Alembic Guitars Club
Connecting => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: BeenDown139 on May 24, 2022, 07:23:09 AM
-
With the arrival of 80-1681 and all of the associated hoopla, my other basses have been enjoying a vacation from the relentless pounding that goes on at the BeenDown manor. i had just restrung the fretless with pyramid gold flats when this all got started and finally got around to giving her a vigourous workout this morning. i've used TI jazz flats on all of my fretless basses up to this point, but i could never get the neck on this fretless essence to settle out with those low-tension strings. the pyramids seem to work really well on this bass, we'll see how we fare together through the summer.
one thing i noticed after playing this morning was that the tips of all my playing fingers had turned black. i used get that from the phosphor bronze strings i'd put on my long lost Martin ABG. Kind of got a laff out of it, haven't had blackfinger in a while. is that a thing with these strings?
-
Generally a good idea to wipe Pyramid strings down before using. The black stuff is residue from polishing the strings when they are being manufactured.
-
I recently bought a brand new Fender Player series P Bass and the strings that came on it did that. I thought maybe because they were nickel? I play stainless steel almost exclusively, so that was kind of unexpected. They eventually stopped blackening my fingers. This is from January...
(https://scontent-iad3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/272615247_10223125864433498_7073169673250635938_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=CYaAHSP29wMAX-GrO9A&_nc_ht=scontent-iad3-2.xx&oh=00_AT9H1omET_3ZpxQODOnfu0BnzKKhQUZBDzHB2t4QgzbYkQ&oe=629428D1)
-
I have nickel on the bass, Tele, Strat, & Sheraton, chrome on the jazz box, nylon/w bronze wound strings on the classical, and phosphor- bronze on the flattops & reso; none of them do that to me (all are D'Addario).
Peter
-
i think it's a body chemistry thing with me, any kind of acoustic instrument with bronze strings turns my fingertips black. maybe it's from all the dope i smoke? it's been off the chain lately. i think i'm turning into a full-time stoner. not that there's anything wrong with that ::)
-
i think it's a body chemistry thing with me, any kind of acoustic instrument with bronze strings turns my fingertips black. maybe it's from all the dope i smoke? it's been off the chain lately. i think i'm turning into a full-time stoner. not that there's anything wrong with that ::)
I think I can assure you with a fair amount of certainty that it's not the dope.........
Peter