Pure nickel strings

[paulgibson]

You guys that use pure nickel strings, what brand do you recommend and why? I generally use nickel wound D'adderio's but I'm thinking about going to pure nickel to save wear and tear on the frets plus, to capture a more vintage tone from my les Paul's.


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[BluesRock]

Fender Pure Nickels

 

[boyscout]

Pyramid Guitar Strings

Dealing with Strings and Beyond is as nice as the Pyramid strings. (I'm just a customer, a happy one.)

 

[Farquad]

Gibson Les Paul Signature strings. Light top, heavy bottoms and silky smooth to play. Absolutely love these strings.
Gibson Accessories LPS Les Paul Signature Nickel Electric Strings - .009-.046 | Sweetwater.com

 

[Bristol Posse]

Pyramid Guitar Strings

Dealing with Strings and Beyond is as nice as the Pyramid strings. (I'm just a customer, a happy one.)

Same experience here. Mike at strings and beyond is great and I love the Pyramid Nickel Classics (Round wound).
They cost more than other strings but I get a lot more life out of them so it evens out in the end

 

[CRobbins]

These work for me.

 

[The Archer]

GHS Burnished Nickel

 

[themightyjaymoe]

DR Pure Blues. Love 'em.

 

[Lungo]

I've had dozens of D'Addario Pure Nickel sets on my guitars and they are consistently good.

 

[Couldn'tStandTheWeather]

 

[dspelman]

I'm thinking about going to pure nickel to save wear and tear on the frets plus, to capture a more vintage tone from my les Paul's.

<*headscratch*>

I've on and off used pure nickel strings (and, okay, probably more often used cheap GHS Boomers interspersed with Markley Cold Steels when I'm thinking I need something fancy for a gig), but I'm not sure that I've seen either of the benefits you're looking for happen with pure nickel strings. I don't think they reduce wear and tear on the frets and you're not going to collect a more vintage tone from your Les Pauls unless you have a more vintage Les Paul.

Honestly, I think that changing strings more often does more for both of those ventures than anything else. Nothing like a corroded set of pure nickel strings to grind divots in your frets, and they sound and play like crap when they've gone off. And if you're working with a set of Burstbuckers or '57s in your LP, you're not going to get anything vintage out of them no matter how much you pay for strings.

That said, and that experience ignored, give the D'addarios a shot.

 

[uncajoey]

Fender Pure Nickels

+1

The best. Very soft feel, very "boingy" sounding on my Strats. Great tone and feel.

 

[BonamassaFan]

I use D'addario Pure Nickels, love all the D'addario stuff, they have been good to me. I love Pure Nickels, nice warm vintage tone

 

[BluesRock]

<*headscratch*>

... I don't think they reduce wear and tear on the frets...

Pure nickel strings definitely don't wear down frets as fast as the much harder steel and SS strings.

 

[paulgibson]

Quote:

Originally Posted by dspelman

<*headscratch*>

... I don't think they reduce wear and tear on the frets...

Pure nickel strings definitely don't wear down frets as fast as the much harder steel and SS strings.

I agree, science says so too.



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[X–Ray]

Stay-In-Tune (SIT) Pure Nickel (silly name, IMO - whatever)

Based on my guitar tech's recommendation more than a couple of years back

I like the way they sound, feel, and play - rarely break

Can't prove they're markedly better than all the various brands/types I've played in the past

It's as simple as I like them best by far (long history of playing GHS Boomers)

Purely subjective...



Results may vary and frequently do

 

[Lefty Elmo]

Gibson Les Paul Signature strings. Light top, heavy bottoms and silky smooth to play. Absolutely love these strings.
Gibson Accessories LPS Les Paul Signature Nickel Electric Strings - .009-.046 | Sweetwater.com

+1 on these! I've been using these strings for a few years now and love them!

 

[DOWNtheMILE]

For the over 20 years playing guitar, I've NEVER been loyal or stuck to a brand of strings... TO me, if you kept them fresh it didn't matter what name was on the package. All that mattered was the guage.

Then I bought a pack of these (same guage as pic and everything):

And since then, I haven't purchased a single other brand. I don't think it has ANYTHING to do with the fact that they say GIBSON on them. Like I said, string-wise, I never gave a damn about brand - just guage.

These, to me sound more consistent, have a tighter feel, and they're about $7 a pack here in Canada. Not the cheapest, but definitely not the priciest. So maybe psychological, but for those reasons, they sound/feel better to me.

Anyone else use those? I've got D'Addarios on my Fenders and GHS Boomers on my 7-string... Might try the Gibby Nickels on the Tele soon...

 

[politenessman]

i used to use dr pure nickels but my guitar seemed to buzz more on the bass side for some reason. so i moved on to pyramids max performance 9's Pyramid Maximum Performance Pure Nickel Hand Wound Electric Guitar Strings and t-i blues sliders 9's ,Thomastik-Infeld SL Sliders Round Wound Nickel Electric Guitar Strings also from strings and beyond.

 

[LenPaul]

D'Addario, I have em on different guitars from 9's to 11's. Why? cause they are cheaper than boutique strings
& sound just as good as anything else I've tried.