M-Steel Strings!!

[DrKev]

Last year they gave us Cobalt wrap, now we have M-Steel for plain strings and core wires! As an ex-scientist, I LOOOVE to see innovation in the guitar market and I'm thrilled the EB are forging ahead with new materials for strings. Even more choice for guitarists! I can't wait to try these out!!

 

[LushTones AG]

Bass strings too?

Any word on them making flat-wound bass strings? Not that I have breakage issues; just looking for another option to the Thomastik JF44s I have played exclusively for 10+ years.

 

[DrKev]

Any word on them making flat-wound bass strings? Not that I have breakage issues; just looking for another option to the Thomastik JF44s I have played exclusively for 10+ years.

They'll do it if they think enough people will buy them and they'll announce it if they do. Until then you've got the usual choice of EB bass strings, including flats (chrome plated steel over a hex core, more mellow sounding than standard Slinky Bass strings)...

http://www.ernieball.com/products/bass-strings

 

[TNT]

Man, those are the "exact" strings I want on my guitar when I pull my tour of duty in the Middle East!!

 

[beej]

Saw that too ... pretty damn cool.

 

[RolleHarris]

Im sorry but what is M-steel?

 

[DrKev]

M-Steel = Marraging Steel, which is a high performance, ultra-high-strength, low-carbon steel, containing nickel, cobalt, molybdenum, and titanium.

 

[beej]

Try saying molybdenum three times fast.

 

[RolleHarris]

Yeah! Nice

 

[rutgart]

Can't wait to try them Out

 

[wired]

What's the wrap material on the wound strings in the m steel sets? Will these plain strings be combined w the cobalt wound strings?

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

What's the wrap material on the wound strings in the m steel sets? Will these plain strings be combined w the cobalt wound strings?

They are the cobalt wrap on an m-steel core. The plain strings are m-steel.

 

[JayDawg]

Hey Pete, do you know how much the M-Steel strings will be going for? Will they be the same price as the Cobalts? Also, what string is louder, the Cobalt's or M-Strings?
Thanks,
Jay

 

[TNT]

Try saying molybdenum three times fast.

I can't even say Molly three times fast!!


lol

 

[PeteDuBaldo]

Hey Pete, do you know how much the M-Steel strings will be going for? Will they be the same price as the Cobalts? Also, what string is louder, the Cobalt's or M-Strings?
Thanks,
Jay

Jay they are a couple dollars more than the cobalts but it isn't a huge difference. They are also "rps" if I remember Angelo correctly. The plain strings on the m-steel are noticeably louder than regular plain strings, along with having a full-bodied sound while the plain strings sound thin in comparison.

The differences between the core wires of the wound strings are not as obvious as the plain strings but they are still there.

 

[JayDawg]

Cool, thanks Pete! Might have to now be ordering some of these and Cobalts on my next order.

 

[sickindian]

Thats awesome still got 4 packs of Cobalts and really like them!!