School me on Nylon Strings.
Hey Everyone. I'm not familiar with the different type of nylon strings out there. For example:
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Probably hard tension are a little brighter than normal. Carbon trebles are brighter than nylon. Polished /flat wound basses are darker.
A lot of people mix trebles and basses from different brands to achieve the TONE. |
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Glen |
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check http://www.stringsbymail.com/store/c...tar-strings-1/ They have a description for every brand and not only...very informative!!! |
I was trying to figure out if there was actually some minute trace of titanium in the D'Addario "Titanium" strings...? My guess is *no,* but there may be more to it than I am seeing. Anyone know for certain?
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I was wondering about the titanium strings too- if they were really metal? and someone here wonders if they are ANY PART metal? Does someone have experience with these?
I'm also annoyed that the string scene seems such a jungle, and when manufaturers can't put universal stats up in their ads. the guages are most important to me, but I was just looking at the Aquilas on the site above and the specs list only the string tension- which to me tells me little- especialy when most people use some sort of guage description, whether it be inches or mm. There's obviously a wide variety of choice, but it almost seems like they hope to keep it "buy it and see". I want specs! |
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And Titanium strings are not metal, and carbon is not either W |
I have tried titanium Dadario and Galli strings. They are like stiff nylon .
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Some of the other string topics like "Strings for crossovers" have useful information, too. |
Thanks everyone, lots of great info. Generally speaker (as there are always exceptions) do classical players prefer different strings than the hybrid players? Also, do classical players prefer different strings than flamenco players?
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School me on Nylon Strings.
I know flamenco players and classical players usually use different strings. Not sure on hybrid players.
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Bryan,
Can you please cite a few examples (Flamenco vs Classical)? Or, are you just saying some strings are marketed as being "Flamenco" vs classical nylon? Dave |
Flamenco strings, generally, have a nylon wound 3rd string.
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The whole classical and flamenco string thing is all just marketing. There's nothing that makes a string inherently flamenco or classical. You can play flamenco on EJ45's just as you can classical, in fact many players do. Don't worry about the label, just use your ears as to what you prefer.
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