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Bass strings smell bad
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Ruphus
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Joined: Nov. 18 2010
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RE: Bass strings smell bad (in reply to rombsix)
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User reviews most accurately matching my experience since ~ 1975 quote:
I remember recording a bit of guitar for a project and then broke a string (they were really old strings). I bought package after package not able to get the same sound again...all these different brands. I couldn't believe how much it mattered...now I will only ever use these. This is what I was using, Augustine blue. Guitarists who listen to my classical recordings sometimes compliment me on my sound and I know I owe it in part to string choice :) - No complaints with string life or tuning, just an amazing sounding reliable string! - They are not soft feeling and have good definition in sound as far as nylon strings go. I used to work in a music store and tried all the nylon string types. Not all are created equal. These are my choice. - There is no comparison. Augustines are simply the best. Don't let their price fool you, they are an exceptional value. They make my guitar sound like no other. Warm, incredible sustain. They incredibly make me want to practice. They are aso very long lasting. And no, Over received no compensation for this review. - These are simply the best strings. I started with these in 1972, I've tried them on and I keep coming back to these. Although I'm not a conservatory classical guitarist, I play enough (Bossa, Jazz, and othe Latin) on my classic guitar to know what works. The bottom line is if you like a high tension String don't waste your time with anything else but these! - If you're looking for the best classical strings money can buy, then look no further than Augustine. The blues are a bit stiff for my liking, but they would be perfect for a Flamenco player or someone who likes to hammer and they sound very crisp & bright. - These are the only ones I use - Augustine.... enough said
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Date Oct. 15 2018 17:42:16
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Ruphus
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RE: Bass strings smell bad (in reply to rombsix)
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A friend brought with him three sets of Augustine blue. Actually me was wanting those with imperial trebles, but as he didn´t follow a link provided / purchased somewhere else, thinking lighter blue label to be same as the darker one, I am back to the old and trusted "classic" trebles. Long, way too long, had I been staying away from the guitars, stringed with mediocre fish lines and wounded somethings. Uninspired and lacking groove. Today, I took down a far from worn set (Hannabach silver HT. Though far from close to the real thing, me thinks these used to be better in the past) and dressed up the long craved for King of strings. Augustines to my experience are the only ones that allow you playing away right after stringing, with merely re-tweaking in between. Which to me is appearing like a small physical wonder, considering that they are the most durable in the same time. -As it just comes to me; maybe it is only consistent, that strings may hold pitch faster based on the same circumstance that makes them lasting. (Less of stretch / giving in.) Anyway, stringed, roughly tuned, and there you go. My favorite axe is back to its whole merits. (Even laymen had remarked months ago that the instrument sounded exceptional, however that there was some restriction in sound which ought to be coming from the strings! -Without me having mentioned anything about it, mind you.) Crisp and growling again. And that unique pliability evenly across six! Haptic response and vitality under the right hand. Yummy! The brand has changed the packaging and introduced a weird pairing confusing yours truly a bit. And once again the trebles have no blue ends, besides. Further, the low E in this set was just long enough to barely get it around the roller. Which, after only decades, made me finally realize how the loosely wrapped ends of the basses actually are meant to be used. Took the not yet wound up string off again and turned it around. Used to think those loose ends were aimed at threading at the bridge (with the stiff part ending right at the dorsal side of bridge hole. Only that that part of the string would be way too long / ending up with excess there.) Instead it makes sense to have the flexibility for arranging the one-time twist at the roller (with the 'knot' still ending up in the stiff region [you want as little of windings around the roller as possible anyway]), while the stiff end is of better use at the bridge. Whatever. This has been a decade of trying out other makes. Unless a guitar actually required less of tension (which would probably be best covered with this very brand again) no other produce for me ever again. Nothing matches the beauty of the blue set. Not even nearly. Me had been on the right strings for the first 30+ years already. -And used to be relatively content already with student level instruments back then, now suspecting the dissatisfaction of many in the community to be partially based on string choice. Strings that come along like nylon stockings and can´t bother a guitar to wake up and sing.
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Date Oct. 23 2018 16:44:17
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jalalkun
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From: Iraq, living in Cologne, Germany
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RE: Bass strings smell bad (in reply to rombsix)
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I would also speculate the type of fingerboard wood dictates how fast the bass strings deteriorate/oxidate and thus start to smell. my lowcost steel string guitar made very good elixir strings stink like after a month and on my Höfner classical guitar (played savarez for a long time, then changed to luthier 20) they usually took a little longer, about 3 months or so. yes, i'm a lazy string changer. oddly enough, I don't remember when I changed strings on my new guitar, maybe in august or maybe even july... and they just now started to produce a slight rusty oxidated smell, barely noticeable and only after a longer session of playing. it might be the strings, might be the fretboard wood, might even be the frets and what they're made of. EDIT after carefully reading other replies: it might be your fingers ya zalame!!! clean all that sweat and gunk off man
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Date Nov. 28 2018 22:17:22
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