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Old 01-04-2008, 07:16 PM   #1
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Tonight I shall be restringing my Precision for the first time since 1988 !!!!!!

I was shocked at the price of a set of flatwound strings !!! Best part of £30....wtf?

I don't play it much.
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Old 01-04-2008, 09:55 PM   #2
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ouch 1988 thats a looong time ago were ur strings not falling to bits i need to change the strings on my basses once a year or they sound like crap and i thought i was gettin my moneys worth esp since i use the elixir strings on both my precision copy and my esp f255 how the hell did u get ur strings to last that long???
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Old 01-07-2008, 06:57 PM   #3
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how the hell did u get ur strings to last that long???
I left the bass in its case.

LOL
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Maybe we need to start a list of players Who never changed their strings:

James Jameson, Bernard Edwards .............................................
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Old 01-09-2008, 06:54 AM   #5
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amen to elixir, they're totally worth the extra bucks
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Old 01-09-2008, 10:40 AM   #6
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Tonight I shall be restringing my Precision for the first time since 1988 !!!!!!

I was shocked at the price of a set of flatwound strings !!! Best part of £30....wtf?

I don't play it much.
That's over £1.50 a year!
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