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Old 07-02-2018, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by rmgjsps View Post
I'm experiencing real cognitive dissonance reading this thread. There are posters here whose sigs show tens of thousands of dollars worth of instruments debating whether $18.00 is too much to pay for a set of strings. I have cheap to modestly priced guitars (bought the Lakewood used) and the SC Parabolics are on my list of strings to try.

Is $18. really too much to spend in the pursuit of better tone, playability, longevity, or whatever else you are questing after in your musical pursuit? I live in San Francisco, a darn hamburger costs twenty bucks here!
Your post made me chuckle because I agree. Seems similar to owning a Ferrari and then buying your tires at Wal Mart on sale or something.
As far as the cost of a burger in San Fran, I love your city and have visited and worked in it a few times, but the cost of stuff there is ludicrous. I know, it's special but ...
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