Just Stringing You Along
Strings, Strings and more Strings For years I used DR Pure Blue 10 strings on my electric guitars and Martin SP 12s on my acoustic. Then I moved to 11s on my acoustic. Somewhere along the line, I switched to Dr Pure Blue 11s on my electrics. Damn nation, what a difference one hundredth of an inch makes in a guitar string. The 11s produce a fuller tone and the overtones and harmonics with the 11s are amazing on my electric guitars. Now, I am locked in with DR Pure Blue 11s on my electric guitars. Back to the acoustic... For many years I used Martin SP custom light strings (11s). On a whim, I tried a new set of D'Addario Nickel Bronze 11s. I loved the overall feel and tone, but the D'Addario wound strings are smaller than the Martin wounds. The big problem was the G string started buzzing because the string slid too far into the nut groove, resulting in the string being too close to the frets. I looked into replacing or repairing the nut groove, and also looked at