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03-10-2011, 09:11 AM
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Originally Posted by drurb As for talking about someone making copies, who knows? One of these days you may discover that talk has led to action. | I guess I thought you might want some to copy... |
03-10-2011, 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Jake deVilliers I guess I thought you might want some to copy... | I actually have used Lycons and even own an unused E.
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03-10-2011, 10:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Peterborough, Ontario, Canada | | | I tried a Lycon D several years ago but at the time I did not know the history of the brand. I mixed it with a Spiro Weich set on a Kay C-1. I remember The Lycon was a lot more full and solid sounding than the Weich D with a tad more tension.
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03-14-2011, 10:07 AM
| | | | Arrived today. Nice looking string. Very well made. Supple like a pirastro. Very tight very flat wrap winds. Measures .050".
Won't put it on until my Oliv G breaks though. Gotta get as many miles out of that as possible.
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03-14-2011, 10:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Uncletoad Arrived today. Nice looking string. Very well made. Supple like a pirastro. Very tight very flat wrap winds. Measures .50".
Won't put it on until my Oliv G breaks though. Gotta get as many miles out of that as possible. | Good postal service you have there!
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