Instead of guitar strings

wax · 11.01.2009, 04:34 PM

is there anything else worth stringing an electric guitar with?
if there are, what are the effects on sound?
ive heard of chicken wire but i can only imagine it sounds dischrdant which isnt quite what im looking for,. im looking for bright heavy powerfull and a little different.
cellos sometimes use steel strings? would anyone know what that would sound like on guitar?

[Sandbag] · 11.01.2009, 04:40 PM

try a different gauge.. tried plastic wire and it sounds like shit..

i remember rubbing alcohol over the strings and playing with a coin...that was cool..

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 11.01.2009, 05:03 PM

there are all sorts of options within the string world:

acoustic strings
nickel strings
steel strings
different gauges
flat wound strings
round wound strings
ground wound strings

plus different picks- nylon, copper, brass, steel

I like brass picks

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 11.01.2009, 11:36 PM

I use 52-10 strings, so they stay decent

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 11.02.2009, 01:45 PM

playing 9s is like playing wet noodles for me

DeadDiscoDildo · 11.02.2009, 03:15 PM

Yeah I just use the yellow plastic pics...I break strings too much as it is.

I used to use thicker picks but it's becoming ridiculous...

I'll put on new strings, play a show, then play the next show and I'll break one.

I need to get those graffite things for the bridge again. where the strings rest on, that seemed to help

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 11.02.2009, 03:58 PM

Probably your bridge, or could be your pick attack.

Rob Instigator · 11.02.2009, 04:01 PM

trye stringing the shit with cello strings
the ones that are sheepgut and wound

DeadDiscoDildo · 11.02.2009, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by SpectralJulianIsNotDead

Probably your bridge, or could be your pick attack.

I just play fierce, not like, sex pistols typical punk fierce...just lots of heavy strumming like you would on acoustic, lots of bar chords and shit. Then my other style is psych surf, lots of tremelo and triplets haha

atsonicpark · 11.02.2009, 06:48 PM

use intestines

elephant trunks

rubber bands

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 11.02.2009, 08:41 PM

nylons won't work with an electric guitar. You'll get barely any volume, if at all.

SpectralJulianIsNotDead · 11.02.2009, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by DeadDiscoDildo

I just play fierce, not like, sex pistols typical punk fierce...just lots of heavy strumming like you would on acoustic, lots of bar chords and shit. Then my other style is psych surf, lots of tremelo and triplets haha

You need to use 11-13 gauge string flat wounds for surf ideally. Dick Dale used 16s!!

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wax the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: brum - england Posts: 554	is there anything else worth stringing an electric guitar with? if there are, what are the effects on sound? ive heard of chicken wire but i can only imagine it sounds dischrdant which isnt quite what im looking for,. im looking for bright heavy powerfull and a little different. cellos sometimes use steel strings? would anyone know what that would sound like on guitar?
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SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	there are all sorts of options within the string world: acoustic strings nickel strings steel strings different gauges flat wound strings round wound strings ground wound strings plus different picks- nylon, copper, brass, steel I like brass picks
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SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	I use 52-10 strings, so they stay decent
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SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	playing 9s is like playing wet noodles for me
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DeadDiscoDildo invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 3,805	Yeah I just use the yellow plastic pics...I break strings too much as it is. I used to use thicker picks but it's becoming ridiculous... I'll put on new strings, play a show, then play the next show and I'll break one. I need to get those graffite things for the bridge again. where the strings rest on, that seemed to help
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SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	Probably your bridge, or could be your pick attack.
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SpectralJulianIsNotDead invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,409	nylons won't work with an electric guitar. You'll get barely any volume, if at all.
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