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Strings with compliments!
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Patrick
Posts: 1189
Joined: Jul. 7 2003
From: Portland, Oregon
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RE: Strings with compliments! (in reply to Jim Opfer)
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Pat, do you mean the "Corum" basses are just the same as supplied with the ordinary Savarez "Red Card" sets? Ron, No it has to say "Corum basses". What you are getting is the Saverez Traditionals. Corum's are a different string. I know what you mean about the thinness of the Alliance trebles. To me they are a bit like playing with wire, but you do get used to them. If you want close to the same tone, but in a nice fat string, get the Cristal trebles. It just doesn't get much better and I've tried them all. What I do is buy a couple of sets of Corum basses and Cristal trebles for about $8.00 US and several sets of basses for about $6.00. The trebles last for months. I just change the basses. When the D string goes, I replace it only and then replace the whole bass set the next time the D goes out. I have it down to a Science. The D string doesn’t actually lose tone, the windings just start to break down, but if you capo all over the neck like I do, and they last a lot longer. I keep looking for something better, but it just ain't happening. Pat
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Date May 20 2004 17:42:47
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Ron.M
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Joined: Jul. 7 2003
From: Scotland
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RE: Strings with compliments! (in reply to Miguel de Maria)
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Mike, I'm not a whisky connesoir, I'm generally a beer man. Lots of guys up here can tell you exactly where the stuff came from in one sip, but I'm not one unfortunately. Glen Grant is a good one, but there are heaps of minor distilleries who produce small quantities of their own stuff that doesn't make the International market. To me, the mark of a good whisky is the "nose" and smoothness, much like a great fino de Jerez. Man...what a great program tonight...Skip James, Blind Willie Johnson and J.B. Renoir. A couple of pretty good "white" performers, notably John Mayall, but in general, the performances of the white enthusiasts were a little too "over enthusiastic", a little too overdone, like getting rubbed down with a piece of sandpaper rather than drowning in syrup like the black guys can make you feel. To me, a complete parallel with Flamenco! You can hear a guy play a few chords or notes and immediately you can tell if he has aire or not, and that's irrespective of technique. Wonderful stuff, music...practically inexplicable really. cheers Ron
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Date May 20 2004 22:06:19
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