String wear!

[DG1 (Chris Halbach)]

@Hadoe

@DG1

@Hadoe

@DG1

Material: The basic materials used in most strings are cotton, polyesther, and nylon in some cases. All of these are fine, but poly and nylon hold tension better but are rougher. You can get 50/50 poly/cotton, but it’s preference.

If you have any questions, please ask.

Poly and Nylon are rougher? I’m pretty sure you’ve got that backwards.

Ehh, I guess so.

To me, though, Poly is rougher at first than cotton, but slides along the hand better.

What kind of Poly are you talking about?

My YYE poly is a bit rougher than cotton at first to me, but that could just be me.

[jhb8426 (Resident Curmudgeon)]

@Morgoroth

What do you guys mean when you say the string is worn out?

It gets ratty looking and stiff, looses the spring. Breakage is less of a problem with poly or slick than with cotton.