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2016/05/19 10:45:56 (permalink)

$800 Guitar Strings

Yesterday I stopped by my local music shop for guitar strings. 
I found an absolutely amazing set, but they were attached to a Gretsch G9202 Honey Dipper Resonator.  I've been toying with the idea of getting a reso for a couple of years, but my budget won't quite stretch that far.  And other than National, I haven't heard much about the other brands that make them. this Gretsch is fantastic!  I played 3 or 4 others, and considered buying the Fender wood/brass one, but as soon as I strummed the Gretsch I fell in love.
 
I spent about 30 minutes trying to figure out if there was a way I could afford it without hurting the other things i'm saving for.  And I doubt my wife would accept the "i bought guitar strings but the guitar was included free" excuse without asking how expensive the strings were...  Instead I walked out with $5 of Dean Markleys.
 
Anyone else pining for what they cannot have?

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    Moshkito
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    Re: $800 Guitar Strings 2016/05/19 10:50:13 (permalink)
    Hi,
     
    If they were made of gold, and had big moobs, and wore a nice polka dot bikini ... I might even consider it, although that's rather steep for my own budget. But what the heck ... you only live once to enjoy these things and not die wondering what if ...
     
    I've done far worse things than that! But I don't regret some of the shows I did see!

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    Re: $800 Guitar Strings 2016/05/19 11:05:01 (permalink)
    Slugbaby
    Yesterday I stopped by my local music shop for guitar strings. 
    I found an absolutely amazing set, but they were attached to a Gretsch G9202 Honey Dipper Resonator.  I've been toying with the idea of getting a reso for a couple of years, but my budget won't quite stretch that far.  And other than National, I haven't heard much about the other brands that make them. this Gretsch is fantastic!  I played 3 or 4 others, and considered buying the Fender wood/brass one, but as soon as I strummed the Gretsch I fell in love.
     
    I spent about 30 minutes trying to figure out if there was a way I could afford it without hurting the other things i'm saving for.  And I doubt my wife would accept the "i bought guitar strings but the guitar was included free" excuse without asking how expensive the strings were...  Instead I walked out with $5 of Dean Markleys.
     

     
    LOL!!
     


    Anyone else pining for what they cannot have?


    uhm....DUH.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Where's your becan?

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    Re: $800 Guitar Strings 2016/05/19 13:27:14 (permalink)
    Yes Slugbaby ,
     
    I feel your Pain  .Been there plenty of times myself .
     
    Seek help fast while you still can ......
     
    Just last week I walked into a Music Store to buy a few  sets of strings for a couple of my guitars .
    My mistake was thinking I needed to have an empty gig bag in the trunk of my car 
     
    I guess it worked out in the end because the 8 string guitar I brought home had fresh strings on it ...
     
    Kenny
     
    PS , No wife over here so when I walked in the door , I gave my pooch a becan treat that was tucked in my pocket ...
    Duke promptly ignored the grand entrance of my brand new set of strings . 

                       
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    Re: $800 Guitar Strings 2016/05/19 13:42:01 (permalink)
    I think one of my errors was marrying a musician.  There's no way I can get away with "no, no Baby - GUESS Paul is the high-end model.  LES Paul is the $200 knockoff" anymore.
     
     
    8 strings?  I've never seen one of those, what's the tuning?  BEADGBEA?

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    Re: $800 Guitar Strings 2016/05/19 14:40:02 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby kennywtelejazz 2016/05/19 16:13:54
    Yeah... I actually did that a few years back....
     
    My wife needed something from the computer store so we drove up to Raleigh to Comp-USA to check it out. Just happened to be a Sam Ash next door, so I figured I'd kill the proverbial 2 birds with one stone and grab some strings for my acoustic while I was there. 
     
    Big mistake.... 
     
    They had moved the acoustic strings into the acoustic guitar room.... and there, sitting on a guitar stand.... softly beckoning me to come and caress it's lovely lines and gently touch it's strings and slide my hand up and down it's svelte neck...... was a very pretty Taylor 314 .... needless to say.... That was an expensive set of strings.  $800 with a case.... superb discount off the original price since it was a very clean trade-in.

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    Re: $800 Guitar Strings 2016/05/19 15:55:41 (permalink)
    Slugbaby
    I think one of my errors was marrying a musician.  There's no way I can get away with "no, no Baby - GUESS Paul is the high-end model.  LES Paul is the $200 knockoff" anymore.
     
     
    8 strings?  I've never seen one of those, what's the tuning?  BEADGBEA?




    goes out to The Les Paul , good luck on sneaking that one in under the wife's radar
     
    The tuning on my 8 string guitar  low to high is F# B E A D G B E . Some players drop the low F# down to E
    I have tried it with the low E , it is much easier to play fluently and know where I am , but I prefer the Low F# for now because of the uniformity of the fingering ...
    My 7 string low to high is tuned to B E A D G B E ...on that guitar I have tuned the low B to an A and know what I'm doing ....
    The tuning you mentioned is something I wish I was able to try out and use ...
    I would love to try it out on my 7 string , it would equal E A D G B E A ...the same as regular guitar with a high A ..
    I'm not sure I could ever find a guitar string that could be tuned up to a High A with out it breaking real easy ...
     
    High A sounds absolutely great on a guitar style instrument .
     
    I have a Yamaha Guitarlele . The instrument itself (made by Yamaha ) only cost about a hundred bucks new .
    There are other brands out there with solid woods that I haven't tried out ..100 bucks ...I can swing OK .
     
    The Guitarlele  is basically a mini short scale nylon string guitar configured and built as a 6 string Uke .
    The traditional  tuning of the Guitarlele is the same as a guitar with a capo on the 5 th fret A D G C E A ..
    On the fingerboard there is absolutely no learning curve what so ever . Everything is exactly the same as the guitar concerning chord shapes (closed or with open strings) , scales , fingering and just about everything you can think of. 
    The range of the Guitarlele is nice because if you play a song in E on a guitar and then play the same exact fingerings on the Guitarlele you will be playing in the key of A ...
    I  love playing something  in A minor on the guitar and then playing it on the Guitarlele , it becomes D minor and the range sounds super nice ..
    The high string 5 th fret on the Guitarlele is the same D you would find on a guitars 10 th fret ...
    anyway , sorry about the extra ramble
     
    all the best,
     
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