Is it me, or have Daddario's gone to shit?

Devin said:
Not to mention that if you actually played those guitars with any regularity the strings would be divoted as fuck from the frets after 8 years....no way they'd come close to intonating
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I know right?

Not changing strings after 2 weeks is stretching it for me cos I play every day but 8 years??????
 
Rdodson said:
I never* have to change strings - but have always been a Fender 150, GHS Nickel Rocker guy. Last few years I have liked the DR Pure Blues. Gibson vintage pure nickel seems fine too - but I have only had them for about 5 months.

*not exaggerating - I have two guitars right now with strings probably 8-9 years old and they are still shiny and bright
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8 years? Man, you must have the cleanest hands and a light touch, my strings get roached after 2 weeks
 
Do coated strings help reduce fret wear?? It seems like the coating might help this, but IDK??
 
lespaul6 said:
So far so good for me... Ive used them for decades. Sound fine and I'm cheap. I corrode strings in hours with my, apparently, toxic hand sweat.
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My hands used to corrode strings very fast, but that was when I was a teenager. When I got older my hand sweat became less toxic to the strings and they last forever now, kinda weird.
 
I don't notice a difference between brands except for those overpriced coated Elixirs and the garbage neon DR ones
 
Devin said:
Not to mention that if you actually played those guitars with any regularity the strings would be divoted as fuck from the frets after 8 years....no way they'd come close to intonating
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No, I play 9s or 10s (depending on FR or traditional bridge). I have a very light touch and my hands don’t sweat or have any acidity. My Telecaster - man it may be 2012 since I changed strings on that guitar and I am currently sessioning that one. Usually what happens is a truss rod will need adjusting and I hate unbolting my necks so I take it in and tell’em to change the strings while they’re at it. My Tele just never needs adjusting.
 
Metalhex said:
I don't notice a difference between brands except for those overpriced coated Elixirs and the garbage neon DR ones
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There may not be a difference in tone but there is definitely a difference in feel and tension.

EB and GHS 9s are way slinkier than D'Addario 9s
 
Rdodson said:
I never* have to change strings - but have always been a Fender 150, GHS Nickel Rocker guy. Last few years I have liked the DR Pure Blues. Gibson vintage pure nickel seems fine too - but I have only had them for about 5 months.

*not exaggerating - I have two guitars right now with strings probably 8-9 years old and they are still shiny and bright
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Fender 150’s are more musical/less harsh sounding than Ernie Ball Slinky’s or any other non-pure nickel/nickel plated string I’ve tried. That’s what sold me: TONE. They don’t corrode and fade like slinky’s either. A Fender guy admitted they are made by D’Addario.
 
I used to do outdoor beach bar gigs and just a Fri/Sat night will totally trash a set of strings and put more age on your guitar than years sitting in an air conditioned home. So I can see there being huge differences between string changes.

I've been D'Addario forever, I have a couple of straps and lots of D'Addario "I ♡ my strings" shaker glasses from saving the packaging and I threw out a shoe box packed with old packaging during a move.

Ignotance is bliss tho. I don't really think about it other than gage and I'm not paying NYXL prices.
 
SpiderWars said:
I used to do outdoor beach bar gigs and just a Fri/Sat night will totally trash a set of strings and put more age on your guitar than years sitting in an air conditioned home. So I can see there being huge differences between string changes.

I've been D'Addario forever, I have a couple of straps and lots of D'Addario "I ♡ my strings" shaker glasses from saving the packaging and I threw out a shoe box packed with old packaging during a move.

Ignotance is bliss tho. I don't really think about it other than gage and I'm not paying NYXL prices.
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Yes, doing sessions is FAR different from my long-lost live days. My old band used to have the Byron Nelson golf tournament gig every year and that sweaty/humid environment would mean 2 shows for a set of strings.

What a great gig that was - five or six thousand screaming folks under a massive pavilion tent. Fun times!
 
Rdodson said:
Yes, doing sessions is FAR different from my long-lost live days. My old band used to have the Byron Nelson golf tournament gig every year and that sweaty/humid environment would mean 2 shows for a set of strings.

What a great gig that was - five or six thousand screaming folks under a massive pavilion tent. Fun times!
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When I was around 16 years old I used to work at the Byron Nelson (late 80s). It was a lot of fun! If that was when your band was playing I may have seen you there.
 
gibson5413 said:
When I was around 16 years old I used to work at the Byron Nelson (late 80s). It was a lot of fun! If that was when your band was playing I may have seen you there.
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We played there mid-to-late 90s.

SO fun. Crazy. We left our setup at the location because it was a 5-day gig so I just took my old Marshall Valvestate 65 and a Boss pedal board. Sounded great!
 
My session amp those days was a VHT Fifty/Twelve which was incredible but I didn’t want it walking off.
 
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