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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
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 Posted - 08/24/2007 : 07:12:51
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Check out this:
http://www.sobstrings.biz/articles_dean.htm
There are tons of really good information of strings and related things, why did Hendrix, Clapton etc sound the way they did??
This is a must read for every guitarist, bookmark, print or do what you want, but read it all! Originally published in Vintage Guitar Magazine.
I have read this serie of articles many times during the last years and there is always something "new" every time. |
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Dr. Bob
Moderator
Australia
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Posted - 08/24/2007 : 09:32:53
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Hi Goran
Thanks - for the link. (looks interesting).
Hey I am still listening to your album, I put it on my iPod
Regards Dr. Bob |
Edited by - Dr. Bob on 08/24/2007 09:36:56 |
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visserman
Platinum Member
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Posted - 08/25/2007 : 12:07:28
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HI Goran,
Yep some interesting articles here inlcuding some issues we have discussed ourselves here as well.
There is a lot of material in here which we could discuss about.
Have you read the bit about Hendrix and using a Tele for "Purple Haze"? |
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shakethedevil
Copper Member
Australia
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Posted - 08/26/2007 : 12:57:04
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That's an awesome read, ty for that link bro! I've always been fiddling with strings, started out with the .008-.038's initially 30 odd years ago. After all those years I've settled on .009-.046 and have intoned all axes to that gauge. I've got pretty weak fingers but at least the heavier bottoms give me a bit of heaviness. My fav read elsewhere was about Gary Moore using banjo strings initially at a similar guitar gauge of 12's so he basically could bend them later over the fretboard. No wonder he has such a wicked vibrato.
With my floyded guitars if I go past the hybrid (9-46) they tend to pull the bridge too far forward and I have to compensate too much with the springs with keeping it body flat incase of breakage. I can only get one gig out of a set anyway so I guess I hit pretty hard myself, but there's no way I could slur a 10 or 11 without taking out a slice of finger pad lol. |
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