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10-18-2017, 01:35 PM
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Retro Monels corrosion spots right out of the pack?
I just got an email from the tech who is setting up a new-to-me Eastman E6OM-LTD. I bought a set of Retro Monels to try, based on the feedback on AGF and asked him to put them on.
He tells me that the E (unwound) and B strings "have a few nasty corrosion spots as they came out of the pack". Has anyone had that experience? I'm going to take them back to the store where I bought them to see if they will replace them. If they won't, does Martin have a replacement policy? D'Addario, sent me replacement strings with no need to return the originals when a couple of sets of EXP16s went dead after a week or so.
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10-18-2017, 01:37 PM
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No issues so far.
I believe Martin will take care of it.
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10-18-2017, 01:41 PM
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I've had that issue once with a pack of DR Rares, but never Martin Retros. On the Rares, a little 0000 steel wool took care of it in about five seconds.
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10-18-2017, 01:44 PM
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Hi Barry. Unfortunately, in my experience this is not an infrequent occurrence. I have purchased maybe a half-dozen sets of strings (from various producers) that had corrosion spots on the unwound strings right out of the pack. Fortunately, the vendors have always provided replacements strings.
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10-18-2017, 02:11 PM
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Martin replaced 2 packs of Retro strings for me a few months ago for this very reason.
I posted them back an unopened pack that I was 99% sure had the same problem - the Martin CS rep received them and passed them on to the 'string dept' - haven't heard anything else. As Willie points out, you can remove that corrosion and they will play OK - which is exactly what I did when I 1st found it and those strings are still on a guitar.
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10-18-2017, 02:15 PM
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Happened with the free set of Martin PBS I got with my 00-15m, B string only. They were a free throw in from the shop I got the guitar from, bothered me a bit but doesn't seem to have made any difference.
Never had it with D'addarios.
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10-18-2017, 08:42 PM
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10-18-2017, 10:02 PM
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I've noticed some freckles/corrosion on strings many times and other than observing, never gave it a second thought. Never noticed any bad tone, but then again, wasn't listening for it...
It's generous of the string manufacturers to send replacements for this; kudos to them!
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10-19-2017, 08:45 AM
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The only times I have had this problem with corrosion on new strings are when I bought strings by mail and when I bought a whole bunch of packs to keep stockpiled. Now I just keep an extra pack in each guitar case and buy my strings fresh from a local store.
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10-19-2017, 12:30 PM
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Similar experience with MFX130 Silk and Phosphor
I have had the same experience with the Martin MFX130 Silk and Phosphor flexible custom sets for my daughter's guitars. I bought a few sets as we live overseas and hard to find them...every pack the high E and B strings were covered with corrosion and rust spots. Is there some sort of online customer service for things like this with Martin?
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10-19-2017, 01:16 PM
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https://www.martinguitar.com/customer-service/
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10-19-2017, 02:08 PM
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Sent them an email with a picture attached. They loved the fact I had a Guild. They are the grand children of Alfred Dronge - founder of Guild. Like John Pearse - they had improved/updated their packaging and they sent me a replacement set.
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