The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #100967   Message #3313379
Posted By: GUEST,josepp
25-Feb-12 - 03:59 PM
Thread Name: Guitar Strings: Elixir rant - THEY STINK!
Subject: RE: Guitar Strings: Elixir rant - THEY STINK!
You see? Half the people here love the Elixirs and the other half loath them. Now what more proof do you need that it's all in your head?

I remember reading an interview with one of Jimi Hendrix's roadies who said before each show Jimi would request a certain device box be brought out and plugged in. The roadie would bring it out. Jimi hated it, it sounds like shit, you know better than to bring me something this shitty sounding. So the roadie would bring another. Jimi hated it. This one sounds even worse than the first one, are you losing your hearing or you mind?? Get with the program and find me the right box! After 5 or 6 changes, the roadie decided that rather than go through all 30 boxes, he'd just bring out the first one that Jimi hated so much and plug it in. Viola! Jimi loved it. "You should have brought this own out the first time!" he'd say. Of course, the roadie never told Jimi the truth because it became SOP for him and made life on the road much easier.

I'll guarantee, I could do that with anybody here. I'll string your guitars and let you guess what strings they are and what strings they are not. 90% of you will get it wrong. The other 10% made lucky guesses.