String-ing woes together

Strings

As guitarists, we may have musical differences, but we have a common enemy - rust.

Sure there are many who claim to have produced/manufactured the fabled anti-rust strings but then again If that was really true, no one will buy their products twice.

This morning I tried the Dean Markley Blue Steel Strings

- I've tried it before, but I didn't have a lasting impression of it - It was a quick job (pardon the pun) in and out, brought it to jam and it came back rusty already - no thanks to the wonders of air conditioning.


However this morning was different. I wonder if it the windy/cloudy vibe or what, but these strings feel really good.

They resonate well and long, it was easy to bend and vibrato - feels like I haven't even tighten the pegs.

But - there's always a but - I can' t get a feel to it. I'm using gauge 9 -42 instead of my usual 10-46. Nice to shred, but not nice to get all blues-ey with it.