It used to be hard to get wound G strings. They were called "jazz G" cause the Jazz guys used them wound the rock guys would want unwound. I have heard stories of people unwinding the G in the old days to get the rock sound. Ernie Balls are rock strings known for their "super slinky" style low gauge strings never would have a set of with wound G later in time they had a slightly broader range of strings. Of course a 23 would be a D string in a normal 10 set I believe.

D'addario were always jazz strings and always had both sets of the wound and unwound "g' available. For years when I would buy sets of strings starting with a 13 as the E string (which have a wound g as a 23) I had to get D'addario and the sales guy always assumed I was a jazz musician because they were they type of string Chet Atkins or Bucky Pizerelli used.

This does not make the Guitar Center guy make any more sense but thought it might be interesting.

Big John wrote:Of course a 23 would be a D string in a normal 10 set I believe.

In an Ernie Ball 10 set (Regular Slinky), the D is a 26. It's probably a 23 in the 8 set (Super Slinky? Ultra Slinky? Embarrassingly Slinky?).

burun wrote:Today, at the GC on 14th street:

Me: I need some single strings, any brand you have will be OK but I prefer D'addario or Ernie Ball.

GC Guy: The only singles we have are Ernie Ball.

Me: OK, that's cool. Here's what I need. There's four different gauges, and they are all wound.

GC Guy: Not all strings come wound.

Me: I know, but these do.

GC Guy: Are you sure?

Me: Yeah, I'm sure.

GC Guy: OK, what are they?

Me: 46 wound, 42 wound, 24 wound, 22 wound. I need two of each, except the 24's, those I need six of.

GC Guy, rifling through the string boxes: That's going to be one strange sounding guitar. I don't think they make wound 22's.

Me: I am sure they do.

GC Guy: How do you know?

Me: 'cos I use them all the time.

GC Guy: Do the packages say wound on them?

Me: Yes. D'addario NW022's. That's what I use.

GC Guy: We only have Ernie Ball.

Brawndo's got what plants want. It's got electrolytes.

stewie wrote:A couple of years ago I was chatting to a guy in Daddy's in Nashua, NH about drum recording. Here's the exchange:

Me: My drum recordings are still pretty amatuerish. I probably need lots more experience and better gear before I'll get better sounding drum tracks.

Rep: I've been recording drums for 20 years, and I can give you the secret to making drums sound amazing.

Me: Uh...really? How?

Rep: Compress everything. Compress the hell out of the drums. You won't believe how they will sound.

Ahh yeah, that classic New England Cheez Metal DOOGADOOGA!!!WHAPPATAWHAPPATA!!!!DOOKATADOOKATA!!!!! drum sound. Just make sure that the you add enough gated reverb to ensure that the Meter remains a constant unblinking line stopped dead at 0db. To really get it right though, you have to use a really cheap Alesis Comp and cheapo Peavey dynamic mics that have been bathed and marinated overnight in partially digested Coffee Brandy.

otisroom wrote:

burun wrote:Today, at the GC on 14th street:

Me: I need some single strings, any brand you have will be OK but I prefer D'addario or Ernie Ball.

GC Guy: The only singles we have are Ernie Ball.

Me: OK, that's cool. Here's what I need. There's four different gauges, and they are all wound.

GC Guy: Not all strings come wound.

Me: I know, but these do.

GC Guy: Are you sure?

Me: Yeah, I'm sure.

GC Guy: OK, what are they?

Me: 46 wound, 42 wound, 24 wound, 22 wound. I need two of each, except the 24's, those I need six of.

GC Guy, rifling through the string boxes: That's going to be one strange sounding guitar. I don't think they make wound 22's.

Me: I am sure they do.

GC Guy: How do you know?

Me: 'cos I use them all the time.

GC Guy: Do the packages say wound on them?

Me: Yes. D'addario NW022's. That's what I use.

GC Guy: We only have Ernie Ball.

Brawndo's got what plants want. It's got electrolytes.

If you don't like brawndo! FUCK YOU!

endofanera wrote:

Big John wrote:Of course a 23 would be a D string in a normal 10 set I believe.

In an Ernie Ball 10 set (Regular Slinky), the D is a 26. It's probably a 23 in the 8 set (Super Slinky? Ultra Slinky? Embarrassingly Slinky?).

D is a 24 in a super slinky set.

Here's the kicker: though 4 of the six strings are, technically, D strings, they are all tuned to E.

D'Piucchstre wrote:Ahh yeah, that classic New England Cheez Metal DOOGADOOGA!!!WHAPPATAWHAPPATA!!!!DOOKATADOOKATA!!!!! drum sound. Just make sure that the you add enough gated reverb to ensure that the Meter remains a constant unblinking line stopped dead at 0db. To really get it right though, you have to use a really cheap Alesis Comp and cheapo Peavey dynamic mics that have been bathed and marinated overnight in partially digested Coffee Brandy.

If my skin hadn't just grown over my mouth from the face-melting, I would be LOLing like crazy/

I'm leaving the string and drum convo's behind for a new addition. There's a store in Grand Rapids called 'Rainbow music' which I consider quite legit, but they have no control over their consumers apparently. Keep in mind, this is REAL.
Players: Dude With earrings and bandana (DB) and Dude with lip ring (DL)

DB: ... oh anything that's really loud, it's just a huge room...
DL: (from another aisle)Hey, a Line 6 TUBE amp?
DB: Yeah dude, it's totally awesome.
DL: Wierd
DB: I know, I never really subscribed to tubes dude, but when Line 6 put it out I was like, "Wow, they're totally viable"

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!! I hate people sometimes... killyourself, if you remeber the words verbatim and they're more hilarious, please... overpost me.

Octopus Alaska wrote:killyourself, if you remeber the words verbatim and they're more hilarious, please... overpost me.

the only difference was that in reality, they didn't speak so eloquently. and the one guy said "I always hated tubes".