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AiRdAd wrote:

SimonHirst wrote:

AiRdAd wrote:I'm glad that there was no nerve damage etc... how did you do it?

Yeah, thanks Danny! That was bit of a nervy conversation.
Just fell very awkwardly while skating at the park just by our house!

I feel your pain. Jordy fell off her one at the beginning of the year. She was in a cast for 10 days and then turned out not to be broken - so very lucky. I've stayed off my skateboards over the lockdown period - because knowing me I'll fall off and do the same

jeremyb wrote:Saw this on Facebook

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jeremyb wrote: ↑Sun Jun 28, 2020 6:11 pm I've got an order from stringjoy.com on the way, custom set with a wound 3rd, 10-48, looking forward to trying them out

Mattress5 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 28, 2020 6:57 pm

jeremyb wrote: ↑Sun Jun 28, 2020 6:11 pm I've got an order from stringjoy.com on the way, custom set with a wound 3rd, 10-48, looking forward to trying them out

I got a couple of their 10-50 Husky sets. I found them to be very bright. They grew on me though and I really like them now. Would love to know what you think of yours when they arrive.

jeremyb wrote: ↑Sun Jun 28, 2020 7:09 pm

Mattress5 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 28, 2020 6:57 pm

jeremyb wrote: ↑Sun Jun 28, 2020 6:11 pm I've got an order from stringjoy.com on the way, custom set with a wound 3rd, 10-48, looking forward to trying them out

I got a couple of their 10-50 Husky sets. I found them to be very bright. They grew on me though and I really like them now. Would love to know what you think of yours when they arrive.

Interesting, I found that with GHS Boomers, really trebly, I usually use elixirs and I like that they don't start out bright and then soften up, they have the same tone thru their life...

sizzlingbadger wrote: ↑Sun Jun 28, 2020 5:38 pm I have been using 10-46 Elixir Nanoweb and Optiweb strings for some time now. I have them on my 24.75" Yamaha and 24.5" PRS. I noticed the other day my Tele 25.5" seems easier to play/bend than the shorter length guitars which doesn't seem right. Then I remembered I put on a set of Boomer 10-46's when I set it up because we were in lock-down and I hadn't had chance to get the Elixirs. After some back and forth between the guitars I am convinced the Elixirs feel heavier.

When I tried a set of 9-42's a while back I found them too sloppy, but they were Ernie Ball Slinkies so now I'm thinking that maybe Elixir '9s would sit somewhere in between.

I orders some more Boomers (10's) as they were cheap and they arrived yesterday. I will try them out on the Yamaha shortly. If they last well then I may just use them because Elixirs are expensive.

Dharmajester wrote: ↑Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:41 pm

jeremyb wrote: ↑Sun Jun 28, 2020 7:09 pm

Mattress5 wrote: ↑Sun Jun 28, 2020 6:57 pm

I got a couple of their 10-50 Husky sets. I found them to be very bright. They grew on me though and I really like them now. Would love to know what you think of yours when they arrive.

Interesting, I found that with GHS Boomers, really trebly, I usually use elixirs and I like that they don't start out bright and then soften up, they have the same tone thru their life...

I'll have to give them a go. I've been buying standard EB 10-46's for years and throwing away the bottom two and replacing them with 40 and 50 bought in packs of singles. Just for Fenders. Although EB do a selection of more varied gauges now which fill in quite nicely.

jeremyb wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:48 pm Is anyone running a hybrid set, like 9-46? I quite like the thicker low end from the usual 10-46s, but could do with a bit of an easier time now I'm trying to do more bending... lack of practice yeah... but...

AiRdAd wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 1:08 pm

jeremyb wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:48 pm Is anyone running a hybrid set, like 9-46? I quite like the thicker low end from the usual 10-46s, but could do with a bit of an easier time now I'm trying to do more bending... lack of practice yeah... but...

i've got 10-52 on some guitars - sounds good acoustically - but can get a bit boomy amplified

jeremyb wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:48 pm Is anyone running a hybrid set, like 9-46? I quite like the thicker low end from the usual 10-46s, but could do with a bit of an easier time now I'm trying to do more bending... lack of practice yeah... but...