Originally Posted By: bobcflatpicker
ROG,

If you're just setting up the acoustic to sit around and noodle on the couch, then electric strings do make it easier. But they sound like crap.

If you do want to actually play an acoustic guitar, then man up and use acoustic strings. wink

It's worth it to just hear what an acoustic guitar actually sounds like.

Hi Bob,
Here's a challenge for you then.
A short while ago I posted a tune called "One Morning" on the Showcase. This is a link to the thread-
https://www.pgmusic.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=610165&page=1
About ten minutes before I recorded that track, I'd just re-strung the Taylor with Rotosound 11/48 steel.
I don't like playing anything critical with strings that haven't settled, but at the time I didn't intend to use the track for anything -
it was just one take whilst I tested the action. Still, it will serve as an example.
Listen to the track, read ALL the reviews and let have your comments, good or bad - I know you won't hold back!
At the end of the day, I've spent my life in studios. I'm a session player, not a live performer and the steel strings have served me well for about fifty years without complaint.
Having said that, you can't please all the people.....

ROG.

EDIT - It occurs to me that in the almost nine years I've been on the forum, I don't remember hearing
anything which you've played. Maybe you could "man up" as you say, and play something with your acoustic
strings, so that we can have a comparison. smile

Last edited by ROG; 09/30/20 12:03 PM.
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