Anyone tried 'Newtone' strings?

[MDV]

Well, they arived today, and the order is correct.

Maybe they dont like you nfe? (or it really is better to call on the phone, which it obviously is).

[nfe]

Apparently mine are the correct ones just without an accurate inlay in the packets.

Stuck them on, sound great, but it's like playing with rubber bands. So I've asked for more, higher gauges.

They do sound great though, so I'll persevere for now.


EDIT: I did speak to them on the phone for the original order as well as after the first couple missed turnaround dates, but it was getting to the point I wanted all their replies in writing.

[MDV]

One sees.

Well, I'm two orders and 14 packs in and the only $%&# up is delays and not the absurd ones youre getting.

I quite like the darker smoother sound of the DRs, fwiw, but the 56 lacked any sort of tightness for the A#

[JDC]

I meant to order some ages ago, but this is making me want to stick to daddarios

[MDV]

They sound much better than diadarrios, though.

[dave_mc]

i bet they do, i can't stand d'addarios.

[MDV]

I'm not fond of their sound at all. I think they sound clangy.

[dave_mc]

if that means a similar thing to "twangy and a bit thin and metallic", i agree. I generally prefer warmer-sounding strings, unless i were putting them on a guitar which i wanted to sound twangy (like a fender), and even then there are better-sounding (for me, anyway) bright-sounding strings.

[JDC]

I'm not fond of their sound at all. I think they sound clangy.

lol, I've been using for years now, what do you guys think to ernie balls then? as that's the only other big brand I know that does singles

[MDV]

Been ages since I used them: I recall one thing: they disintegrate within a week of putting them on the guitar.

[JDC]

ye that's pretty much how I remember them, but I never used to cloth down the guitar after use back then

[HTH AMPS]

I'm generally more sensitive to the 'feel' of strings rather than their 'tone' - I like the wound strings to be quite tight otherwise the attack gets too slow.

[MDV]

I think you'd like their thick cored hex cored HTH.

had a problem with a couple of my round core 60s though - the partially unravelled when I cut ball ends off. One out of 3 that I did that with was fine. Not so good. Sent email asking for replacement. Will call as well. See what happens.

[dave_mc]

i haven't used EBs for ages either, but from what i can remember, they were a bit warmer-sounding than d'addarios.

[MDV]

Well, they said the unravelling round core when you cut the ball end off is normal for their winding technique. They're sending out replacements today (or making them today at least) without ball ends.

Suits me. No fuss, all good.