Anyone ever use Tomastik Infeld strings in the lighter gages? I'm
thinking of the Blues Sliders or the Power Brights. These both have
unwound thirds in the 9's and 10's. The blues sliders have enhanced
overtones "for that vintage sound" sounds like vintage hype but I
haven't knowingly heard them. I have a pretty bad attitude about
marketing in general. Does anyone know if these strings feel lighter
than the gage numbers indicate like the Jazz Bebops? I like those
real well. Got some thirteens on my main archtop. I just checked
again and there 11s in the power bright sets. Has anyone used these
on a general gigging guitar? The might be just the thing for a
humbucker guitar.

If the `playing lighter than the gage numbers' part is true, I was
hoping to find a set of 11s in the blues sliders. But haven't seen 11
at Juststrings or Stringsbymail. Anyone know if they are out there? I
have a Les Paul clone on the way and thought they might be good on
it. It's a chinese knockoff with Hagstrom's name on it. It's solid
mahogany [with a cutzy maple top on it] body and neck and weighs
alot. I'm hoping that and the Seymour Duncan's will get me in the
neighborhood of the fat humbucker rock sound. There is a ton of these
on ebay. The heavy ones with the Seymour Duncan's are Swede Select,
but there are some others, Swede and Ultra Swede that look pretty
interesting too with active electronics that require batteries. The
fat ones are from a brick and mortar store in Md. and they play and
set them up before shipping [which is free] at a price of 485.00. A
trusted long time friend at W.L.A. Music has one and says they play
and sound like the real deal. I guess my milage could vary. Anyway
thanks for the help.

Ron
Living and playing outside the box.

http://www.myspace.com/ron45becker




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