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Anyone know what gauge and brand of strings Duane Allman used during the Filmore era? If so, how is it known?
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I remember hearing years ago that he used Fender 150s. The old 150s are 10-38s, which would make for pretty light wound strings.
BE CAREFUL! Fender string quality is NOWHERE EVEN CLOSE to what it used to be! Tried a set a couple years ago (10-46) broke a string after ONE practice session. Thought it was a fluke and tried another. Broke TWO during the first practice, and these are 10's! A nice sentiment that they're putting them out there but, sentiment seems to be the only thing that they're capable of. :hmm
Never had that prob when I used them, and I use a heavy pick, maybe a bad set, or how are your saddles?
C'mon, man. Gimme a little leeway, here. Been playin' for almost 30 yrs. Saddles are smooth and I still do my pencil/Chap-Stik bit treatment. Those were two different sets! Last year, I revisited and on the second session, the A string snapped at the 7th fret, and I wasn't anywhere near that town!Never had that prob when I used them, and I use a heavy pick, maybe a bad set, or how are your saddles?
C'mon, man. Gimme a little leeway, here. Been playin' for almost 30 yrs. Saddles are smooth and I still do my pencil/Chap-Stik bit treatment. Those were two different sets! Last year, I revisited and on the second session, the A string snapped at the 7th fret, and I wasn't anywhere near that town!
Leeway it is, just throwing ideas at the wall.
Personally, I haven't used the 150's in a REAL long time probably 1974-75'
I got on to them because they were Duane's brand/guage of choice, and back then I was everything Duane/ABB
definitely a differen(and fun) feeling set for a while with the 15 for the the G. It's straight 10-46 for me now.
Maybe that old addage is true, they don't make them like they use to.
I guess I could see better longevity with a topwrap (soft) action and a slide. Also, with that light guage, a light touch would be a factor, as well. :hmm I just like my guitars to fight me a bit. When I push 'em, I like 'em to PUSH BACK! It's SO nice when that friction comes out of the speaker. Maybe, it's me. I don't know. I still think there's a quality issue, though. I mean, they ARE pretty much the cheapest strings you can buy.
Totally agree about the fight back, especially when the adrenaline gets flowing. You can really dig in. Nothing like a little resistance. To easy I can't play with any feel.
One of the reasons I stopped topwrapping though was because the extra kink/bend in the strings where they bend over the tailpiece(versus straight through) seemed to be prematurely shortening the life of my strings. :hmm
I just remembered the 150's were I would break a D string, not often though.