very normal IMO chromes aren't the smoothest flats but they do sound great
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Is This Normal For Chromes?
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very normal IMO chromes aren't the smoothest flats but they do sound great
This pair was purchased though Amazon. Surprisingly there is a 30-day return window, so I sent them back and ordered a set of La Bella's via Reverb (Amazon was out of stock).
I find the Chromes and Fender 9050's very close, but I actually think the Fender's are superior in feel and sound. If you like the Chrome's tone but not the feel, I would suggest playing those Fender's a bit longer and once they start to get some hours on them and the tone mellows a bit you may find you like them as much as the Chromes after all.
Volume difference thing sounds like a defective string to me. I had a short scale A string in long scale Chromes package recently, and it turned out that there were more of these in the brick and mortar I bought the strings from. Stuff happens, I' d contact seller / D'addario about it for replacement.
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I had a similar experience with Chromes, but not with the gapping. My fresh set had a dead E and G string. I ordered through Strings By Mail and let them know the situation. They promptly sent me a fresh E and G string at no charge. No questions asked! I have been using their service for a couple years now. Excellent customer service. Highly recommended!
I've used Chromes for years, on and off. The windings are very consistent and so is the tone. I've never seen this. It's a bad string.
I have the Custom Gauge Chromes on my Jazz right now. Upon very close inspection, which I would never otherwise have done, I can see a teeny bit of inconsistent gapping like that in some places. I did also notice that the D string has a little more texture to it than the rest. However, none of this affects any sound. I've never yet had a D'Addario string fail on me. I've also never looked at them this closely before, so I have no idea how common or uncommon it might be.
I've never played Chromes, but that looks like a bad string to me. Looks like it slipped past quality control.
Yeah, me too.
If the strings sound ok and are nice at the touch I wouldn't mind too much ...
I think I recall someone saying that E string takes a bit of time to settle down, and sounds relatively subdued until that happens. My recollection of getting my 45-60-80-105 set 6 months ago is that the A and D sounded dominated at first and now the E can, if I let it. (Its so hard to tell, as your fingers slowly adapt to new strings and start compensating for the variations)
Is This Normal For Chromes?
Unfortunately, yes. Recommendation: Fender 9050L's as discussed above. The ironic thing is that they are also made by D'Addario, but with the stainless steel grey flat wrap instead of the shiny chrome flat wrap, sound much better, last much longer, and are cheaper.
Unfortunately, yes. Recommendation: Fender 9050L's as discussed above. The ironic thing is that they are also made by D'Addario, but with the stainless steel grey flat wrap instead of the shiny chrome flat wrap, sound much better, last much longer, and are cheaper.
