> Do you prefer Mapes Gold Wire over Roslau (I gather you do)? What > differences do you find? Others care to comment? > > David Love I've recently started using the Mapes IG, and I like it. It is more uniform in color and temper than anything else I've used. Cleaner too. Blackfinger and understring felt marking are much less with the Gold. I'm told it has a higher tensile strength than Roslau, but I haven't managed to get actual figures on it. I can't tell if there is any difference in sound or not. Too many other variables. But I do like it. Oh yes, one more thing. Mapes IG, like Roslau, also requires at least one small blood sacrifice with each stringing. Some things don't change. Does anyone out there have the breaking strength figures on the Mapes IG? Ron N
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