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Ran,
You chose to bite the bullet and buy the American Jazzmaster? For
the reasons why you did not buy the CIJ you should try the Pyramids
instead of the D'addarios. I'm using a CIJ Jazzmaster and I think
that guitar is too good for D'addarios...I would atleast try the
Thomastik Infeld Nickel Flats on your AV Jazzmaster. Those are
inbetween as far as price goes of the the D'addarios and Pyramids.
One more thing if you guys prematurely break a Pyramid it will be
replaced for free.
Regards,
Bill
--- In , Ran Mosessco <burnman@n...>
wrote:
> I have been searching hard for heavy gauge flat wounds for my
upcoming
> guitar, and I was too shocked by the Pyramid orices. I don't think
the
> difference in tone is worth it for US buyers. Of course, in Europe
I would
> have done the same as you guys and bought the Pyramids.
> Back in Israel I switched to 13-56 D'Addario's roundwounds (of
course, I
> had to import them from the US, nobody plays heavy gauge there),
and was
> very pleased with them, regarding tone and string life.
> I'm supposed to be picking up my new MIA Jazzmaster tomorrow, which
should
> be set up with 65-15 flat wounds (it'll be tuned down to D, so I
needed a
> heavier set), I'll report the results.
> BTW - I have been really enjoying the ongoing thread about the CIJ
guitars.
> I chose to bite the bullet and get the American one, after I did a
side by
> side comparison. Of course, at $399, I think the CIJ is a great
deal. If I
> had the extra money I might have bought that additionaly.
> The thing is, I always dreamed about a Jazzmaster, and the CIJ just
did not
> feel right (I checked 3 or 4 in the different stores), compared to
the MIA,
> and to a few Vintage ones I played.
>
> Thanks for the reports everyone, keep em coming!
> Ran
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roland Bettenville" <roland.bettenville@p...>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 4:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] Re: In the bowels of the ($399) beast
(STRINGS)
>
>
> > <I wonder why it is that the Pyramids are cheaper than the
D'Addario's in
> > the U.K.
> >
> >
> >
> > It is the other way round. Why are Piramyds expensive in the US?
> >
> > Politics and economics
> >
> > It's European steel and there are heavy taxes on foreign steel in
the US.
> >
> >
> >
> > Roland Bettenville
> >
> >
> >
> > roland.bettenville@p...
> >
