So i'm fooling around on my PRS today without going through an amp, and I notice that my low string seems very lifeless. I have not been able to order my usual strings in some time, so I had been using GHS Zakk Wylde sets (10-60's). These strings seem to die very fast and leave me with a rubber-band sound after a few days. I decide to go in search of strings that wont die so fast, and I know that I dont want to spend an hour at my closest GC watching the guy look at acoustic strings when I'm asking for electrics, so decide to visit the mom-an-pop stores around town.
First I go to the little father-daughters owned store down the street. I've known them for years and I'm on a first-name basis with the father. I ask around, thinking I'll try something new, but they dont have the guages I need...It sucked cause the daughter that was helping me out was gorgeous, and I wanted to hang around asking for things that didnt exsist just to flirt for a bit...I'm a sad man
So the next stop in my travels was the family owned store in the next town. Service is usually so-so depending on which family member you are talking to. Well today they had some new help, so I was a bit wary. I go up and ask if they have any strings that go up to a .056, maybe even a 7-string set I can fiddle with. He hands me a pack of DR 11-50's saying that strings dont come bigger then that. I found this interesting, wondering what I've been using these past few years.
Anyway, I see a pack of DR 12-52's and decide to grab those and a single .059 (thought they only came as big as 50?) and a single plain .022 (I cannot stand wound "G" strings). He asks why I need strings so heavy in a very condescending way. I thought "Oh here we go." I reply that band plays in Drop B and Drop A# along with various open tunings based around those. He asks what guitar I play, and I think "Oh god, dropped tunings, and a PRS, he's gonna go on about nu-metal now." I say a PRS Cu22. He says there's no point in tuning to anything but standard, and that all the grats like Page, Vaughan, and Hendrix only played in standard. I couldnt believe it honesly. I thought Page was a fan of alternates at times? And I know SRV tuned down 1/2 step, as well as Hendrix I believe. He asks what music my band plays, and I say Hard Rock, similar to Dark New Day, and Sevendust. He goes "oh nu-metal crap?" What a way to talk to your customers.
I grabbed the strings and walked out shaking my head, mentioning to the owner on my way out that I would not be back unless they did something about that employee. Is it really wrong that I enjoy the sound of a low B chugging away, really like open tunings, and decided a while back that my hands are too small for a 7 string? I mean COME ON!
Thanks for reading my rant.
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