Re: Unused String Life
Originally Posted by
Willie Poole
...they had some OLD Black Diamond mandolin strings and I bought a few sets at a bargain price and they weren`t good at all, might have been a different alloy than what is being used today...
But that was my experience with Black Diamond strings when they were new, 50 or so years ago. I used to get them for my first banjo -- mainly because that was all the local music stores had -- and on a good day, they were just south of adequate.
Black Diamond was not a respected brand back then, though they obviously did a good job of marketing them around my neck of the woods. I understand they're a lot better now, perhaps because there's a lot more competition, and they had to "up their game."
If a string's protected from excess humidity, not exposed to temperature extremes, and never subjected to tension or wear, no reason it shouldn't remain usable almost indefinitely.
Allen Hopkins
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