Do you want to "zing" or be "broken in?"

[Guitarplayer_PR]

It's all about strings.


Do you prefer "zingy" strings which will mellow as you play them or a pack of strings which already have "passed" its zingy period or don't have one at all?

[Quickstep192]

I like the Zing!

[Mark Stone]

I'm a Zing man myself

But I like them also after they have broken in.

[Glennwillow]

No, I don't care for nor do I buy zingy strings. I like strings that when new, sound wonderful. That's what I buy.

For me there is no such thing as "broken in." They are either new and at their best or they are a little dead as they age.

- Glenn

[RalphH]

Zing!

(important: not right-out-of-the-packet clatter though; 30-60 mins of play and I'm happy)

[Robin, Wales]

I prefer the London reserve of Rotosound to the New York zing of D'Addario.

[Bear Davis]

Originally Posted by Glennwillow

No, I don't care for nor do I buy zingy strings. I like strings that when new, sound wonderful. That's what I buy.

- Glenn

Pretty much this.

[AndrewG]

I prefer new-sounding strings. Older, 'broken in' strings never bring out the best in a guitar to my ears.

[Dru Edwards]

I like 'zing' strings after they've been played a couple of hours.

[ruger9]

I like zingy wounds and broken-in plains. I wish they made a string set like that LOL

[Goodallboy]

Zing is just the chosen word for this thread, which doesn’t describe the sound I hear with new strings.

I’d use my own words but they wouldn’t be any more informative than “zing” in describing the sound of new strings.

I love new strings.

[musicman1951]

Originally Posted by Glennwillow

No, I don't care for nor do I buy zingy strings. I like strings that when new, sound wonderful. That's what I buy.

For me there is no such thing as "broken in." They are either new and at their best or they are a little dead as they age.

- Glenn

Me too! While I do realize I hear both, I want the impression I'm hearing only the guitar, not the strings. Zing takes me in a different direction.

But if I played in an ensemble and needed to cut through I might have a different opinion.

[TBman]

I like a crisp sound (hard to describe sounds in a text), not zingy when new.

[bufflehead]

Originally Posted by Goodallboy

Zing is just the chosen word for this thread, which doesn’t describe the sound I hear with new strings.

I find "zing" to be an apt descriptor of that new-string sound, especially concerning phosphor-bronze strings.

[Winkyplayer]

Zing. I wish it never ended. Strings never sound better than when brand new, to my ears.