I’ve got a new Mexican Fender Standard Stratocaster which seems to be set-up well and playing nicely. I definitely enjoyed playing it at a rehearsal last weekend. However the new set of strings I put on last week are already sounding quite dull or dead, most noticeably the bottom E.
Before the last string change I put some Planet Waves LubriKit Friction Remover on the nut. My initial thought was that it may have had something to do with that, but it sounds dampened fretted up the neck as well as the open string. In comparison my Telecaster with the same kind of D’Addario EXL110s sounds really bright, when those strings have been on for much longer.
This is the first time I’ve changed the strings since buying it, so I’m not totally sure if it was like that before the string change.
Now that I think about it, I remember thinking a couple of the strings sounded a little bit dull when I put them on, although I’ve never really had a bad set of strings to be honest.
Anyway, I’m definitely going to put a new set on, but before I do so, should I check anything else, like the nut or saddles maybe?
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If it solves it then just wipe em down after each play and it could improve longevity.
Is the board maple or pau ferro?
Either way really i’ve always found new guitars are actually pretty filthy.
Most guitars I’ve owned leave my fingers grippier and blacker than usual, even by just a little. I guess the boards/frets are dirty from the factory or whoevers had their hands on it since.
Some manufactures also dye their boards, which residue usually comes off on your fingers, then into your strings as you play.
That would crud the strings up and make em dull.
Steel isn't trying to revert to iron. Rust is iron oxide not iron.
Rusting needs water to be present. It's a pretty safe bet that everything in the pack will be dry when it is sealed.
Nitrogen is used in the packing of food to make it last longer. It wouldn't surprise me if that's what D'Addario's "Vapor Corrosion Inhibitor" is.
I would guess it will be nitrogen or possibly some other inert gas like carbon dioxide. I've used D'Addario strings which have been unopened for years (odd packets of unusual gauges mostly) and never found any with corrosion or sounding odd.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein