Reviewed By: Jac Harrison
Purchased from: Manufacturer
Street Price: $6.95 USD
What the manufacturer says:
All
of Kerly Music strings are seasoned through a patented metal tempering
process that exposes them to minus 320F and plus 350F for 24 hours. Their
treatment strengthens the string at the molecular level, ads tonal
crispness, increases durability and dramatically resists corrosive
elements that reduce the life and tone of your strings. Tuning is less
frequent, and a smoother surface feel is created with stellar
bendability.
Their CYCLECOAT™ process uses repetitive Hot/Cold, Hot/Cold, Hot/Cold
cycles that close up the microcracks that cause tonal loss and premature
breakage. It’s the microcracks in normal strings that allow a string
to go dead or break quickly. Their process closes up the cracks and their strings counteract sweat, corrosion and quick breakage.
Strings are all about metal, the type and how it interacts with your
fingers. Normal strings
are just that, normal. You can expect them to sound good right out of
the package, but after a limited amount of time they usually lose their
sound quality and some even break with hardly
picking them a hundred times. Coated strings use expensive coatings that
try to extend the sound quality of a string. This process is debated by
many and coatings do not make a string "feel real" or last longer
regarding to breakage.
There
are Cryogenic strings out there, which are defined by exposing the
metal to
extremely cold temperatures. Standard cryogenics does not show 100%
proven scientific
results. The only way to ensure more durability and extra wear
resistance is to temper
metal between both Hot and Cold. It’s the repetitive expansion and
contraction of the metal, due to both temperatures, that change its
structure giving it the added benefits.
Kerly strings are tempered strings. Exposing them to minus 320F and plus
350F for 24 hours changes the way they sound, feel and last. Metal
tempering has been used for centuries to improve the durability and wear
resistance of metals.
Sound
Guitar used:
Hand built Archtop (by me)
Cables used:
Mogami
Mogami
Amp Used:
Vox Pathfinder 15r
Impression:
I
have used DR Pure Blues on all my guitar since I first heard about them
a little over a year ago. I have tried many different pure nickel
strings only to be let down. The strings either where to slinky and
wouldn't stay in tune after a few bends or they just sounded dead out of
the box. I was excited to try these strings since a very reputable
sources told me about them. The guitar I strung up was my archtop that
has a Bigsby. I had a hard time bending the fishhook at the end of the
string to mount it on the Bigsby due to the amount of elasticity the
strings have, but after a few extra minutes she was all strung up and ready
to go. The sound was full and rich like you would want from round wound
pure nickle strings much like the DR's, but these where a little fatter
on the bottom end. The main difference was how the string reacted to my
fingers, instead of the string falling back in place after a bend it
felt like it was pulling itself back; much like a memory foam mattress.
After the initial stretching of the strings , I played for over an hour
and a half with minimal tuning. The guitar is setup with a Tusq nut and a
Tusq string saver saddle with Grover 18: 1 machine heads, so if she was
to come out of tune it would be the strings. I have played her for
about 5 hours since I put the Kerly strings on and she just needed minimal tuning on the G string. With that said after 5 hours of my playing the DR's would be almost dead.
My advice:
Try them, strings are all about your preference in sound. These strings will make your guitar and your fingers happy. Kerly Music also uses less packaging; and that is cool for the environment.
Kerly Music Corporation
8 Fleet Street
Jersey City, NJ 07306
(P) 917-689-8641
kerlymusic.com
Posted 05/2012
