idealassets
Senior Member
At Guitar Center yesterday I looked at all the electric guitar strings for sale and the salesmen confused me so much I didn't buy any. I'm wondering what advice I might get here. Bear in mind that for all my acoustic's I have resolved that D'Addario Phosphor Bronze lights work best for me on all 6 or 12 string playing.
For electric 12 string I play Pick of the Ric's flat wound (done deal). For electric 6 string I am trying D'Addario nickel wound 9-11-16-24-32-42, which I think are designed for uniformity across the strings with those gages if I am correct. XL's will not work for my acoustic guitars, but so far XL's seem good on electric. I play a Tele and a Deusenberg Starplayer TV deluxe, and may add a Gretsch Duo Jet soon.
I play modest leads, lots of arpeggio, some overdrive; never any metal. For the more expensive strings the salesmen say "buy these, they never let me down".
1. Am I right that the gages I play have the best graduated spread for sound uniformity?
2. Are XL's not what is played as standard?
3. Any other helpful hints?
Thank you!
Craig
For electric 12 string I play Pick of the Ric's flat wound (done deal). For electric 6 string I am trying D'Addario nickel wound 9-11-16-24-32-42, which I think are designed for uniformity across the strings with those gages if I am correct. XL's will not work for my acoustic guitars, but so far XL's seem good on electric. I play a Tele and a Deusenberg Starplayer TV deluxe, and may add a Gretsch Duo Jet soon.
I play modest leads, lots of arpeggio, some overdrive; never any metal. For the more expensive strings the salesmen say "buy these, they never let me down".
1. Am I right that the gages I play have the best graduated spread for sound uniformity?
2. Are XL's not what is played as standard?
3. Any other helpful hints?
Thank you!
Craig
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