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Website:
www.firewirestrings.net/
Not
long ago my editor sent out a few sets of Fire Wire strings
for me to check out. I figured, “sure, I can always
use more strings”. After they arrived, I put them in
the drawer and did not give them another thought.
Not
long after that, my on-line buddies decided I needed a Telecaster.
So, they got together and sent the majority of the parts to
me as gifts.
So,
after I put it all together, I put on a set of my regular
brand of stings and started to set it up. When it came to
setting the intonation, I found it impossible to intonate
the bass strings. The tuner needle was all over the place,
and no matter what I did, I could not get it set.
 As
a last resort, I grabbed a set of Fire Wire strings and put
them on. After doing my “string stretching” exercises,
I tuned them up and set the intonation. When it came to set
the bass stings, the needle on the tuner was rock steady.
I made a few saddle adjustments and “Bingo”. I
was set.
Also,
with other strings, no matter how you stretch them, they seem
to stretch a bit more after a few days before they stayed
in tune. I found this not to be the case with FireWire strings.
They seemed “broken in” right after the initial
installation, and ready to play. Tuning also seemed to be
much easier to set, with very little needle jitter.
I
wrote Chuck, my editor and told him my observations. He just
laughed and told me to check out their web site.
So
I pulled up the web browser and hopped on over to the FireWire
strings site. Low and behold, what do I see? Right there on
their web page it states: “…the core wire…is
subjected to a pre- stretching technology. …Resistant
to premature breakage… require very little effort to
stay in tune, which is the result of pre-stretched core wire.”
All
I could say was “wow”. They made me a believer
without ever reading a spec of their marketing information.
Some are the highlights of these stings are: the pre-stretched
core, a tighter wrap that keeps them cleaner, and they are
magnetically enhanced to work with your pickups much better.
When
you go to their website, there are a lot more reasons why
they are such excellent strings, and I suggest you go there
and read about all of the features yourself. But for me as
a guitar player, I’m more concerned how they perform.
In
a nutshell, I can tune them quickly and easily, without needle
jitter on my tuner. They sound great, my guitars are much
easier to intonate, and they stay in tune right after installation,
instead of a few days later. Oh, and they seem to last forever!
Check
out a set of FireWire’s for yourself! I know you will
like them as much I as do!
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