Post by Garland on Dec 11, 2021 15:57:06 GMT -5
I had a set of Ernie Ball silk and steel 11-52 strings- I put them on my cheap Guitar Center Mitchell 0120 CESB and dang- sounded pretty good- no where near the Red Rocket, but, not bad- quite a bit of volume too, which shocked me- I thought silk was supposed to dampen the volume- but both this one and the Rocket have good volume-
There is a buzz in the B and E strings, if I get too rambunctious, I think is the saddle- it has some pretty good grooves in it- I removed the saddle and lightly filed and sanded them down- but, it's still there- I polished the frets with 800 grit sand paper and applied some of that McKnight fret board balm to the fret board and the bridge- I noticed, for the first time, how rough the fret board is on this thang- the wood seems to be left overs - it has a lot of deep grain pores in it- it doesn't affect the playing, at least not mine, but, up close and personal it ain't pretty- I guess that goes with 180 dollar guitar territory 
