@ReflectioNReflectioN The first song is called "Cherokee Shuffle" and it's followed by "Gold Rush". Took a lot of work to learn these songs. I mainly used a lot of materials by Steve Kaufman, especially the Picking Up Speed video that really helped me develop my coordination and picking control. You should check it out. Thanks for the awesome comment!
Bum, bum, bum, bum, knee slap, knee slap, down in mississippi through the farmers hen house I roll all the way down the hill to little Mc Beths house to bring her a cup of tea. And watch nascar ''yee doggie''
Hooray to another convert! I'm going to be trying the new Martin SP Lifespan strings pretty soon and hope to post a review of them. I still don't think they'll beat Elixir's but they may give D'Addario a run for their money :)
Check out Elixirstrings[dot]com and check out their acoustic strings. I would get a light gauge set to start out with. As far as tone, since it's a thinner body, I would go with strings that have a warmer tone like 80/20 bronze since these types of electric-acoustic guitars typically have a brighter tone; brighter strings would make the guitar sound way too trebley. I like nanoweb the best but give both a try and see which works for you. Thx 4 comment.
I don't wanna lecture you like you don't know guitar or anything, but you can go ahead and switch to a heavier gauge. I know you said it kills your fingers, but that's normal when switching to a heavier gauge. Trust me, I used to play some metal stuff and at one point had .13s on my ELECTRIC guitar. Kicked my ass, but after about 2 weeks of playing I had some calluses all built up from playing. So it just takes time, really. Unless your fingers are different of course.
It's not that I can't handle mediums, it's that I can't handle them on this guitar. I use mediums on my new Martin DCX1E, but this guitar is different somehow; it makes the strings feel like their bridge cables or something, lol! I've tried using mediums on this guitar several times, but each time is the same. Thanks for your comments. I appreciate your input.
@sword6204 It's all about scale. Running .13's on a short-scale Mustang is like running #10's on a long-scale Strat or Yamaha acoustic. I run #10's on my 'Stang and they're real slinky (what I want for that style of music), while Elixir Phosphor-bronze Lights (#12) work great on my Yamaha acoustic. .13's on my 'Stang would still feel lighter than .12's on my Yamaha...
I'm thinking about getting these strings, but i have never had coated strings before, do your finders slide off the strings alot? (compered to non-coated strings)
In my opinion, these are the best strings out there. I'm partial to coated strings because they last longer, hold their tone longer, and sound better to my ears; especially Phosphor Bronze. I don't use 80/20 Bronze anymore, they seem to die too quickly.
In answer to your question, no they don't slide "off" the strings, but they enable you to make cleaner, less squeaky slides so you can get around the fretboard much quicker and more accurately without getting your fingers stuck.
I'm already a huge elixir fan, but I gotta say those were some great riffs man. I'm not a big fan of that style of music, but admirable skill nonetheless!
It depends on your playing style, but I always recommend starting out with light gauge strings and seeing how they feel. If there's too much slack in the string when you play and you find your fingers keep slipping off the strings as a result, upgrade to mediums. Each guitar is different. I can't play mediums on my Fender Malibu because they kill my fingers; I have to use lights. On my other guitars, however, mediums are just right and lights are too "slinky". Hope this helps.
Nice sound but i have a question. I have elixer polyweb strings, but i feel that polywebs give my guitar a deeper sound, is the deeper sound from the polyweb caused by the heavy coat on the strings??, do u recommend me to try nanowebs instead, so that why my guitar wont sound deep anymore??.........are nanowebs easier to play? cuz i hear that d'addarios exps are easier to play and im looking from strings that r easier to fret down. Any advise?
Julio, great questions! The deeper sounds are more than likely due to the 80/20 bronze chemistry makeup of the strings. Phospher Bronze Elixirs don't come in polyweb; that's how I know you have 80/20. I personally like the sound of the Phosphers and also prefer nanoweb. Nanoweb doesn't have the thicker coating applied to the strings so they sound more natural and have better response/feel. Try 'em & see if you like 'em. D'addario EXP's are phospher bronze as well and sound great too.
I like the Eilixir Nanoweb Phospher Bronze slighlty better than the D'Addario EXP Phospher Bronze. They have a more brilliant tone and keep their "new string" tone longer. And yes, EXP's are coated; D'Addario recently refined their coating process. I've tried GHS, John Pearcy, and many others; out of all of them I recommend Elixir Nanowebs 1st and D'Addario EXP's 2nd.
Either way, you're going to get great tone from strings that last 3-5x longer than traditional non-coated strings and, in my opinion, sound even better! Hope this helps!
I manually stretch my strings after they are on and tuned to pitch. I stretch them (pull them away from the body) near the sound hole and at around the 7th fret on the fretboard. I do this while holding the tuning pegs on the bridge so the strings won't accidentally pop out. Make sure the string stays in the right nut slot as well when releasing strings. I tune, stretch, tune, stretch, tune.
After stretching twice and tuning three times, they are usually ready to go. Thanks for the comment.
$13.95??? .. here in the UK I can only find them for £36.00+ .. so around $57.00
jamesnewitt 1 week ago
@jamesnewitt Ouch! Can you order them online for cheaper like at Musician's Friend or Guitar Center?
sword6204 1 day ago
why are they noew 80/20 they never used to be
terrytickler 3 weeks ago
The first song you played was awesome man, how did you learn that run? Anyways, keep up the work man, that's some awesome picking.
ReflectioNReflectioN 3 months ago
@ReflectioNReflectioN The first song is called "Cherokee Shuffle" and it's followed by "Gold Rush". Took a lot of work to learn these songs. I mainly used a lot of materials by Steve Kaufman, especially the Picking Up Speed video that really helped me develop my coordination and picking control. You should check it out. Thanks for the awesome comment!
sword6204 3 months ago
*Disclaimer* These strings do NOT allow you play as good as me, just sound as good.
BurgerFlippinBeast 6 months ago 5
@BurgerFlippinBeast
LOL!
sword6204 6 months ago 5
Bum, bum, bum, bum, knee slap, knee slap, down in mississippi through the farmers hen house I roll all the way down the hill to little Mc Beths house to bring her a cup of tea. And watch nascar ''yee doggie''
rbuettner100 7 months ago
@rbuettner100
Ha, ha! Pretty much :)
sword6204 7 months ago
Quit. Strumming. G.
MrWilliamSandoval 7 months ago
@MrWilliamSandoval
It's not that bad :)
sword6204 7 months ago
@sword6204
haha
MrWilliamSandoval 7 months ago
For years I put off using Elixirs because of the cost. Never knew what I was missing. Tried my first set recently and now won't use anything else.
leonjay1 8 months ago
@leonjay1
Hooray to another convert! I'm going to be trying the new Martin SP Lifespan strings pretty soon and hope to post a review of them. I still don't think they'll beat Elixir's but they may give D'Addario a run for their money :)
sword6204 7 months ago
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leonjay1 8 months ago
Hi, I just bought an Ibanez guitar, the AEG series. What kind of elixir strings should I get?
pitalovesmusic 11 months ago
@pitalovesmusic
Check out Elixirstrings[dot]com and check out their acoustic strings. I would get a light gauge set to start out with. As far as tone, since it's a thinner body, I would go with strings that have a warmer tone like 80/20 bronze since these types of electric-acoustic guitars typically have a brighter tone; brighter strings would make the guitar sound way too trebley. I like nanoweb the best but give both a try and see which works for you. Thx 4 comment.
sword6204 11 months ago
an easy way to solve tension problems and string gauges is your neck scale. the shorter the scale the lighter gauge strings you'll need.
prototypep4 1 year ago
I don't wanna lecture you like you don't know guitar or anything, but you can go ahead and switch to a heavier gauge. I know you said it kills your fingers, but that's normal when switching to a heavier gauge. Trust me, I used to play some metal stuff and at one point had .13s on my ELECTRIC guitar. Kicked my ass, but after about 2 weeks of playing I had some calluses all built up from playing. So it just takes time, really. Unless your fingers are different of course.
Wtsmyageagain 1 year ago
@Wtsmyageagain
It's not that I can't handle mediums, it's that I can't handle them on this guitar. I use mediums on my new Martin DCX1E, but this guitar is different somehow; it makes the strings feel like their bridge cables or something, lol! I've tried using mediums on this guitar several times, but each time is the same. Thanks for your comments. I appreciate your input.
sword6204 1 year ago
@sword6204 Yeah, I realized almost right after posting the tension on the guitar probably just makes it too much to handle.
Wtsmyageagain 1 year ago
@sword6204 It's all about scale. Running .13's on a short-scale Mustang is like running #10's on a long-scale Strat or Yamaha acoustic. I run #10's on my 'Stang and they're real slinky (what I want for that style of music), while Elixir Phosphor-bronze Lights (#12) work great on my Yamaha acoustic. .13's on my 'Stang would still feel lighter than .12's on my Yamaha...
badtux 1 year ago
@badtux
So true. There are so many options for so many different guitars.
sword6204 1 year ago
I'm thinking about getting these strings, but i have never had coated strings before, do your finders slide off the strings alot? (compered to non-coated strings)
thanks :D
masonrox2547 1 year ago
@masonrox2547
In my opinion, these are the best strings out there. I'm partial to coated strings because they last longer, hold their tone longer, and sound better to my ears; especially Phosphor Bronze. I don't use 80/20 Bronze anymore, they seem to die too quickly.
In answer to your question, no they don't slide "off" the strings, but they enable you to make cleaner, less squeaky slides so you can get around the fretboard much quicker and more accurately without getting your fingers stuck.
sword6204 1 year ago
@sword6204 Alright man, thanks for the help (:
masonrox2547 1 year ago
I'm already a huge elixir fan, but I gotta say those were some great riffs man. I'm not a big fan of that style of music, but admirable skill nonetheless!
redvirusX 1 year ago
@redvirusX
Thanks so much for your input! Just got a whole new batch of vids I'm trying to get ready to upload.
sword6204 1 year ago
which is better light or medium if you plan to buy elixir nanowebs for an acoustic?
ronnieswango 1 year ago
@ronnieswango
It depends on your playing style, but I always recommend starting out with light gauge strings and seeing how they feel. If there's too much slack in the string when you play and you find your fingers keep slipping off the strings as a result, upgrade to mediums. Each guitar is different. I can't play mediums on my Fender Malibu because they kill my fingers; I have to use lights. On my other guitars, however, mediums are just right and lights are too "slinky". Hope this helps.
sword6204 1 year ago
Nice sound but i have a question. I have elixer polyweb strings, but i feel that polywebs give my guitar a deeper sound, is the deeper sound from the polyweb caused by the heavy coat on the strings??, do u recommend me to try nanowebs instead, so that why my guitar wont sound deep anymore??.........are nanowebs easier to play? cuz i hear that d'addarios exps are easier to play and im looking from strings that r easier to fret down. Any advise?
JulioAngel9 1 year ago
Julio, great questions! The deeper sounds are more than likely due to the 80/20 bronze chemistry makeup of the strings. Phospher Bronze Elixirs don't come in polyweb; that's how I know you have 80/20. I personally like the sound of the Phosphers and also prefer nanoweb. Nanoweb doesn't have the thicker coating applied to the strings so they sound more natural and have better response/feel. Try 'em & see if you like 'em. D'addario EXP's are phospher bronze as well and sound great too.
sword6204 1 year ago
@sword6204 - THankz! lolz, but are d'addario strings exps coated? and are they better then nanaweb elixers tho?
JulioAngel9 1 year ago
I like the Eilixir Nanoweb Phospher Bronze slighlty better than the D'Addario EXP Phospher Bronze. They have a more brilliant tone and keep their "new string" tone longer. And yes, EXP's are coated; D'Addario recently refined their coating process. I've tried GHS, John Pearcy, and many others; out of all of them I recommend Elixir Nanowebs 1st and D'Addario EXP's 2nd.
sword6204 1 year ago
Either way, you're going to get great tone from strings that last 3-5x longer than traditional non-coated strings and, in my opinion, sound even better! Hope this helps!
sword6204 1 year ago
@sword6204-Ok thankz man! thanks for the tip.
JulioAngel9 1 year ago
epicness!!! just wondering how long would you recomend leaving new strings to streach for ??? your help would be greatly appreciatted =]
celticlass07 1 year ago
I manually stretch my strings after they are on and tuned to pitch. I stretch them (pull them away from the body) near the sound hole and at around the 7th fret on the fretboard. I do this while holding the tuning pegs on the bridge so the strings won't accidentally pop out. Make sure the string stays in the right nut slot as well when releasing strings. I tune, stretch, tune, stretch, tune.
After stretching twice and tuning three times, they are usually ready to go. Thanks for the comment.
sword6204 1 year ago
Lights are the best!!! Mediums kill my fingers too!!!! But yes I love Elixirs!!!!
Maddy
MadilynBailey 2 years ago