Westerly Wood
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and the search goes on and on for me....strings by mail is helpful on the one hand as it has so many options to try, and not so helpful on the other hand as it has so many options to try....oh my, remember my find a beer thread? yeah, this is worse....here is what I have learned:
1. I might have an OCD problem.
2. I do agree with Tom and Pascal, it's probably too early to tell or know any string is my favorite. (and see No.1 above)
3. Dogal 80/20s are fantastic, but their phosphor bronze are lame. Stay away from them...(imho)
4. John Pearse 80/20 alloy is the brightest set I have tried yet, last a long time and have a great feel to the finger pads. They are in contention as my soon to be goto string for the F30R.
5. I am not as much of a fan of the John Pearse PBs (that often get rave reviews everywhere), and not sure how they fell out of favor with me. They go dead faster than I remember.
6. D'Addario PBs are still just a great string on any acoustic guitar.
7. No longer a fan of Martin strings. Not sure what happened...Well, I still like their original M140. It's classic and cheap and solid.
8. Elixir Nano PBs are fantastic too. I just am not a fan of coated strings. I get their purpose. I have them on the dreads that hang on the wall. I do think Elixir strings shed less than I remember, and that is a nice improvement. But they really do ring out...and last and last.
9. I wish I could play medium gauge strings, but it's just too painful for me as I get older. I have tried custom lights too but have found just the standard light gauge is as low as I can go (.12-.53/.54). Still big enough for heavy strumming (while .13-.56 is better for this), but the .11 and .15 E/B strings are just too skinny...
10. Strings By Mail makes their own 80/20 and PB strings and they are super cheap if you are on a budget. They are good, not great, but I still give D'Adarrio the nod.
Btw, I did find out that D'Adarrio made John Pearse's main wire in the beginning when JP was starting to get into string making. I don't know when JP started to take it all in house. I just find that interesting. How many string options are actually still outsourced to D'A for some of it...
11. There are several other brands I have put on the F30R over the past 2 months during my search. They are not making the cut in this post. They just were not enuff difference above D'As to really be worth mentioning.
12. 80/20 is the alloy choice, I at least have landed on that...
13. It's down to JP vs Dogal. Dogals cost twice as much so.....most likely JP 80/20 lights (200L).
14. Probably won't not post about strings again.....sometime.
1. I might have an OCD problem.
2. I do agree with Tom and Pascal, it's probably too early to tell or know any string is my favorite. (and see No.1 above)
3. Dogal 80/20s are fantastic, but their phosphor bronze are lame. Stay away from them...(imho)
4. John Pearse 80/20 alloy is the brightest set I have tried yet, last a long time and have a great feel to the finger pads. They are in contention as my soon to be goto string for the F30R.
5. I am not as much of a fan of the John Pearse PBs (that often get rave reviews everywhere), and not sure how they fell out of favor with me. They go dead faster than I remember.
6. D'Addario PBs are still just a great string on any acoustic guitar.
7. No longer a fan of Martin strings. Not sure what happened...Well, I still like their original M140. It's classic and cheap and solid.
8. Elixir Nano PBs are fantastic too. I just am not a fan of coated strings. I get their purpose. I have them on the dreads that hang on the wall. I do think Elixir strings shed less than I remember, and that is a nice improvement. But they really do ring out...and last and last.
9. I wish I could play medium gauge strings, but it's just too painful for me as I get older. I have tried custom lights too but have found just the standard light gauge is as low as I can go (.12-.53/.54). Still big enough for heavy strumming (while .13-.56 is better for this), but the .11 and .15 E/B strings are just too skinny...
10. Strings By Mail makes their own 80/20 and PB strings and they are super cheap if you are on a budget. They are good, not great, but I still give D'Adarrio the nod.
Btw, I did find out that D'Adarrio made John Pearse's main wire in the beginning when JP was starting to get into string making. I don't know when JP started to take it all in house. I just find that interesting. How many string options are actually still outsourced to D'A for some of it...
11. There are several other brands I have put on the F30R over the past 2 months during my search. They are not making the cut in this post. They just were not enuff difference above D'As to really be worth mentioning.
12. 80/20 is the alloy choice, I at least have landed on that...
13. It's down to JP vs Dogal. Dogals cost twice as much so.....most likely JP 80/20 lights (200L).
14. Probably won't not post about strings again.....sometime.