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For many years I had heard about Fender Rock-N-Roll strings, and how they were used by Duane Allman, Eric Clapton, Cornell Dupree, Roy Buchanan, Jimi Hendrix, and many, many others. They were pretty much the standard for light gauge strings until Ernie Ball and D'Addario started eating up Fender's market share in the 1980s. I found out that the set was a strange gauge by modern standards (10,13,15,26,32,38) and that they were of different construction, having pure nickel wound strings, with round cores. Most modern wound strings are nickel-plated steel and on a hexagonal core. Fender stopped regular production of the set years ago, but I found that Pyramid made a "Jimi Hendrix" inspired set, that is to the exact specs of the old Fender set, and decided to try them. In the video, I start off with my regular D'Addario 9.5-44 set with nickel-plated steel/hex core wound strings, and then change strings on my 1967 Telecaster, and let you hear the difference.
Gear for this video
1967 Telecaster -
D'Addario XL120+ 9.5-44 strings amzn.to/3a5qxVi
Then switch to the Pyramid set mentioned above
1965 Deluxe Reverb with Celestion Vintage 30 speaker
Correction: There were 2 string factories in Battle Creek, MI. GHS, and VC Squier. Fender was supplied strings by VC, and then Fender bought them out in the early 1960s. The Fender String factory in Battle Creek was shuttered in 1981. Fender owned the Squier name and used this for a line of guitars starting in the early 1980s.
Pyramid "Jimi Hendrix" set
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Daddario 9.5’s -
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Very helpful. Thank you. I will pin this.
Its nice to find a youtuber that doesn't over-play and isnt a nutsack. I love the pure nickel strings both DR and Curt Mangan make
Of course it will sound different...everyone knows that 50% of a guitars tone is in the pick guard.
YES!!!!!
Preach brother! I leave the guard off my Lester as I love the added challenge of playing with half the sonics being sub adequate. I feel it makes me a more honest player!
Good one
Dont forghet the strap,,, a major sound bender
Specially the underrated reissue of '57 Fender Gold Anodized aluminium pickguard:)
Zac, I just received my Jimi Hendrix Pyramid strings 10 to 38.oh my gosh, I love them. Previous used D'addario XL 120. Now, I'll be using Pyramid Jim's. I found they allow pick harmonics more easily and there are these artificial harmonics I'm hearing under the notes plucked/strummed. There is also this woody natural sound too. Subtle, but evident. Thank you Zac.
Been using pure nickel strings for years now. Love the warmth and just the feel of the DR Pure Blues nickel.
mike adams they are the ones I switched to a few months ago as well
I prefer pure nickel wound strings and really like DR Pure Blues.
One of the best sets IMO!
DR Pure Blues for me as well.
Y'all got me interested. I think I'll try a set
That's one of the nicest sounding Tele's i've ever heard.
thanks, she's a 1967
Yeah, that's so beautifully clean. Nice playing too!
I use the Fender Pure Nickel strings. I like how it shaves off just a smidge of treble on my single coil guitars. Great vid Zac, your vids are always top notch!
I just discovered Pure Nickle(wrapped) strings in the form of "StringJoy," out of Nashville. I put an 11-48 set on a 335 style (Firefly) with StewMac Parson Street PUPs. I like the sound I'm getting from them, very comfortable, especially for rhythm playing. They are the round core with solid Nickle wrap. Cost about a third more than what the Pyramids cost. Great video, BTW! Thank you, Zac.
used to play those fender R&R strings when i when i started playing in 93. once I heard Hendrix played 10-38 i was sold!
To quote the late great Guy Clark, “Black Diamond strings’re like white flour and grits. Black Diamond strings ‘cause it’s all ya can get”.
You opening point reminded me of that song.
I actually bought a Charvel Tele a half a year ago, and it had "Fender Rock & Roll" string gauge set up in it. It was a pain to set it up for a pack a standard .010s, because of the Floyd. My friend called it the "Hendrix Set", and he still uses it.
Curt Mangan makes a pure nickel round core 10-38 set. They’re great strings and I know they are way cheaper than Pyramid.
The one's on the Mangan website are almost $3 more than the Pyramid on Strings by Mail right now. Are the Pyramids usually $15 or something like that?
Korben Schrock I have an “ artist” hookup where I can buy them for $6.17 per set plus shipping. If you’re a working musician check with them about getting an artist deal.
Hi Zac, and greetings to you from Ireland. I'm pretty "new" to your channel, but I enjoy the stories about the history of different guitars and other equipment like amps and the strings one you did today very much. Would it be possible for you to do a lesson on the various pedal steel style bends you use and any other relevant country-style bends? I hope you and your family and loved ones are safe and well in these strange times.
I will make a little vid for you if you want.
Hey HEY !! You keep your excursions to yourself!! This is already a musicians channel you can tame the language!
Oh dear I just looked up excursions and I feel dopey…………..!!😎🎸
I was a professional guitarist from 1969-1978...........I wish I had a dollar for every set of Fender R&R strings I went thru during those years! I just went with the strings that almost every Les Paul player of that era was using.
Wow, that's cool to know about. I'd never heard of Fender Rock n Roll strings.
Damn brah - how old are you & why you quit - I'm lefty and- backwards as hell as far as tone and using an amp - I wish they had a reset switch
Fender Jimi Hendrix Voodoo Child Vintage Nickel Bullet end 10-13-15-26-32-38. They are something that they just put out. They are all nickel, core and all. Also come in ball end. I like the bullets. I top wrap the stop bar on my SG. Had to reset intonation. Also as a surprise, was able to lower the action on the bass strings. Love the feel. Love the tone. They don't cost a lot. Don't know yet how long they last. Haven't been playing for long, so I have no old favorites, but I think I will be getting more of these.
Thats the set I've been using ever since I tried them a few years ago. They're perfectly balanced imo. The tension of the low E is nice for using your thumb, the g is nice for index finger bends and bends in general, and e and b are nice because you can hit them a little harder than a set of 9s. I use fender 10-38 bullets though. They sell them as the JH set.
For decades I just bought D'Addarios because why not. They're in every store and they have a wide selection and why not. But I always had trouble with them. One string would be too loud and one string would go dead and one string just wouldn't play right. And they had that scroingy sound that I hated. So one day I started using Ernie Ball Pure Nickel and all those problems just disappeared. I still have to replace the 13 B with a 12 because the 13 is too loud but I always had to do that. But the Ernies sounded sweeter just like Zak's Pyramids sound sweeter. The Ernies aren't as smoooth as the D'Addarios but so what.
Yea, I've used 10-38 nickel wounds for ages, Fender when they still made them and Curt Mangan's round core now which are great strings. That set was commonly used by R&B guitar players from the 60's onward and Hendrix came from that school and stayed with them. You can't as easily play R&B or funk with heavy bottom strings and 10-38 is easy to navigate those styles with. And the .15 G string has a unique vocal character to it that really suited Jimi's style, you just can't get that vocal quality out of a .17 G. I prefer the Mangan's over the Pyramids especially since they're fresher, come in Zerust paper and are in sealed packages, so whenever you open them they're still new without any pitting having started from oxygen doing its thing on them - and they cost much less. Good video Zac.
Good info
Pyramids much preferred in every aspect, at least as heard through the audio filter of TH-cam.
All the new strings are better than our choices in the early 60's . I never liked Fender strings , I used Gibson sometimes but they sucked . Nothing is as bad as " Black Diamond " strings . I started buying Guild light strings ( they were not very light .), throwing away the low E string and using 2 high E strings I strung my guitars E,E,B,G ,D ,A . But tuned to 440 , or as close as we could get to it by ear . Tone still sucked , but man could I bend strings , and that is how I learned to bend . In the old days our choices were pretty small with brands and gauges . We are now in another Golden age of instruments . Fender used to ship their guitars with .012's on them I still use .011's ( tuned to Eb ) . I tried the all nickel strings ,but they always sounded 1/2 dead to me . I use D' Addario strings exclusively now. For all my gear , including nylon string classical , Electric Bass , acoustics , Uklele , 12 string , and all my electrics . Life is to short to play with Crappy strings ! I played Ernie Ball for a long time , martin acoustic strings for a while . I still stand by my statement that Fender and Gibson strings suck . D' Addario has my business for strings , and I go thru a ton of them . By the way , I love Fender guitars , and I own 6 of them , just the strings that are less than good ! Keep in mind I started playing guitar in 1963 at age 15 years , so I have witnessed a whole bunch of history music , played in Blues and Rock bands till I was 65 years old , and I still play every day !
I loved the Fender R&Rs.........that’s all I used on my Les Paul guitars throughout the late-60s and mid-70s. And yes, now that I’m a very old ex-player..........I definitely miss those days onstage! Great review, Zac!
There is a 10 to 38 Rock n' Roll made by good ol' GHS in Michigan. Boomers to be precise. That's what I play.
So I’m wondering when you get old ....like me ...should you still even think about ..strings ..pickups..amplifiers ...tone wood ..etc.etc.
Or..just sit back and strum ... whatever you have....then listen to great players ...err..like Zac ...and enjoy the ride ??😎🎸
I use Gibson ‘Les Paul’ 10-46 pure nickel on a steel hex core….red silk-wrapped ends. Absolutely the purest, warmest and roundest guitar tone…great on the Les Paul, Telecaster and Jazzmaster.
Zac, just discovered your show - great content! Plus, it’s so Tele-centric - to the point that it feels it’s been made for me, lol! Thank you & stay safe!
The Nashville company, “StringJoy,” makes great hand made nickel strings,.........
Hello cool Do they take a little while to hold a tune More so than steel Softer alloy Makes sense Thanks
They extend fret life too. Especially on vintage gear.
Only on the wound low strings. Plain strings are still steel and wear just as much doing bends.
yeah but the strings themselves wear out faster
I like them rock-n-roll strings.
I don’t hear a muddy tone on the lower strings.
well that was enlightening. I've known that as the Hendrix set, and thought that it only made sense becåuse of the reverse headstock. But here I found that the mismatched gauges seem to compress the sounds, tame the transients of the low E and G....that G string can really stick out. I can see how it would have made sense for recording. Very cool video! Usually wouldn't consider that light of gauge but this makes me curious to experiment.
Hope you've checked out DR pure blues? I'm a huge fan
Not yet
Hi ya, in "Lockdown World" just to say I've been playing guitar for over 50years, and tried so many brands of strings in my time. I recently found the best strings I've ever used....wait for it...."Harley Benton Value Strings" Trust me, try them I can't believe that the set I first used have not tarnished sound brilliant no breakage....as we say in the UK: "Cheap As Chips"
I started playing electric in 1975. The first brand I stuck with was dean markley. I still have some of the yellow stickers that came in each pack. Then GHS. I have used Ernie Ball 9-42 in the pink package for decades now. Do you remember that you could save and mail in the labels from Ernie Ball strings and get a corduroy Ernie Ball hat? I still have the red hat.
I like the idea of pure nickel with a classic vibe and everything. But there's a reason virtually every electric string now uses nickel wound on steel core. Regardless of the type of strings you choose in the slinky category, the top three strings are steel. Bright. The steel core with a nickel wind is a nice compromise for wound strings. The steel core gives it some brightness while the nickel wind imparts a bit of warmth and a round tone. Bottom line: I find pure nickel string's wound strings too dull. There's a big jump in tone, brightness and volume when going from the open D to the unwound G. No pure nickel for me. AS those bottom three strings age, the difference is more pronounced. PS. There are several brands now that offer pure nickel strings.
My novice ears found the Pyramid Rock n’ Roll strings to be more pleasing. It may be an improvement in sparkle, clarity, & cross string uniformity. I would certainly give these a try.
I use the Jimi Hendrix set 10 - 38s made by Fender from Guitar Center after 30+ yrs of trying just about everything usually 10 - 46s. Use them on my Strats & Tele and I extremely happy with them 👍🔥🎸🦅
I like the Pyramids. They're very articulate and balanced.
Well welcome to the party. I've been using nickel strings for close to 15 years now and it gives me exactly what I had been looking for for my single coil equipped guitars. My favorites are DR Pure Blues and GHS Burnished nickel rockers...always 9's. Good luck in your tone quest.
Anybody else realize with pure nickel wrap strings with a round core ,you have to be careful and bend them before cutting them to length, or they can literally unwrap from the round core! I just find out about it recently after using DR pure blues, just a heads up for those who didn’t know. 🤘🏽
Very true, and something I forgot to mention in this video.
I remember purchasing "Black Dimond" strings at the HEB store in Austin Texas in the early 70s. Man Im old!!
I thought Squier made Fender strings back in the day? Squier was originally a violin and guitar string manufacturer, which Fender acquired around the time of the CBS buyout and later turned into the instruments brand that we know today.
I love pure nickels. My local guitar luthier/repairer told me off for using them ("you should only use plain stainless steel on electrics") but I don't care.
You are correct. VC Squier supplied strings to Fender, then Fender bought them. CBS bought Fender, then they shut down VC Squier in 1981, and then started making Squier guitars because they already owned the Squier name. I should not have mentioned GHS. They just happened to both have their factories in Battle Creek.
@@joebryant8500 I messed up in mentioning GHS in the vid. I was beating myself up. All good.
I used Fender Rock’n’Roll 150 sets on my SG in the late ‘60s. They never felt balanced to me-I felt like I had to hold back when playing on the wound strings. But I used a very light pick back then too! What I’ve heard is that the unusual gauges were chosen because they would intonate properly on a 3-saddle Telecaster bridge. I’ve never tested that out, as I quit using those strings before I started playing Telecasters. And Fender strings either hate my body chemistry or love it too much, I can’t figure out which-I can kill a set of Fenders by the end of the first set!
interesting. ive got issues getting my tele to intonate right, even after getting the nut slotted good. I may try that .
It does help the strings longevity ( if you have string-through tuners) to crimp the cut string ends. This keeps the string wind tension over the round core longer. From what has been my knowledge, the hex core was invented to help keep the winding from loosening.
Great comparison, thank you Zac.
Yeah, a couple months back I purchased a couple sets of the Fender Hendrix Nickel Plated Steel.
Not pure Nickel but similar gauge balance. What I found is that the "G" string output seemed to even out a bit with the rest of the strings. I'll add this was on a Stratocaster with vintage stagger pickup poles.
What great about guitar nerd-ism is that the combinations are endless.
Great strings, the steel or nickel.
When I was younger I used pure nickel strings on my guitar’s and really loved the sound and the feel of them but they seemed to go dead faster than nickel plated steel strings. Great video!
Very interesting video! Could you answer a question - why don’t they make 10-42 string packs? I find the E too bassy and harder to play with the standard 10-46s. But I like the .10s on the treble side
I make sets like that with EB singles. 10,13,16,24,32,42. It is a great set.
Thanks Zac, Really enjoy your channel and real world perspectives- you seem to understand there is a massive difference in gear and tone requirements when playing solo at home vs in a live band with 1 gtr vs 1 gtr + keys vs 2 gtrs + keys. And when you have to sing and do all this....well, tone/EQ/dynamics of a given rig ( including strings) become VIP! Thanks again.
NEVER, before - have I ever sent money to a TH-cam guy. But you have been such a font of USEFUL info. It'd be a crime not to send a few bucks. Thanks.
I swear by DR Pure Blues round core pure nickel 10-46 strings for all my electrics, took 30 years to find them.
Yes thank you for your videos I love learning more about my favorite guitar,,I just put some 8,s Ernie Ball's regular set on my 09Telly from Mexico feels like rubber bands pretty sweet but,,,going back to 10's seems like that's a good gauge for my tele I can really dig in when I want to I wish I could play like you sound so sweet like a 57 Chevy
Interesting string gauge especially with the 0.15 3rd string.
I’ve played fender F150’s 10-38 forever I get the pure nickels from just strings and build my sets GHS made the 10-38 set after fender f150’s disappeared. I love the feel across the board very even almost classical feeling and great for speed and vibrato and they last forever. This WAS one of my secrets:) when asked I always say 10’s
Can someone remind me what the individual string gages are to replace the fender f150 10-38 strings?
@@barbarasmith3579Sure, 10, 13, 15, 26, 32, 38, hope that helps.👍
We have lost another national treasure!! John Prine went to heaven!! RIP!! HE'S GONNA SMOKE A CIGARETTE 9 MILES LONG!!!
So sorry to hear that
Thanks Zak! I ordered two sets. I've always thought standard sets were waaaay out of balance; wound strings too loud vs the plain strings, plus the G & B strings are completely out of whack (compounded by the weird stagger on most vintage-style Strat pickups).
The "weird stagger" was designed to balance the nickel wrapped strings of the 1950s, with a wound G.
about to put a set of Stringjoy pure nickel for the first time and there you are with this video. Looking forward to exploring them.
Very interesting! I’ve never even heard of the Rock n Roll strings before.
I use the GHS strings on all my electrics. Over the years I've experimented but always come back that string gauge... String life and tone is typical to me.
A video on Telecaster pickups... different magnets A2 A5 A3 and pickup strength windings
Ok. I will
Ask Zac Wow....I can’t wait.... thanks....and maybe your favorite boutique Telecaster pickups you’ve used as Brad Paisley gear tech
Yes definitely. I have a set of Duncan Alnico 2/5 to install, got to get them in.
Thanks for this. I really enjoyed it. Greetings for the Thames Delta in London UK! I have just switched to DR Pure Nickel round core. Yep, from Erine Balls. Same as you, i played strings until they broke, bought what ever they had in the shop as long as they were 0.10/0.11.
*Pure Nickle wrap. The core and plain strings are always steel. Nickel is too soft to handle that kind of tension.
Correct
That's what I thought too. But then why do the e, b, and g strings on D'Addario EPN115 and EXL115 sound so different. Do they use a different steel?
Stay Cool Another Extremely Excellent Video 🎸🍔🍷🍷 I have the same amp but my guitar is the Eric Clapton Stratocaster and I use an OCD pedal .
Thumbs up for the RnR set ! But that's me.. Anything you wind up on that tele and move through that Deluxe will sound amazing.. One of my favourite combos.
I am using Fender 150 pure nickel. .009's on all my telcasters (except on my mex tele with SD Quarter pound pu's, where i use nickel plated for a more modern sound)
Love the vintage sound of pure nickel :-)
Back when I used to hang around with The Barefoot Jerry band a lot, Wayne Moss use to use a string called a Squier string. In custom gauges for his old Jazzmaster guitars. I know they were pure nickel but am rather confused as to whether they were a round core or a hex agonal core. Thank
David Blackmon You answered a lingering question: How to use the phrase “hex agonal core” in a sentence when not in bondage gear. And as for Barefoot Jerry, I’m the only other living person who remembers them.
Pyramid make the best flat wound strings IMO.
They certainly sound a lot better on a Telecaster. I bought some nickels (Pyramid 10) and put them on my Les Paul. They don't play very well and they don't sound very good. The low E buzzes too. I'm thinking nickel might be better for single coil pickups.
Last week I tried a set of Curt Mangan - 11046 Fusion Matched Nickel Wound (10-13-17-26-36-46). I'm liking them.
I've been hesitant to try Pyramids for fear of liking them (price).
The Mangans are definitely a step up from my D'addario EXL110s.
It's been too long since I ran EPN 110 pure nickels, so I don't want to compare against those.
I’ve been using GhS Nickel Rockers, 12,16 19,28,38,52 for over 25 years. On everything , guess I’m just old school
120+ devotee for many years here! :-) Trying out Curt Mangan custom set now (46-36-26-16-11,5-9,5) I would stick with D'addario if they made this set. I'm hoping for a "custom shop" option one day, like Curt Mangan do now. For rhythm playing 46-36-26 is important, also the 24 d-string breaks easier with my style of playing ;-)
GHS Burnished Nickel Rockers. Round wound Polished Pure Nickel 10-46
Did you ever shop at The Horn Shop in Corpus Christi back in the Sixties through early Eighties?
Yes! It was a great little shop in the older area of town.
Ask Zac yeah, was in Sixpoints until about 1978 and then moved down near Everhart , still on S. Staples. I’ve been selling Pyramids for the last 24 years & I do NAMM with them as well as Frankfurt and The Mannheim Guitar Summit!
You need anything let me know. The family that owns the company, The Junger’s, are very close friends! Really exceptional people. Every time I go there I stay with them. Are you still in Kingsville? Geez, I use to play the NAS a lot and some private clubs back in the mid 70’s. Thanks!
would you drop me an email? zac (at) askzac.com
1:19 Also, I heard in a video or on a forum Elixir strings were actually coated Ghs. How true that is? Idk .🤷🏻
I'm a long time Pyramid user Maximum Performance. 10s. Every once in a while I'll experiment with another brand but I always come back to pyramid
I remember and used Fender Rock & Roll strings. Funny I thought they were still around.
EJ uses pure nickel strings. You can order just about anything from Stringjoy out of Nashville. I love them I love elixir too I hate Ernie Ball and Dean Markley
So Zac after 2 years what is your opinion of these Strings Today in 2022
I think they are nice, but I prefer NYXL 10-46 because they last, and are assertive, high output, strings
@@AskZac I actually have been using same Strings and Size the 10-46 NYXL's on almost all my guitars as well, and wondered about the flat wounds, Appreciate you sharing what works for you and not surprised the Same Strings you use are ones on my guitars. Thanks
Has anybody every done a video on the difference between Fender super 250s and original 150s? What is the difference?
Fender and GHS also make 10-38 but I’m 3 years late to this video. I love them and currently using Pyramids
Can I make a suggestion? Love the videos and commentary. In fact, I love commentary way better than a guy shredding the entire video, but my humble request is for you to show a LITTLE more guitar playing when commenting on all of these great stories, you are a great player and would like to see a bit more. Much
I’ve as good luck with the slinky rock n roll pure nickels. They sound s little warmer and they’re easier on the vintages style frets. I get them when they have them at my store. But typically I just use the gold ole normal super slinky’s.
Just discovered this channel. I play a much heavier style than Zac but use round core pure nickel wrap strings (DR) because nickel plated steel is brash to me and a new set of pure nickel sounds like a worn in set of nickel plated steel without the remainder of the brashness. Due to bending i change wound strings every 12 or so playing hours and a new set sounds just like a well played set
Hey Zac - I loved the sound of those strings but how much of the sound was the pure nickle and how much was the odd gauge set???? Shouldn't you do a comparison with ordinary nickle plated strings in that gauge set????
Best strings I ever heard were called "Nashville Straights."
Don't know if they made strings for electric.
Nor do I know if they are still in business.
They are long out of business.
I used to sell them in my brother's music store in the early '70s I believe it was.
I've been using Pyramids for over two years now, and I love them. Great tone, great feel, and they last long.
Pyramids are some of the last great strings!
When I lived in NYC, used to be able to get SiT ,- Stay In Tune,- strings; swore by those, and you could only get singles, so it was easier when using alt tunings.
When I moved Upstate, started trying everything else, and though I do like the Boomers, and the Slinky's, gotta say D'Addario always stand out.Like when you ask yourself "what's different?" ~when you're playing well, feeling it.Almost prefer to say otherwise, but they work for me, especially the "Optimized C" and "D"(NYXL).In the end, it's just one less variable to consider.And I hate old strings,- change every other week.
I love the tone Stephen Stills has when he's live - I'm ignorant as hell for someone with 6 electric guitars - I don't know amplification or tone technique - it's either hit or miss - I probably throw away good strings trying to get he sound I want
Your in Kingsville ? My friend hauled a horse the Ranch bought off of the outfit I work for - he spent a couple days out there - went out and moved a herd with the stable hands - they told him - DON'T get off your horse - these steers will eat you up - if you have to piss - holler at us and we'll form a circle - you don't want to get seperated from your horse - you know these folks I reckon?
I was going to order the Pyramids but Strings by Mail was sold out so I tried the Fender VooDoo Chile pure nickel set and I’m really enjoying them. This was my first time with the old Rock and Roll 10-38 gauges and I was really surprised that I wasn’t bothered by the super skinny low strings. They felt fine, I think because I find pure nickel strings usually feel a tiny bit stiffer than steel cores. They sound beautiful and through the amp the low strings balance out much better with the high strings. They are hex core though, so I’m still going to try the Pyramids once I can get hold of some.
I can't stop laughing! All those super snobs obsessed with having the the exact same gear as their guitar heroes. The people who spend a fortune buying vintage gear (down to rare resitors and capacitors). Those who look down on people who's rig is not worth seven figures. These same people are most likely playing with completely different strings than their heroes used. Priceless!
Any update video on this?
still taking it in
Got an ad when he said "we'll take a break and come back" felt like old time Tv :p
What's an ad? Oh yeah, Ad-block.
Quick question ❓ are nickel strings better for resonance on an acoustic electric guitar with a piezo pickup.
Interesting video but it's pronounced Daddario (one word) as if there was no apostrophe. Beats me why so many people mistakenly pronounce it Di Addario.
Thanks for all the work you put into this video, very very well done and very interesting history lesson. Honestly, I do not hear much of a difference. I am sure the stings have a different feel and that might make a difference in your playing, if it feels better I say go with it. As far as tone, in my opinion, its 6 or half-dozen as the saying goes.
I'm surprised how much better the pure nikel sounds...more...um...detail?!
I prefer the pure nickel round core strings over anything else. Gotta be careful when you trim them, or the winding can sometimes unravel. Curt Mangan makes the best strings on the planet. Lots of choices and various gauges.
Curt Mangan is best strings.NW,SW,Pure nickel,round core,monels............
Dude the problem is you could string that beautiful tele up with elongated mammoth wool and it would still put out that gorgeous American twang that is envious brits never had the pleasure of producing.
I know this video is old but now at the age of 39 I’m having serious thoughts on buying an American made tele I’m not gonna rush into anything and my playing don’t really warrant one but who cares right I’ll just have to get better I currently have a squire and an epiphone supernova and they serve me just fine but I just love both the strat and tele but in particular the tele really lights up my eyes when I see one they both sound amazing in their own way.
Fender makes voodoo child strings. They have the exact Pyramid gauges but not the pure nickel wrap.
Settled on DR pure blues for years now. But also buy the 3 pack of standard daddarios to keep on hand when I feel like mixing it up. I feel like nickle wound can be a little to warm for some pickups/guitar setups tho.
Gotta admit . I like the " rock and roll " strings tone better . I play stainless flat wounds [ ghs ] .. Im trying those Pyramids next set .. why not !?