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Post by gouranga on Dec 26, 2009 19:53:30 GMT
Hi Folks,
Have any of you or does any of you tried or use Stainless steel strings on Tricone or any other non-eletrified resonator. If so, to what effect. Feedback please.
All opinions and experience valued.
thanks
Gouranga
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Post by blueshome on Dec 26, 2009 21:22:00 GMT
Waste of time and money! Sound awful - use nickel Newtones and get on with playing.
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Post by gouranga on Dec 27, 2009 11:27:31 GMT
What if some poor dude has an allergy to Nickel as Andys and a few others I've met have??
Gouranga
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Post by blueshome on Dec 27, 2009 18:40:28 GMT
Stainless steel is usually 20% nickel.
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Post by gouranga on Dec 28, 2009 8:46:02 GMT
Why nickel Newtones as opposed to PB's?
And what do you say is so terrible about SS?
Is it just your opinion?
Some reasons would be good to hear.
Gouranga
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Post by blueshome on Dec 28, 2009 10:40:29 GMT
It's just my opinion, the only one I'm qualified to give.  I've tried SS (tried everything at some time! but in this case I was given a set) and found that they didn't have the response of nickel or PB and sounded nasty to my ears, I've also heard them on someone elses guitar (single cone) and the result was similar. I prefer nickel (MM 15's) on my tricone partly because I like to try to get the old pre-war sound a la Tampa Red, but I do think it smooths and richens the sound compared to PB, balancing some of the complex overtones. They also last much longer. I use PB on all my other guitars (partly because of the difficulty of getting light sets of nickel, which work well on ladder-braced guitars) including my single cone, where nickel sounds a bit twangy and PB adds some nicer overtones. It really is a matter of personal taste and what YOU think suits a particular instrument. In the end, experimenting with string choice is fun and relatively cheap. |
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Post by gouranga on Dec 28, 2009 13:06:25 GMT
Thanks for that Blueshome.
Did you ever try Nickel 13's? If so, what was result? Did they still give the smooth and richness that the 15's gave or otherwise?
Thanks
Gouranga
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Post by blueshome on Dec 28, 2009 22:55:47 GMT
I had 13 nickels on the Fine Resophonic tricone for a while but went back to the 15's as I mostly use it for slide - makes it just a bit easier. I tune down if a want to play in standard tuning if I'm not carrying another guitar.
I think 13's are a good compromise if you use the guitar for both slide and regular picking but I've lately gone to 12's on my style O which is used in the opposite way, mostly picking and a little slide. It's actually got louder and more responsive.
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Post by gouranga on Dec 29, 2009 11:33:00 GMT
The 12s still gave smooth,rich sound, did not lighten the sound a little?
Thanks for your imput..
Gouranga
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Post by gouranga on Dec 30, 2009 23:50:11 GMT
Hey Blueshome... Did you ever try flatwound strings, if so, give us your comments please.
Gouranga
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Post by blueshome on Dec 31, 2009 11:41:41 GMT
Only on my archtop when I had a "swing moment" a few years ago. Got lights on it now. I've no experience with flats on a reso but I know others have tried.
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Post by Michael Messer on Jan 3, 2010 9:57:51 GMT
For slide playing, flat wound strings are quite interesting on electric lap steels, but I don't think they are too good on any acoustic instrument. I tried a couple of sets of resophonic flat wounds a few years ago, they were D'Addario phosphor bronze specially made for lap style Dobro playing. They were okay, but not as good as a regular string.
Roy Rogers uses D'Addario Silk & Steel on his Martin. I think he also uses them on his National. They don't last long, but they do feel good.
Shine On
Michael
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