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Well I changed out the stock Gibson Britewires on my 2013 SG Standard last night for a set of Ernie Ball Classic Rock Nickle strings......same gauge...10's.

BUT.

The Ernie Balls have noticibly more tension and the weird part is now bending feels a lot different...it feels as if the string is sticking to the frets....?Nickle on Nickle?


I am bummed out as I have like 12 sets of EB left.

I'll buy em off of you if you don't want them. PM me if you're interested.

I will give some thought to selling them off...I have them on my start and Heritage with good results.....the SG just feels weird....ALTHOUGH, the fretboard feels very, very smooth so I think the WAX they put on the fretboard might have something to do with this....guess I'll have to play it for a few hours and see what happens.

Not to cut on EB but I rememeber back in the days the EB strings would tarnish just taking them out of the package j/k

Do they look shiny or dull?
I doubt it is a nickel nickel thing as that is pretty standard.

not gonna lie, i have never once put on strings by a different brand and thought they felt any different than any other string of the same make and gauge.

They still make Brite Wires? I remembered those being shitty.

67mike wrote:I will give some thought to selling them off...I have them on my start and Heritage with good results.....the SG just feels weird....ALTHOUGH, the fretboard feels very, very smooth so I think the WAX they put on the fretboard might have something to do with this....guess I'll have to play it for a few hours and see what happens.

http://gorgomyte.com/

Try this. It's cheap, and it works for me.

(And even if it doesn't solve the situation with EB on your new guitar, you get shiny frets and a clean fretboard

soundgardener75 wrote:They still make Brite Wires? I remembered those being shitty.

That is what Gibson ships their guitars out with.

wrongnote85 wrote:not gonna lie, i have never once put on strings by a different brand and thought they felt any different than any other string of the same make and gauge.

The tension is noticibly higher with the EB. Might be difference in string material?

ke2 wrote:

67mike wrote:I will give some thought to selling them off...I have them on my start and Heritage with good results.....the SG just feels weird....ALTHOUGH, the fretboard feels very, very smooth so I think the WAX they put on the fretboard might have something to do with this....guess I'll have to play it for a few hours and see what happens.

http://gorgomyte.com/

Try this. It's cheap, and it works for me.

(And even if it doesn't solve the situation with EB on your new guitar, you get shiny frets and a clean fretboard

I like to use Fret Dr on my rosewood.

But I will pick some of that up.

67mike wrote:

wrongnote85 wrote:not gonna lie, i have never once put on strings by a different brand and thought they felt any different than any other string of the same make and gauge.

The tension is noticibly higher with the EB. Might be difference in string material?

idk, maybe. do you cut them the same length and whatnot?

wrongnote85 wrote:

67mike wrote:

wrongnote85 wrote:not gonna lie, i have never once put on strings by a different brand and thought they felt any different than any other string of the same make and gauge.

The tension is noticibly higher with the EB. Might be difference in string material?

idk, maybe. do you cut them the same length and whatnot?

I wrapped way more string on the post than Gibson did. But since the distance from the post to bridge doesn't change I do not see that as the issue