I seem to recall Dunlop's "pure nickel" electric guitar strings are 92-93% pure. In my opinion they should not be marketed as pure nickel if not 99+%.
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Durability of nickel layer on nickel-plated strings
- Thread starter Phaidrus
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My sweat kills most nickel strings faster than wear and tear. Even stainless strings end up with little divots where they contact the frets.
I can get up to about six weeks on one set, interestingly if I leave a new set on a basses for about a year without using it they sound different, still bright but kind of brittle so I need to change them.
I can get up to about six weeks on one set, interestingly if I leave a new set on a basses for about a year without using it they sound different, still bright but kind of brittle so I need to change them.
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At that point, there would be no such thing as "pure nickel" strings. I don't believe ANYONE has a 99% nickel wire.
La Bella use Nickel 200 which is ~ 99.6% and Nickel 250 is similar, maybe even higher. Pyramid PN wire 99.2% based on their own literature from a few years back
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Good info! Out of curiosity, I asked production what we use; Nickel 205 (~99.6%).
Oops yes that's what I meant - 205 not 250! And it's awesome you use Nickel 205!
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Oops yes that's what I meant - 205 not 250! And it's awesome you use Nickel 205!
Yeah, it was all very interesting to learn. From the research I've done, it seems that nickel 200 and 205 are very similar except that 205 is optimized for electrical applications.
I only know this nonsense because I'm a big fan of pure nickel strings and have tried to learn as much as I can.
