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They cost $5 and it was worth every penny the entire time i had them
sitting up against my monitor. Even when nobody else was around i
could look at that picture and it would put me in a better mood.
Eventually i took the strings out and put them on my Strat but was
disappointed to find out that while they said "10-46" on the website,
they weren't the standard 10-46 gauge set. The B G and D are
lighter and it made a VERY big difference in how they played to me.
That .12 B string was just crazy small and i can't imagine that this
would be a popular combination of string sizes.
Yea i know, i know: this is what happens get when purchases are made based
on comic value. Also, how could i fail to notice something so
clearly printed
right on the front of the pack?!
I spent way too much time on the internet searching for an Yngwie patch
for a V-Amp, but i found one and the proceeded to dive head-first into
at least 45 minutes of cheesy shredding through my single-coil (neck)
pickup using studio monitors instead of an amp. It turns out that
while i make alot of jokes at Yngwie's expense (i assume he wouldn't
mind); his technical ability isn't at all a byproduct of these Dean
Markley strings (Yngwie-approved or not). All i could coax out of
them was the same tired jumble of hacks that i normally produce.
Next up was my 80's secret weapon: the preamp out of a Peavey practice
amp right into my Twin Reverb (Marshall 4x12/Celestion GB). Nobody
ever believes that's what they're hearing when they hear it (i'll post
audio sometime) - it sounds great. I mostly stayed on the single
coil pickup, but this time i did alot more bluesy/traditional (for me)
stuff.
The thing is, for me personally these strings felt and played horribly
(yes, it's the strings... hehe) and so i was just never digging
it. I guess they sounded decent through the modeler and the
Fender; just thinner and with less sustain (ironically, since the claim
is that they have increased sustain) than i'm used to. I
took them off after about a week of not playing that guitar.
To add accident to annoyance (with my playing and with the
weird gauges), i managed to spill the smallest amount of Pepsi while
putting those strings on and it went right onto the package. After
just a few days (maybe it was sooner and i just didn't notice) the
picture was all weird looking and i finally ended up throwing it out.
I am going to print out that picture from the web though, and hang it
prominently somewhere else in the studio; which is really what i
should've done in the first place!
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