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Old 12-07-2008, 06:38 PM
Wade Hampton Wade Hampton is offline
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Originally Posted by SongwriterFan View Post
Don't be so quick to write them off.

See this thread

http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...d.php?t=140938

for my recent experience with similar strings (Martin's "Silk and Steel").

IF there's any truss rod adjustment necessary after going to these strings, it hasn't been noticeable to me (yet).
Well, silk and steel strings are made differently than these gypsy jazz strings are, and I actually had a friend here in Anchorage who tried exactly the experiment that Ozsi was curious about.

THAT guitar really sounded pretty limp with them on it, and the strings really didn't come close to the potential of either the guitar itself or the gypsy jazz sound he was striving for. He kept them on there for about three days before throwing in the towel and going back to the extra light strings he'd been using.

But what the heck - strings are relatively cheap. No harm in trying them, I suppose.

But Ozsi asked for our opinions, I gave mine, and it was based not on truss rod adjustments but on the resulting sound. It certainly didn't give my friend the sound he'd hoped for, and from the way Ozsi phrased his question, the sound that Ozsi's after, either.


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