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MDV

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Re: Plain vs. Wound 3rd String?
« Reply #15 on: September 05, 2011, 08:54:23 PM »
Pain, no question. I use a 22 in drop B (as an E, therefore).

I hate wound 3rds; they bend really badly (gotta displace them miles to get a full tone; vibrato suffers for the same reason, especially as I like wide vibrato) and they break all the time.
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Re: Plain vs. Wound 3rd String?
« Reply #16 on: September 05, 2011, 09:01:10 PM »
I've never ever had a problem with snapping wound thirds, so am surprised to see that several people have.

Mind you, I've not broken a single string that I can recall for ten years.
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Re: Plain vs. Wound 3rd String?
« Reply #17 on: September 05, 2011, 09:27:23 PM »
Quote from: nfe on September 05, 2011, 09:01:10 PM
I've never ever had a problem with snapping wound thirds, so am surprised to see that several people have.

Mind you, I've not broken a single string that I can recall for ten years.
Lucky man then! I basecally never have problems as well with my DRs (exept when I do crazy ass whammy abuse just for fun), but of course wounds will snap easier then plains since they have the same thickness in total but the core wire (the things that snaps) is of logically much thinner on the wound.
I have something in my mind about a wound 4th being as thick as a plain 1st in the core, not sure about it though.
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Re: Plain vs. Wound 3rd String?
« Reply #18 on: September 05, 2011, 11:30:05 PM »
Decided on the plain one. Getting some DR DDT 12-60s. Thanks for the advice though :)
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Kiichi

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Re: Plain vs. Wound 3rd String?
« Reply #19 on: September 06, 2011, 12:08:07 AM »
Hope you like it, otherwise, just try stuff...always the best way to go^^
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Roobubba

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Re: Plain vs. Wound 3rd String?
« Reply #20 on: September 06, 2011, 12:31:47 PM »
Quote from: nfe on September 05, 2011, 09:01:10 PM
I've never ever had a problem with snapping wound thirds, so am surprised to see that several people have.

Mind you, I've not broken a single string that I can recall for ten years.

Same here, guess it's all these pussies with their little thin strings :D

I hit the strings hard, too - too hard when I play live cos I get excited. I'm usually bleeding on the strings by the end of a gig. I can't remember when I last broke one, pretty sure I've never broken one on the vociferator...
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Re: Plain vs. Wound 3rd String?
« Reply #21 on: September 06, 2011, 11:05:20 PM »
Ah, the old string/penis gauge argument.
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Re: Plain vs. Wound 3rd String?
« Reply #22 on: September 06, 2011, 11:06:53 PM »
Quote from: choucas09 on September 06, 2011, 11:05:20 PM
Ah, the old string/penis gauge argument.

LMAO +1
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Roobubba

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Re: Plain vs. Wound 3rd String?
« Reply #23 on: September 07, 2011, 07:53:44 AM »
Quote from: choucas09 on September 06, 2011, 11:05:20 PM
Ah, the old string/penis gauge argument.

It gets better, I play a baritone too

:D
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Re: Plain vs. Wound 3rd String?
« Reply #24 on: September 07, 2011, 05:38:57 PM »
I'm out, time for my ukulele practice anyway.
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