whats your favorite strings ?

[branmak]

what's your favorite guitar strings and why?

[Jimmy P]

pyramid max performance. Cause they are the best sounding, best feeling, longest lasting strings I've ever played. Plus they are hand made in Germany and have silk wrapped ends, which is just freakin cool IMO.

[oxtone]

Everly Music B-52's, made with "Alloy 52". They are bright, and sound BIG when you install them, and they last a good, long time. Great tone from these. They also have a good feel to them - not too stiff, or not too slinky. Can't find them in stores, so I get them from web site's. A bit pricey these days, as Everly raised the price for them - too bad.

[Mesanixta]

Im not sure. Sounds funny, but I put some strings on 3 of my guitars at the same time with 3 different brands and found that one had the best feel and tone I have ever had. So Im in the process of buying the three different brands and trying them but I heavily suspect it DR Pure Blues. Before that it was Thomastik-infeld Blues sliders.

[1fastdog]

Snake Oil Brand vintage. Feel, tone, longevity.

[Harvesterofsorrow]

http://www.drumza.com/images/DunlopNickelPlatedSteelElectricGuitarStringsMedium HeavyStandard.jpg
the best, ive tried em all and these are what i keep coming back too, they feel and sound better and last longer too!

[drjordan]

I use GHS on everything. Burnished Nickel on electric guitar: they are made for bending and I have B- and G-bender system on my guitar and these stay in tune better than any other string I've tried. I use White Bronze on my resonator guitar because they sound great and last longer than any other string I've tried on it. I use Infinity Bronze on my acoustic just because they sound good.

[fritferret]

dr pure blues 11s. love the feel and tone. these sound darker to me, no nasty highs.

[llamaiguana]

I put some daddarios with coating on my epiphone that I really like. The coating is very thin, but the strings are lasting a long time. They also don't seem as stiff as the elixers that I very briefly tried ( but maybe it was more the guitar). Good strings.

[Flyin' Brian]

DR Pure Blues
D'Addario Chromes

[spitshineguitars]

Ernie Ball 10's. I have never broken one and they are available everywhere.

[Holy Schnikes]

DR Tite Fit 10-50

[JRBain]

http://www.alangregory.co.uk/music/Rotosound_Red_Guitar_Strings_s.jpg

These.

The best feeling, sounding and lasting strings I have ever used, not to mention the cheapest. Simply unbelievable. It's quite amazing to me how good they make my cheap guitars sound, let alone how nice they are to play. The difference between these and the EB strings I was using before is quite remarkable. :aok

[Joe Porto]

Snake Oil Brand Vintage here too (10-46). Yep, I'm a light sting playing girly man.

Biggest reason: consistent tone. They're not overly bright when new, but tone stays consistent as they age. I spend less time stringing up guitars and more time playing.

[mkg]

Everly Music B-52's, made with "Alloy 52". They are bright, and sound BIG when you install them, and they last a good, long time. Great tone from these. They also have a good feel to them - not too stiff, or not too slinky. Can't find them in stores, so I get them from web site's. A bit pricey these days, as Everly raised the price for them - too bad.

These...and lucky for me, my local store carries them.

[big mike]

Curt Mangan 10 guage nickel plated. Sometimes the pure nickel.

Tell you're local store to Carry them! Curt's whippin the big boys butts as far as consistancy and how well they sound, feel and stay in tune.

[Woodenfish]

http://www.alangregory.co.uk/music/Rotosound_Red_Guitar_Strings_s.jpg

These.

The best feeling, sounding and lasting strings I have ever used, not to mention the cheapest. Simply unbelievable. It's quite amazing to me how good they make my cheap guitars sound, let alone how nice they are to play. The difference between these and the EB strings I was using before is quite remarkable. :aok
:agree 'cept I get 9's

[Thwap]

http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i40/LPdonkey/thomastik.jpg

After trying everything I could get a hold of, I've settled on these.
Pyramids are awfully good strings as well.

[JRBain]

:agree 'cept I get 9's
I would call you a girly man, or to be more British, a pansy, for your string gauges, but I'm glad you also have such enlightened taste. ;):D:JAM

[jb1911]

SOB vintage 9-42 on my Strat and Tele.

[bbenhull]

Ernie Ball 10's. I have never broken one and they are available everywhere.

:agree

[branmak]

just bought 2 sets in the quest for my favorite...got some Curt mangan 10-46, that i will try first. Also got some GHS pure nickle bursnished string....I will post some comments soon on those...thanks for the input, it's appreciated...got some cool stuff to try out :)

[branmak]

Are they easy to play? ~ is the tension low? - they sound like nice strings to me :)

[spitshineguitars]

Snake Oil Brand Vintage here too (10-46). Yep, I'm a light sting playing girly man.



Hey, me too. I used to play with 12's. Then went to 11's...then had a wrist injury and I'm staying with 10's. I would rather jump off a bridge than go to 9's!

[Rockin J]

Fender Super 250's

[plaintopper]

Gibson Vintage Reissue Nickel 10-46 on Les Pauls/humbucker guitars, Dean Markley nickel-steel electric 9-42 on Fenders/single coil guitars.

Currently trying a set of Elixir Nanowebs on my G0 -- had them on a couple weeks, not really warming up to them, sound or feel.

[swollen303]

Curt Mangan 10 guage nickel plated. Sometimes the pure nickel.

Tell you're local store to Carry them! Curt's whippin the big boys butts as far as consistancy and how well they sound, feel and stay in tune.


Big Mike is right. Formerly a DR pure blues player, but too many issues. (inconsistent and intonation issues.)
Got a sample of the Curt Mangan nickle plated and loved them. Pure nickel is good too, but harder to find.

BTW, one of the local stores carries the nickle plated. Easy to pick some up on the way home, etc.

[Indiana Tones]

GHS David Gilmour LP set

[natmiss]

Dean Markley. cheap and good

[branmak]

GHS David Gilmour LP set

i think Gilmour could play a broomstick trough a cleanex box strung with rubber bands and it would sound amazing....but i am skeptical about those endorsements deals...

[Indiana Tones]

i think Gilmour could play a broomstick trough a cleanex box strung with rubber bands and it would sound amazing....but i am skeptical about those endorsements deals...

Agreed! I just had to try them. The 10.5-50 seemed like the right recipe. Going back and forth between lime green slinkys 10-46 and skinny top heavy bottoms 10-52.

Diggin them!

[hagerty]

Acoustic- DR sunbeams. Last long time, brings out a lot of tone. Electric- daddario jazz rock, I really like the gauge of these, and I've used daddario forever.

[archtopjazz]

Ernie Ball 10's. I have never broken one and they are available everywhere.

+1.

[piperman]

^^^ +2

Great strings, been using them for years. Nicely priced, sound good. Can't ask for much more.

[oxtone]

These...and lucky for me, my local store carries them.

mkg - what does your local store charge for a set of the Everly B-52's? Just curious...

[mkg]

mkg - what does your local store charge for a set of the Everly B-52's? Just curious...

I usually buy two sets, and if memory serves I got out the door for about $11 last time.
If I'm in the neighborhood tomorrow I'll stop in and doublecheck.

[Woodenfish]

I would call you a girly man, or to be more British, a pansy, for your string gauges, but I'm glad you also have such enlightened taste. ;):D:JAM

I buy my Rotosound pinks in the double decker packages by the fist full. Does that make me a BIG fag.:banana :rotflmao

[hazel-rah]

the 5th and 6th strings because they're usually the root notes

[mkg]

oxtone, I just got back from the store. Bought two sets of B52s @ $5.50 each.
The store marks them at $10.99/set then gives a 50% discount.
Having checked the current online prices, I think the sticker price will go up a bit with the next batch, but they'll still do the discount.

[Tenebrous]

Acoustic strings:

http://www.firstqualitymusic.com/images/product/2764/P_2764_L00.jpg

Electric Strings:

http://www.pedalgeek.com/images/product_pics/eb/eb2221.jpg

[Luke V]

Ernie Ball 10s for me too. Very consistant and you get them on sale at a great price. I change strings a lot, I just like the sound and feel of new strings. Two gigs and out.

[Tenebrous]

Ernie Ball 10s for me too. Very consistant and you get them on sale at a great price. I change strings a lot, I just like the sound and feel of new strings. Two gigs and out.

Same. Can buy 10 packs of Ernie Balls for like £40-£50 :JAM

[walkers]

I'm digging elixir nano's, they sound great for sooo long and seem to tame the Tele a bit...in a good way.

[musicman1]

[QUOTE=Luke V;10184159]Ernie Ball 10s for me too. Very consistant and you get them on sale at a great price.

This. I actually go on the GC or MF websites, download the item ad and carry it into a GC store where they match the price. Usually get a case of 12 sets for around $3.30 a set. Great strings for that price. I get about 3 gigs out of them and lot of practice time. They are very well made and consistant. They intonate every time and I only need to reset my intonation if I change string heights. I once had an issue with d strings breaking at the locking tuner post of a MM JP6. It could have been the strings or the tuner but to compensate, the company send me half a dozen .026 wound strings, a MM t-shirt and other assorted things.

Im not crazy about the tin foil packaging but I guess it doesnt hurt either.

I find D'Addarios to be the same way but prefer the EBs overall. I personlly cant see spending alot more money on strings especially coated. It gets too miniscule in the details to be worth alot more unless you want to string a gtr and leave a set on for several months or a year.

[solitaire]

GHS Sub Zero Boomers for electrics and Laurence Juber Signature for Acoustics. If you think you know tone with non-cryo strings, then think again. These cryos squeeze out every ounce of tone there is to be had with plenty of punch to that.