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Old 03-11-2009, 06:30 PM
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Milt Hinton's stings

Can anyone tell me what brand of strings Milt used the most?
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Old 03-11-2009, 06:51 PM
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I believe he mostly used Spirocore Weichs near the end of his life. He was also a Super Sensitive endorser (Supremes, I think). Early on it was guts, of course.

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Old 03-11-2009, 09:00 PM
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I had the honor of spending an afternoon with the Judge about 6 months before he passed. He had spiro weichs.
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Old 03-12-2009, 10:51 AM
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Thanks a lot fellas. That clears it up for me. 'Priciate it.
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Old 03-12-2009, 05:29 PM
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i remember very clearly someone told me he used flexocores for a while.
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