[Mike] As a string manufacturer that’s all part [Mike] That’s another question we get a lot. wear and tear on these contact areas than
of the lengthy testing. As I said, this product is a It’s interesting because everyone’s DNA is playing does. What are your thoughts about
little over two years in the making. We constantly obviously different. When I want to do some this?
are going out and trying to be innovators, and string testing, there is a gentlemen that works trying to get some new wrap wire, or new core the Guitar Design part of our business, and [Mike] I think it’s a labor of love, right? I guess
wire. As we go through the testing we put it he will destroy strings. He puts a set on and some folks will take different levels of care to
on the acoustic/electric, because that is a big they go dead quick, they get tarnished. It was their instrument, but when I’m changing strings
portion of our core business and over all other interesting, when we gave him the new Treated I always make sure… even removing the bridge
brands as well, people are doing more plugging strings it took a long time for him to beat those pin, there is a right and a wrong way to do that.
in. strings down. But changing out your strings I always just take a simple six-inch rule and I
really depends on frequency of play. It depends pop that bridge pin out using the saddle as
Sometimes we think we have a great product on climate. Where I’m at in Pennsylvania it leverage. Then when I’m restringing it, I always
and it kind of falls a little short or flat when it depends when the humidity is super high, if make sure that I put that ball end down in there
comes time to reading outputs and the tone you live on the West Coast it may be not as straight, push the bridge pin on securely, and
that’s picked up through the acoustic/electric humid. The seasons can affect it as well. You pull the ball end up to where it meets. You can
instrument. We’ve done tin plating in the past, start to hear the change when that string builds get sloppy, a lot of these bridges are ebony,
and that was in our Acoustic product offering, up mass, and that’s what causes the string to not all of them, we use different varieties… but
and then our SP was brass flash. So, we knew go dead is truly the dirt and mass, then it’s time we have some “how to string a guitar” videos
that the tin-plating in some cases enhances to change it out. So, there’s no silver bullet as up online, and if they watch that, I think that’s
that overall sound when something is plugged far as how often you need to change them out. a good reference as to how to change your
in versus just playing acoustically.
strings properly.
[WM] The Authentic Acoustic Silked are
[WM] Noting the range of playing habits and designed to be gentler on the points of contact [WM]
chemistry people have, how often do you in order to reduce wear and tear on surfaces C.F.
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