All U.S. made strings are not the same although some may be and some may be very close in design. I know I've have used some light gauge rock-n-roll strings that I couldn't tell from some others I have used but in the last ten years I have used the same strings on all of my guitars and for that reason I am no longer familiar with what is what. I use to know this stuff about who built what cold but not so today and it may have changed since the last time I was aware of what was happening with string manufacturing so I won't go into too much detail but I think D'Addario Strings are made by D'Addario exclusively. D'Addario strings have enough unique engineering and construction differences that their strings would require unique machines to build them anyway. The Hex-Core and the ground wound style strings are just two examples. GHS or their parent company I think is the primary manufacturer for several brands but each brand has it's own design and metallurgic formulas. Labella strings I am sure are still built by them.
Unfortunately I've got to run so I will let someone else fill in the rest of the details.
----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Becker
To: jazz_gui
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Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: [jazz_guitar] T. I. strings
Thanks for the input Blake. Only because strings tend to last a long
time on my guitars, this shouldn't be too much of an issue. That said
I usually get all my strings at two for one prices, usually about 6
bux a set so in that sense these are steep. I've only tried the round
wound bebop 13s and like them real well. Do you know if the string
tension thing applies on the Brites? I forget the correct name but
they are supposedly for rock. They might do better on a plank with
humbuckers.
Ron
Living and playing outside the box.
http://www.myspace.com/ron45becker
On Jul 3, 2009, at 7:35 PM, Blake Wilson wrote:
> Every set of TI's I've used, including the Blues Sliders, the
> flatwound jazz
> sets, and their exquisite Plectrum acoustic strings, have been
> superlative.
> I really can't tell the difference between much of the US made
> strings...perhaps because (so I've heard) all the big makers (GHS,
> D'Addario, etc) all have their strings made at the same factory, by
> the same
> people, etc.
> I'm sure the TI's will do you right, Ron. They sure hurt in the
> pocketbook,
> tho.
> Blake
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