Ed_S Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Last Friday I ordered a few sets of new strings and threw in some pressure-wound (Roto) and half-round (D'Add) sets just to see if I was missing out on anything. The pressure-wounds went on my USA Standard P on Saturday morning and, despite being quite underwhelmed by their unamplified tone, they came alive once plugged in and I spent pretty much all my free time over the weekend plonking merrily away, rather impressed by their 50s rock 'n roll and acoustic accompaniment potential. Happy customer. Tonight I decided to give the half-rounds a blast on my Blacktop J, and frankly I wish I hadn't bothered. They're really not the sound I want, which is a subjective thing and, in fairness, ascertaining that fact was kinda the point of the exercise. What I'm really left wondering about is the feel of the strings themselves, because from this perspective alone they appear to be highly inconsistent; the E is smoother than a round but still ridged like the pressure-wounds, the A and D are much smoother and flatter, whilst the G is back to being very lightly ridged, but relatively less so than the E. They just feel like I've pulled a set of random strings from different manufacturers together in desperation, stuck them on and hoped for the best! Has anybody else tried these and had similar or different experiences? Any long-term users who can tell me if this is a bad pack or if what I have is how they should be and I just really don't 'get them'? I certainly won't be buying any more myself, but I don't like to formulate what will be a lasting opinion on the basis of only one potentially uncharacteristic experience. p.s. anybody interested in such things, look out for a potential to-go thread in the freecycle section just as soon as I get them off and some plain steel rounds back on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Rich Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 (edited) My biggest problem with the Rotos is they go dead very quickly (at least all mine have) I've not had a problem with the D'Addarios feeling different, however I've had a couple of sets where the E and low B string aren't long enough for the windings to reach the nut despite being Super Long Scale sets. The other strings were plenty long enough, about 2 inches more windings Edited April 25, 2012 by Fat Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foal30 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 just put a new set of 1/2's on this week and no issue woth consistency of feel. they are brighter than I remeber however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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