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[sebmat86]

untitled#11, on Aug 30 2008, 07:49 PM, said:

Ive been using elixirs for years. But i started using some different .13 jazz strings and now i get an allergic reaction on my finger when i play. I cant tell whats going on. It even happens now with the elixiers sometimes. Anyone exprience this or heard of this before? Its the weirdest thing.

Don´t they use nickel in most strings? Could that be a reason? ...maby it´s stupid, but some people are alergic to nickel... but thats more like earrings and piercing... but if you´ve played for many years then maby that´s not the reason... aahh... i dont know, Maby! Look it up!!

[irondethpepper]

To be honest, I don't really care what brand I use. When I was in America, I used D'Addario (switched between 9s and 10s) because they were the cheapest I could find, when I came back to Australia I used Dunlop and now I use Fender Super Bullets (cause they're the cheapest the local store has, which isn't cheap at all @ $13 a pack)

Super Bullets make my fingers smell ;(

[Erik]

I use GHS 12s on all my electrics - change them about every 3 or 4 weeks on my Jaguar. Or actually, whenever I feel like the guitar should be restrung. I order my strings from thomann.de, a set of 012-052s costs €3,22.

for anyone who has trouble changing strings, but also for anyone who doesn't: here's a helpful thread. If you can't read Dutch, there's still very useful pics. I never had problems changing strings, but it used to take me half an hour for 6 strings - now I can do it in 10 minutes.

http://www.gitaarnet...ead.php?t=91773

[Laura]

Erik, on Oct 16 2008, 09:08 AM, said:

I use GHS 12s on all my electrics - change them about every 3 or 4 weeks on my Jaguar. Or actually, whenever I feel like the guitar should be restrung. I order my strings from thomann.de, a set of 012-052s costs €3,22.

for anyone who has trouble changing strings, but also for anyone who doesn't: here's a helpful thread. If you can't read Dutch, there's still very useful pics. I never had problems changing strings, but it used to take me half an hour for 6 strings - now I can do it in 10 minutes.

http://www.gitaarnet...ead.php?t=91773

Cool Thanks for posting this, Erik. The pictures definitely do help!