What type of strings do you all like on your gitters?

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I use Elixir Nanoweb Custom mix sets, with 9's up to 46's. If you like your strings to last, try em. I can bend my 1st string all the way to heck, and I get good chunk on my first three strings.

Oh - almost forgot - Fret Ease spray, before and after playing, keeps em sweet. Plus, if you huff it, it will give you a buzz for hours.
 
I like the Elixer Nano's on my Martin. Very shimmery sound to them. EB Super Slinks on the E-geets for me thanks.
 
D'addarios, wound G on the Gibson, regular 10s on the So-Cal. I forget exactly what I use on my acoustic :confused: it's probably time to change strings :o
 
Elixir Nanoweb 10's or D'Addario 10's on the electrics. EXP's (mediums on one, custom lights on the other) on the acoustics. Fender flatwounds on the bass at present.
 
I always stuck with Boomers. I play 10's but in the old days it was always 9's. I may have even given 8's a shot.
 
Sirnothingness said:
I always stuck with Boomers. I play 10's but in the old days it was always 9's. I may have even given 8's a shot.
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Yeah I used 8s back in the '80s. I guess I liked breaking strings once or twice a week, and sounding like crap generally :o
 
ernie ball super slinky's

i even tune down to C# with them occasionally, and they still manage to sound good...i play mostly metal and other high-distortion stuff, and love the clarity that their bright-ish strings gives me
 
Until recently I was using Martin .012s on my acoustic and EB Regulars on my two electrics. Recently, however, I've put a set of Newtone Master Class gauge 011s (I fancied a change) on my acoustic and a set of Rotosound Roto Yellows (010s) on one of my electrics. The Newtones are excellent and the Rotos are sounding a lot better than I remembered from the last time I used them.

Both brands are made here in the UK :)
 
D'Addario's 9-42's on my Stratocaster and the Ibanez Roadsters and 10's on my Les Pauls.
For my Fender acoustic I use Dean Markley's 12-54's, Formula 82/R Wound on a round core.
 
Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinky for Fender scale electrics (9-46)

Ernie Ball Skinny Top Heavy Bottom for Gibson scale electrics (10-52)

Elixir Nanoweb Lights for acoustics (12-53)

D'Addario XL ProSteels on my basses (45-105)
 
10-52's on a fender strat or tele.

9-42's on a floyd equipped guitar.

Ernie Ball.
 
I just put my first set of D'Addario ProSteels on my bass...So far so good...I've always used RotoSound (Swing) and Boomers, so this will be a change...

D'Addario Phosphor Bronze and EXPs (12s) on the Seagull acoustic, lots of different brands on the electric (I keep having them given to me :cool: )...I'm liking the lighter guages less and less though.

Eric
 
I dig the ProSteels because they're bright as a mutha, which helps to cut through the mix in recordings. Definetly some rock n roll strings.
 
If we're talking gauges then:

On the acoustic: 11, 15, 22, 30, 40 and 50

On the LP copy: 10, 13, 17, 26, 36 and 46

And on the Strat copy: Ditto, except they're still Ernie's Regulars.
 
Ive heard about a lot of people using giant thick strings for tone ( Zakk W, Stevie Ray, etc) and I cannot figure out why. They are so damned uncomfortable to play on! I go as light as I can and I have been very happy with my tones...I guess there really is an ass for every seat, huh?
 
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Ive heard about a lot of people using giant thick strings for tone ( Zakk W, Stevie Ray, etc) and I cannot figure out why. They are so damned uncomfortable to play on! I go as light as I can and I have been very happy with my tones...I guess there really is an ass for every seat, huh?
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Heavier strings are easier to control.
 
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