Anything Quote by Steve Lukather

... I too once belived in the heavier gauge string as a superior tone source. However, thanks to the graciousness of B.B. King I…

— Billy Gibbons

It's a balance between getting the right string gauge that's thick enough where it sound good, and not rubber bands - but not too…

— John Petrucci

My philosophy is the thicker the wood the thicker the sound, the bigger the string the bigger the sound. My smallest string is a…

— Dick Dale

Aww, come on man, I can barely handle 6 strings.

— Kenny Hickey

I've discovered that sheer quantity doesn't necessarily make for a heavier sound; if anything, overdubs make guitars sound mushier.

— James Hetfield

About the only other thing I'd want would be a wider neck. My fingers are so fat that sometimes I deaden the string next…

— Terry Kath

It's amazing how well real strings blend with metal, like that whole sound.

— John Petrucci

if a violin string could ache, i would be that string.

— Anonymous

I don't feel that one instrument has more weight than others. Any sound that you can produce adds to your vocabulary of possibilities.

— Jerry Garcia

One of the basic things about a string is that it can vibrate in many different shapes or forms, which gives music its beauty.

— Edward Witten

The lute is tuned differently than the guitar and of course it has many more strings.

— Julian Bream

I was actually very surprised after using some plastic necklaces on the strings, as the sound was very bright. Sometimes I just put something…

— Volker Bertelmann