Stainless Steel Strings Vs Nickel Wound Options

[Darius Wave]

Hey guys. Just wanted to share my thoughts after some strings experiments. For some time I was searching for a trick to brighten some of my dark sounding alder body guitar. First of all I changed the pickups...Indeed single coils with alnico magnets (especially Alnico 5) do add some nice, not harsh treble. But it was a first step. Still though some treble is missing so decided to try stainless steel strings and...I have to admit they realy add some extra amount of treble. Also I can confirm 2 popular, ofen mentioned aspects of stainless steel strings - they do feel more raw while doing slides and they do have stronger electro-magnetic field - more output. So those two step helped me do "un-muddy" the guitar which was basicly fat and even too warm/dark sounding.


What are Your expiriences with Stainless Steel strings? I'll only add that usually I'm a traditional nickel wound user

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