No more need to pay up for coated strings????

[Peter]

Odd that in 40 posts hardly anyone has actually tried it. I've been using this stuff for years.

First thing to say is that we all have different experience with strings and how long they take to go dead. It all depends on the chemistry of our sweat. Etienne Mbape's finger sweat is so acidic he has to wear gloves to avoid his strings going dead in a couple of days. Other people never seem to have a problem (and, obviously, "ladies" don't sweat, they merely glow a little!)

I seem to be about average and my bass guitar strings used to last 6 months or so before their deadness annoyed me and my double bass strings maybe about a year. The E string on my double bass is usually the first to lose its tone.

Since I got some much better results after coating with DR Stringlife I now coat every string and let it dry for 24 hours before putting the strings on my bass. Bass guitar strings now last a year or so and I'm just swapping off a decent-sounding set of double bass strings after 4 years because I want to see how much difference new strings will make.

So, whatever the marketing nonsense is, I assure you that this product works great for me.

I suspect DR don't push it much because if we all use it they'll sell less strings.

 

[vindibona1]

Odd that in 40 posts hardly anyone has actually tried it. I've been using this stuff for years.

First thing to say is that we all have different experience with strings and how long they take to go dead. It all depends on the chemistry of our sweat. Etienne Mbape's finger sweat is so acidic he has to wear gloves to avoid his strings going dead in a couple of days. Other people never seem to have a problem (and, obviously, "ladies" don't sweat, they merely glow a little!)

I seem to be about average and my bass guitar strings used to last 6 months or so before their deadness annoyed me and my double bass strings maybe about a year. The E string on my double bass is usually the first to lose its tone.

Since I got some much better results after coating with DR Stringlife I now coat every string and let it dry for 24 hours before putting the strings on my bass. Bass guitar strings now last a year or so and I'm just swapping off a decent-sounding set of double bass strings after 4 years because I want to see how much difference new strings will make.

So, whatever the marketing nonsense is, I assure you that this product works great for me.

I suspect DR don't push it much because if we all use it they'll sell less strings.

Thanks for posting this. I suppose much depends on the strings' tonal "starting point" so that after using the product it can take you where you need to be. I can't imagine a coating adding more "zing" to the sound, so perhaps the key is finding a set that is a little brighter or zingier than preferred, then coating the strings with the idea that the slight dampening effect of the coating would put the sound in the desired spot?

 

[Peter]

Hmmm, I've not noticed any less "zing" or any other tonal difference for that matter using Stringlife. This layer, just a few atoms thick, keeps my acidic sweat from attacking the strings. So far as I know, that's all there is to it and new strings sound just as bright and buzzy as they always did.

I guess strings coated with a thicker plastic or similar coating would sound somewhat different. I have some Black Beauties on my Warwick Fretless and they probably are a bit less bright than the High Beams were. But Stringlife is quite a different thing.

 

[BAG]

This layer, just a few atoms thick, keeps my acidic sweat from attacking the strings.

It also helps prevent dirt, skin, oils etc from getting in between the string windings. This muck that gets in there is the main thing that makes strings sound dead as it prevents the string vibrating as well as a new string.

 

[Drop1]

This stuff sound like the ceramic coating I use on my truck. Wipe on, wipe off, let sit for 24 hours. Its repels moisture incredibly for a good while.

 

[srayb]

Made me remember Spray On Socks: