knotty
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so I got a set of heavy bottom 9 - 46 's.
The are on my EVH Wolfgang USA Custom, its a set net mahogany with 24.75 scale. ebony and s/s.
Initial unboxing of the strings shouts quality. Beautifully packaged with Paper sleeves lined with plastic.
Fitting was a bit different ( a lot is with these). You need a decent pair of cutters to trim these, the actual metal seems much harder. Also almost NO stretching in. A quick initial stretch tune and away. After a few minutes they need retune, about half a stop out. After that retune they were stable!!!!
Silver finish to the wound and the unwound are brass coated. Looks very cool.
The tension on this set are slightly higher than d'addario 9-46 's varying from 0.3 lb to 0.7 lb higher.
Under the fingers they feel, play and bend more like tens.
Its difficult to describe the playing experience. The only way I can describe it is they have more inertia than normal strings. They resist deflection by the pick much much more than normal strings. A thicker pick seems to glide across them without causing much deflection. the amount of deflection from the note ringing is comparatively tiny. You can set your action as low as you want with these. They sustain for ever.
Volume across the strings is staggering, its uniform and very high for the force applied. Having said this vibrato and nuances are portrayed fantastically.
The tone is bright but well balanced. Note separation in big chords is terrific. Not ried them through the pedals yet.
I cant see me using any other strings now. Any of the major uncoated strings I would be hard pushed to identify in a blind test. I would pick Power-Brights out every time though.
They are expensive but reports are they last long enough to warrant the cost. For me they do that on feel and tone alone.
These are totally different than any main stream string I have ever played. I love em. My advice is give them a try but beware, you may never go back.
so I got a set of heavy bottom 9 - 46 's.
The are on my EVH Wolfgang USA Custom, its a set net mahogany with 24.75 scale. ebony and s/s.
Initial unboxing of the strings shouts quality. Beautifully packaged with Paper sleeves lined with plastic.
Fitting was a bit different ( a lot is with these). You need a decent pair of cutters to trim these, the actual metal seems much harder. Also almost NO stretching in. A quick initial stretch tune and away. After a few minutes they need retune, about half a stop out. After that retune they were stable!!!!
Silver finish to the wound and the unwound are brass coated. Looks very cool.
The tension on this set are slightly higher than d'addario 9-46 's varying from 0.3 lb to 0.7 lb higher.
Under the fingers they feel, play and bend more like tens.
Its difficult to describe the playing experience. The only way I can describe it is they have more inertia than normal strings. They resist deflection by the pick much much more than normal strings. A thicker pick seems to glide across them without causing much deflection. the amount of deflection from the note ringing is comparatively tiny. You can set your action as low as you want with these. They sustain for ever.
Volume across the strings is staggering, its uniform and very high for the force applied. Having said this vibrato and nuances are portrayed fantastically.
The tone is bright but well balanced. Note separation in big chords is terrific. Not ried them through the pedals yet.
I cant see me using any other strings now. Any of the major uncoated strings I would be hard pushed to identify in a blind test. I would pick Power-Brights out every time though.
They are expensive but reports are they last long enough to warrant the cost. For me they do that on feel and tone alone.
These are totally different than any main stream string I have ever played. I love em. My advice is give them a try but beware, you may never go back.