Comments on: Refresh Things with New Guitar Strings http://www.theguitarlessonreview.com/blog/2010/refresh-things-with-new-guitar-strings/ Guitar lesson news, reviews and tips Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:18:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: CGardens http://www.theguitarlessonreview.com/blog/2010/refresh-things-with-new-guitar-strings/comment-page-1/#comment-93 CGardens Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:38:00 +0000 http://www.theguitarlessonreview.com/blog/?p=269#comment-93 Yeah, I agree that before you commit to stripping your strings you should give them a good cleaning. Alongside struggling with a rag, there's a couple dedicated gizmos out there. I personally like the String Cleaner, which is a couple cleaning pads that sandwich tight around your strings. It takes like 45 seconds to strip surprising amounts of grime off your strings--and it's amazing what a difference in sound and feel clean strings can provide. Yeah, I agree that before you commit to stripping your strings you should give them a good cleaning. Alongside struggling with a rag, there’s a couple dedicated gizmos out there. I personally like the String Cleaner, which is a couple cleaning pads that sandwich tight around your strings. It takes like 45 seconds to strip surprising amounts of grime off your strings–and it’s amazing what a difference in sound and feel clean strings can provide.

]]> By: chris http://www.theguitarlessonreview.com/blog/2010/refresh-things-with-new-guitar-strings/comment-page-1/#comment-77 chris Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:30:04 +0000 http://www.theguitarlessonreview.com/blog/?p=269#comment-77 Hi Matt, thanks for your comments. That's definitely a good tip in your post, for prolonging the life of your strings by wiping down with a dry cloth after playing, especially in a hot environment. I've seen that if I don't do that, as you say, lots of dirt just accumulates on the strings pretty quickly. Good note of caution about changing the string gauge too much, will have to look into that on my acoustic. Hi Matt, thanks for your comments. That’s definitely a good tip in your post, for prolonging the life of your strings by wiping down with a dry cloth after playing, especially in a hot environment. I’ve seen that if I don’t do that, as you say, lots of dirt just accumulates on the strings pretty quickly.

Good note of caution about changing the string gauge too much, will have to look into that on my acoustic.

]]> By: Matt http://www.theguitarlessonreview.com/blog/2010/refresh-things-with-new-guitar-strings/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Matt Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:13:34 +0000 http://www.theguitarlessonreview.com/blog/?p=269#comment-76 Great post. I wrote a similar one a few years ago about <a href="http://www.guitar-stuff.net/2006/04/17/how-often-should-you-change-your-guitar-strings/" rel="nofollow">how often you should change your guitar strings</a>. Maybe it would be helpful to your readers too. I personally like the sound of an older set of strings on an acoustic guitar. It gives it a sort of folk-like sound. I guess thats all style preference though. Another note to readers: be careful about changing the gauge of strings on your guitar by too much. Your guitar was probably setup to accept a specific gauge and if you put on a lighter or heavier set it can cause the guitar neck to bow which can mess with your action, intonation, and sometimes cause fret buzz. However, if you do put on some lighter strings and you like them you can take your guitar into a shop to have it re-setup, or you can attempt to do it yourself by adjusting the truss rod. Great post. I wrote a similar one a few years ago about how often you should change your guitar strings. Maybe it would be helpful to your readers too.

I personally like the sound of an older set of strings on an acoustic guitar. It gives it a sort of folk-like sound. I guess thats all style preference though.

Another note to readers: be careful about changing the gauge of strings on your guitar by too much. Your guitar was probably setup to accept a specific gauge and if you put on a lighter or heavier set it can cause the guitar neck to bow which can mess with your action, intonation, and sometimes cause fret buzz. However, if you do put on some lighter strings and you like them you can take your guitar into a shop to have it re-setup, or you can attempt to do it yourself by adjusting the truss rod.

]]> By: Carlito http://www.theguitarlessonreview.com/blog/2010/refresh-things-with-new-guitar-strings/comment-page-1/#comment-75 Carlito Thu, 15 Jul 2010 18:29:42 +0000 http://www.theguitarlessonreview.com/blog/?p=269#comment-75 It's amazing how much better a guitar sounds with new strings. Thanks for the helpful video. It’s amazing how much better a guitar sounds with new strings. Thanks for the helpful video.

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