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Beware Coated Guitar Strings

  • 30-04-2008 10:58PM
    #1
    SoundSound
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭


    Much as I don't really want to diss anyone's product...
    I do have an issue. I am not alone in this. Guitar strings with a coating do not record well. They are OK for live work. A godsend for the sweatyhanded perhaps. However they are vile to a microphone up close. They have caused me and others, hours of grief when mixing. I don't have scientific tests to prove this but I have a theory. Coated strings are not homogenous. They are two materials. Because of this their vibrations are not perfect. I reckon the harmonics are out of tune. As you go up the harmonic series it gets worse. The result is a metallic harshness in the tone. I encourage anyone to test this for themselves. Put on a set of El.... or SP or XP record it but keep note of the mic position, gain etc. When the string die, decades later, put on a set of Phosphor Bronze and record the same music. Night and Day.


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  • #2
    unclebill98
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,813 ✭✭✭unclebill98


    Thats very interesting.

    Would love to hear a AB of that.

    Also, Welcome too.


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