what strings do you use???

[Monster]

i have not seen a thread started yet about this so thought i would, what strings do you use size company if you have a fav....

for me i switch between 9s and 10s depends on the guitar on what i use for size...


for brand Dr strings sounds amazing, but they cost a bit more, i also use D'addario , but even with brand of string i find some brands feel and sound better on some guitars and and suck on others... it all comes down to each guitar really...

[MrSandMan]

Good topic man!

I usually use GHS 10s. I'm thinking of going heavier next time around.

[senor_penguin]

Ernie 10's FTW

[jackal]

Ernie Ball Slinky top Heavy bottom...

[V-Type]

Ernie Ball Slinkys or GhS Boomers. 10's.

[Redline68]

I bounce around fairly frequently...trying out dif brands when I can pick them up cheap. Usually, though, I end up back with D'addario.

For the most part, I use 10's.

[indytruckboy]

EB Rock&Roll 10s

[floydmoline]

i prefer ernie ball hybrids (11-52), but most stores seem to NOT carry them, so when they don't have hybrids i grab power slinkys (11-48) when they don't have either hybrids, or power, i go with EB standard 12s if they don't have any of those 3 i go home and play on old rusty strings :-P

[torgeot]

Hmmm you can tell I'm from the 80's I use 9's. I like a hybrid set 9-46 or 10-52 I used any brand I can buy, although I prefer EB.

[Monster]

Hmmm you can tell I'm from the 80's I use 9's. I like a hybrid set 9-46 or 10-52 I used any brand I can buy, although I prefer EB.


yea i find most folks i talk to who grew up in the 80s or plays 80s stuff use 9s...

i only use 9s.... i find i get better tone with 9s.. plus my floyd guitars work better with 9s

[MrSandMan]

Sweet avatar and sig man lol

I sent ya a pack of GHS rockets .09, let me know you like those-

[Monster]

Sweet avatar and sig man lol

I sent ya a pack of GHS rockets .09, let me know you like those-


will do.. i will put them on my sx with floyd guitar i got coming in the mail tomorrow...... i have never tried ghs strings either in all the years i have been playing...... so will be fun to try...

[Monster]

i been trying out a pack of GHS rock-its 9s and must say very good sound... they feel a bit more stiffer as to not move around playing heavy unlike other strings.... these 9s feel like 10s but play and sound like 9s... if that makes sense......

:sweet:

[jackal]

I find that a bit bigger string has a better sustain..i think.. i just find they have a deep thinker sound, not tiny or twangy... or maybe i', just stuck in my ways lol

[Monster]

I find that a bit bigger string has a better sustain..i think.. i just find they have a deep thinker sound, not tiny or twangy... or maybe i', just stuck in my ways lol

no you are right thicker strings i think do have more thicker sound, but i sustain comes down more to your action hight .. also each brand sounds and plays different i can take a set of 9s and a set of 10s from to company's and they might both get same sound.. also depends on pickups etc.... on how strings sound...

[floydmoline]

thicker strings = more mass = greater sustain...... simple physics :-D

[jeffreyliu838]

I use Ernie Ball Not So Slinkies (?). Not sure if I got the name right, but they're the 12's.

[floydmoline]

12's are "not even slinky" :-D trust me i know these things LOL

[floydmoline]

i believe 11's are "not so slinky" but don't quote me on that

[jeffreyliu838]

I use those blue green packaged ones. Those are really nice. I dunno why, but I can't play that well without at least .11's strings. Light strings are just so unresponsive for me. I play in E standard, too. Light strings just go all over the place. Heavier strings not only sound better, but the last longer, and are just as playable, if not more, playable than lighter gauge strings. Just me two cents.

[Bizarro Stu]

Dean Markley nickel steel 11-52's

or some power slinks if I'm feeling bendy :tongue:

[Monster]

seems allot of folks like ernie ball strings

[floydmoline]

+1 jeffreyliu838

ernie balls were the original steel strings that you could mix and match, what hendrix used before moving to the UK, i think they started in a mom and pops music store in california, either way for me they used to have standard sets that i liked so i didn't have to make a custom set..... the hybrids used to have a wound 3rd string that i LOVED but they stopped doing that a few years back...... i am about to start making custom GHS deals just so i can get what i want 12-54 with a wound G string

[MetalMac]

I use DR's exclusively on both acoustic and electric. I really haven't found a better sounding string. :w:

[Monster]

I use DR's exclusively on both acoustic and electric. I really haven't found a better sounding string. :w:


i love Dr strings and found they have a nice heavy sound to them and feel great and play nice... good choice but here in michigan at least in stores around jackson they cost 14 bucks a pack... so i dont buy them much

[characterzero]

I usually use either D'addarios or EB Slinkys in .9s or .10s.

[Redline68]

I mostly use D'addario 10's, but I often try other brands just for a change. I sometimes use Elixir's on my acoustic.

[characterzero]

I've heard Elixir makes great acoustic strings but that their electric strings are really odd. Anyone like the electric Elixirs?

[floydmoline]

never tried them, irc they are significantly more expensive than the others and that may be why i've never tried them

[characterzero]

^ True, they are very expensive. I can get a 3pack of D'addarios for the same price as one pack of Elixirs. That's pretty crazy.

[Redline68]

I've heard Elixir makes great acoustic strings but that their electric strings are really odd. Anyone like the electric Elixirs?


I've used the Elixir electrics. They're good. They do last longer. The coated strings are a bit slippery and that bothers some people...the flip side is that finger noise is reduced. I liked them for a guitar I had that had a problem nut. The teflon coating solved the nut-binding problem until I could properly fix it.

[Vintageheadbox]

GHS Boomers Custom Lights

[Sportsguy]

Ernie Balls



I have a whol wide variety of them. Bought a ton when I first got a guitar 5 years ago. And to think, I had to ge tthe guy at the store to string it for me back then. :jumpgrin:

[JulieT]

D'addario makes great acoustic strings. I love the feel and sound.