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Marty,
I got my information on finger-ease from a respected luthier over at
the rickenbacker forum awhile back...
"Silicone should NOT be used on any neck , by any maker, with or
without finish ,that has small or large frets , any year ,or any time
of day ! PERIOD!
Silicone never goes away ......period .
Why should you not use this 'on a guitar'?
Silicone permeates the finish and causes future problems with
adhesion .It soaks around frets and enters the fretboard , expansion
and contraction, trussrod adjustments and playing cause the silicone
to work it's way into the wood .It causes loose frets, it causes a re-
fret to not work ! I have fought silicone re-frets where the frets
just did not want to seat them selves and kept popping up! Why ?
Silicone is slippery and it never goes away!
FINGER-EASE IS EVIL!!!!! Period ."
As far as the "glowing praise" about the Pyramids...they are damn
good strings and someone asked for advice, it's your loss for not
trying them. As I stated in the earlier tone thread I consider myself
a student of all things guitar and would rather try stuff out instead
of writting it off as "bull." Sure 99.9% of this tone talk flies out
the window in a live situation but it's fun to discus.
Do you use roundwound or flatwound strings? I ask because you said
you had no trouble getting decent life out of Ernie Ball strings. If
these are indeed flats I was unaware they made them...I'll have to
try them if they do. If you don't like flats, then ignore all my
Pyramid recommendations.
Regards,
Bill
--- In , "Marty Tippens"
<mctippens@e...> wrote:
> Respectfully , Bill,
>
> That's a load-a-bull! I've been using Finger-ease since the early
70's and I've never heard a guitar tech complain about gunk building
up under frets making them hard to remove. If you have a tech telling
you that, get a new tech.
>
> Tall tales like this make me believe that your glowing praise of
Pyramid strings is a bit overstated. Never-the-less, if I find a set
at a resonable price, I will try them and give my honest review.
>
> I have had no problem with the longevity of D'Addarios, or even
Ernie Balls or Fender strings for that matter.
>
> -Marty
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: supertwangreverb
> To:
> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 8:30 AM
> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: In the bowels of the ($399) beast
(STRINGS)
>
>
>
> <<$23.50 for a set of guitar strings?!! Yes, I know they are pure
> nickel. Yes I
> know you say they last longer. But I get very good life out of my
> D'Addario's.
> I use clean hands and Finger-ease regularly which reduces
friction
> thus keeping
> the strings purdy clean.>>
>
> The Pyramids should last 2-3 times longer than the D'addarios.
This
> will make up the price difference! Plus your guitar is going to
> sound better! I used to use D'addarios, I'll admit my spare set
is
> D'addarios, but those strings BLOW! They are too thick and they
have
> too much tension, and again they will wear down your frets faster.
>
> Finger-ease is something you do not want to use, I have been told
by
> many techs that they HATE doing fret work on guitars that have
been
> sprayed with that stuff. It gunks up under frets and makes it
tough
> to pull them off...I used it all the time on my Rickenbacker and
I
> had a tech tell me he would not touch that guitar.
>
> If you get Pyramids wipe them down when you finish playing and
rub
> lighter fluid onto them once a week.
>
> Bill
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