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[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......

 

[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...