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Carbon strings can't take the heat
I have a carbon fiber nylon string guitar with carbon trebles. It's an Emerald X7 short scale parlor size crossover, very comfortable to play. I had a problem with the bass overwhelming the trebles and switched to the highest tension carbon strings I have found, D'Addario EJ46FF. Now I'm pleased with the balanced sound.
The treble E string recently exploded while on the stand in front of the heater. The guitar can take the heat but apparently not the strings. You most likely won't have this problem . |
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In front of a heater? <pictures space heater close enough to affect carbon>
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You're right, though, strings would be the least of our concerns if a traditional classical were stored so close to the heater!
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Personal opinion , I like to D'Addario bass strings but not as much the treble strings. Titanium D'Addario Strings have broken on me often regardless of heat. The best travel strings I have found in carbon is dogal.
But I don't think it's carbon strings as much as it is D'Addario carbon having a tendency to break.
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