non-nickel strings

[smopo24]

someone told me of a kid that has been trying to play electric guitar; but he has an allergy to nickel! does anyone know of any strings that do contain nickel? i thought i saw some made of gold and sliver, but i don't remember.

[mikegee]

i heard the same thing about abalone (shellfish)

[Nubus]

Originally Posted by smopo24

someone told me of a kid that has been trying to play electric guitar; but he has an allergy to nickel! does anyone know of any strings that do contain nickel? i thought i saw some made of gold and sliver, but i don't remember.

For some reason this piqued my intrest . After a bit of reading I am under the impression that most frets themselves are made of some percentage of nickel. I've found no-nickel fret wire on warmoth made entirely of copper, but that isn't what is on your average guitar.
I found a little bit on allergic reactions to the skin, that sucks. Nothing extensive though....
I guess Elixir might be the right thing, whichever one is the coating which does not shed as much? I can never remember which one that is since I don't play them.

[Professor Riffs]

Originally Posted by mikegee

i heard the same thing about abalone (shellfish)

Abalone, you're just being shelfish....

......think I had a wet dreeeaaaaaaaaam, cruisin' through the gulf streeeeeeaaaaaaaam................

[smopo24]

Originally Posted by Nubus

For some reason this piqued my intrest . After a bit of reading I am under the impression that most frets themselves are made of some percentage of nickel. I've found no-nickel fret wire on warmoth made entirely of copper, but that isn't what is on your average guitar.
I found a little bit on allergic reactions to the skin, that sucks. Nothing extensive though....
I guess Elixir might be the right thing, whichever one is the coating which does not shed as much? I can never remember which one that is since I don't play them.

that's insane; i never thought about nickel plated frets; or even hardware! man, this kid has his work cut out for him.

[Nubus]

Originally Posted by smopo24

that's insane; i never thought about nickel plated frets; or even hardware! man, this kid has his work cut out for him.

Yeah. I was thinking stainless steel strings at first, but even those are part nickel. Somehow on my search I ended up finding a page with links to manufacturers for allergen-free products, one was Goretex and linked to guitar strings. Aparently they make Elixir.

[smopo24]

Originally Posted by Nubus

Yeah. I was thinking stainless steel strings at first, but even those are part nickel. Somehow on my search I ended up finding a page with links to manufacturers for allergen-free products, one was Goretex and linked to guitar strings. Aparently they make Elixir.

yea, i gave them the contact information for a few string manufacturers....including elixir. i just remember seeing 10k gold strings a long time ago and wondered how practical they would be, and if they had nickel themselves.

[Bellringer]

Originally Posted by Professor Riffs

Abalone, you're just being shelfish....

......think I had a wet dreeeaaaaaaaaam, cruisin' through the gulf streeeeeeaaaaaaaam................

Hey Riffs. Who was the cornball who wrote that song? I used to have a copy of that. Man that was a stupid/funny list of puns.

[Professor Riffs]

Originally Posted by Bellringer

Hey Riffs. Who was the cornball who wrote that song? I used to have a copy of that. Man that was a stupid/funny list of puns.

That would be Kip Addotta. You can find it on the Dr. Demento compilation cd's.

[Whoopysnorp]

I never even really though about what my strings are made of. I use DRs. They are apparently stainless steel. Whatever they are, they're some radical strings.