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Vladimir · August 22nd, 2011, 04:06 AM

I've been seeing a lot of Dunlop strings lately in the music stores around me.
They seem to be going after the Metal crowd, except for the Rev.Willy's (that only go up to 10's)

I'm wondering if anyone has tried 'em on their Tele or Acoustic for the basic country/rock/jazz/blues thing.

Cubeoid · August 22nd, 2011, 06:23 AM

Yes, Would not recommend.

Vladimir · August 22nd, 2011, 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Cubeoid

Yes, Would not recommend.

Could you perhaps elaborate a bit?

newtwanger · August 22nd, 2011, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Vladimir

... except for the Rev.Willy's (that only go up to 10's)

I'm wondering if anyone has tried 'em on their Tele or Acoustic for the basic country/rock/jazz/blues thing.

The Rev Willy's are unbreakable and bend like crazy! Even down to the 0.007s.

They have a great feel in all guages. I have them on 6 guitars right now and really like them.

telex76 · August 22nd, 2011, 11:31 AM

Nope.

kddean66 · August 22nd, 2011, 11:40 AM

I just put a set of 10s on my Gibby Goldtop with P90s and they really brightened the sound. I am really liking them.

Cubeoid · August 23rd, 2011, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Vladimir

Could you perhaps elaborate a bit?

Hmm guess I could....

I just felt a latency (describing tone is always interesting) but yeh if you broke it down to the idea of an ADSR envelope something in the attack just seemed late to me...

Vladimir · August 23rd, 2011, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Cubeoid

Hmm guess I could....

I just felt a latency (describing tone is always interesting) but yeh if you broke it down to the idea of an ADSR envelope something in the attack just seemed late to me...

Interesting, thats how I describe playing through digital modelling amps.

czech-one-2 · September 14th, 2011, 11:15 AM

I just put a set of Dunlop 10's on my strat after playing the last year of gigs on D'addario 10's. The Dunlops feel like 9's,and bending at the first fret is easy in comparison to my previous strings. They are billed as being 'light tension',and thats exactly how they feel.I would imagine their 11's feel like
10's.
I was also able to lower my action and its buzz free.They also break in extremely fast,just a few bends on each and they are good to go.
Made in California too,or so it says on the box.
No turning back,these are my new strings!

rolling56 · September 14th, 2011, 11:24 AM

Never used them but i might try them.

Vladimir · September 14th, 2011, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by czech-one-2

I just put a set of Dunlop 10's on my strat after playing the last year of gigs on D'addario 10's. The Dunlops feel like 9's,and bending at the first fret is easy in comparison to my previous strings. They are billed as being 'light tension',and thats exactly how they feel.I would imagine their 11's feel like
10's.
I was also able to lower my action and its buzz free.They also break in extremely fast,just a few bends on each and they are good to go.
Made in California too,or so it says on the box.
No turning back,these are my new strings!

Thanks for the info. Maybe replacing the 9's on my Tele with Dunlop 10's, won't require any neck adjustment. Thomastiks are similairly low tension, but very expensive.
Just have to wait til my current strings wear out.

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Vladimir Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Zagreb, Croatia Age: 43 Posts: 1,287 33 Photos	Dunlop Strings, anyone? I've been seeing a lot of Dunlop strings lately in the music stores around me. They seem to be going after the Metal crowd, except for the Rev.Willy's (that only go up to 10's) I'm wondering if anyone has tried 'em on their Tele or Acoustic for the basic country/rock/jazz/blues thing. __________________ Vladimir "Country is jazz on the back pickup" - Brad Paisley

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czech-one-2 Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Prague Posts: 1,698	Dunlop I just put a set of Dunlop 10's on my strat after playing the last year of gigs on D'addario 10's. The Dunlops feel like 9's,and bending at the first fret is easy in comparison to my previous strings. They are billed as being 'light tension',and thats exactly how they feel.I would imagine their 11's feel like 10's. I was also able to lower my action and its buzz free.They also break in extremely fast,just a few bends on each and they are good to go. Made in California too,or so it says on the box. No turning back,these are my new strings! __________________ http://www.unitedflavour.com/ http://soundcloud.com/damalistik/first-riddim

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