Ahhhhh, as fir dead strings.... As far as I'm concerned, the deader the better...

Yeah, Iwas down in Mississippi last month workin' on a CD and I shipped tow reso's with "so-called" dead strings UPS and carried on my "so-called" dead stringed Martin with me on the plane.... Din'd even tune them down since I usually play it in a severely Bobertized tunin'.... (ahhhh, fir those with courage, it's EBEBBE... can wail on it...)

But, I'm proud to say that all the dead strings held up thru the 33 songs I recorded over 3 days... I was most proud of my 1934 Dobro tenor resonator... That little guitar not only held up but with 2 year old strings prolly provided me with the signiture cut of the session, "Preachin' Blues"...

But, no matter, Martins still rule (in most cases)...

Bobert