That you should get one, and that if you get something different you’ll possibly always be thinking if only you’d got your fave.
I’ve done similar in so many ways, cars, holidays, musical instruments, meals in restaurants, women to name a few.
In my new band I’m just playing their current selection which is excellent aside from a couple of songs that I think are just ok. I suggested adding in Pump It Pump by Elvia Costello at some point and they’re all up for it so great that there’s a willingness there.
In an old punk covers band we would decide on a song then give it a go. After two times through it we would know if we would be able to proceed with it or not, some songs just didn’t work.
I think in this situation I would listen to which songs had been agreed upon them ask.
OK, now which of the songs we’ve all just agreed on do I not need to put the time & effort in on as some/all of you will not bother to do the same.
Might be confrontational but sometimes it’s necessary to fosters people off in order for them to listen.
Yes Elixirs are a good call, I get about 8 months to a year from a set. They don’t have that real fresh new string sound out of the pack, more like 2 week old sound but they retain it for so long that the slightly higher initial cost actually works out cheaper in the long run.
My earlier post re Warwick’s was more on a nickel like for like basis but thinking about it a set of steel Elixirs would probably match up quite nicely with EB Slinkys.
I used to have the same with Rotosound steel rounds, 3 to 4 weeks from them max. I read a recommendation about Warwick Red Label steels and tried them and found that I could get 2, maybe 2.5 months from them. Might be worth checking out the nickel version.
I find the irony of the modern music of my teens is that I hated it then but love it now. So working on that theory in 40 years time I’ll love the music of 2023.