What kind off strings do you use?

[Putmonk]

This thread is probably posted earlier, but I'm new here and I can't find it on the site.

So forgive me for any inconvenience. 8)

The question is: What kind off string do you use for you acoustic guitar.

I tend to fit my guitar with martin Eric Clapton strings .011 and they play wonderful (toninght :lol: ). The only disadvantage is the wear quick. You have to change them every 2 months to keep the bright tone.

Now, I am trying D'Addario EJ26 Custom light .011. The EJ26 are phosphor bronze and have a long life according to the guitar shop I've bought them with. I don't play them long enough to give a review on them.

 

[killdeer43]

The most consistent strings I've found recently are these:

They offer the best of both worlds, IMHO. :wink:

And for the light side:

Joe

 

[Putmonk]

Joe, what kind of tone does the EJ19 deliver?

 

[killdeer43]

Just like the package says, "warm, bright, and balanced."
And the Guilds deliver the rest! :wink:

The specific tone varies from one guitar to the next.

Joe

 

[Westerly Wood]

John Pearse Light guage phosphor bronze
these work great to my ears on a D25

i just cannot emphasize enough there is nothing better to me than a guild dreadnought and john pearse strings :mrgreen:

 

[chazmo]

John Pearse Light guage phosphor bronze
these work great to my ears on a D25

i just cannot emphasize enough there is nothing better to me than a guild dreadnought and john pearse strings :mrgreen:

Except a Guild jumbo with JP strings.

 

[AcornHouse]

John Pearse Light guage phosphor bronze
these work great to my ears on a D25

i just cannot emphasize enough there is nothing better to me than a guild dreadnought and john pearse strings :mrgreen:

Except a Guild jumbo with JP strings.

A new edition of West Side Story:
The Dreads vs the Jumbos! 8)

 

[chazmo]

When you're a dread, you're a dread all the way,
from your first set of strings,
to your last playing day...

 

[dreadnut]

I concur with the DA EJ-19's! They give me that tone I'm looking for.

 

[geoguy]

D'Addario phosphor bronze strings, usually the coated EXP-16 (6-string) or EXP-36 (12-string) sets. Also as the packaging states, "warm, bright & balanced tone".

FWIW, they are what Guild installs on new acoustic guitars at the New Hartford CT factory (though they may use medium gauge instead of light gauge).

 

[Yoko Oh No]

love daddario pb's lights and mediums

been using for over a year now exlir nanoweb pb mediums....really nice tone, last for 3 mos. easily

just put these on yesterday:

i think i'm in love...i had a dream last night of me and these everlast strings walking along the waters edge with our pants rolled up to our knees and we were splashing each other with water and giggling....but we'll see...these love affairs can sometimes not last as long as you think...

 

[davismanLV]

My fave strings so far have always been GHS Bright Bronze. Nice crisp and clean sound. Good on most guitars.

@ Yoko, ROTFLMAO!!!

 

[killdeer43]

i think i'm in love...i had a dream last night of me and these everlast strings walking along the waters edge with our pants rolled up to our knees and we were splashing each other with water and giggling....but we'll see...these love affairs can sometimes not last as long as you think...

:roll: X2, but I like it.
*I guess that speaks volumes about me. :wink:

Love the one you're with,
Joe

 

[tommieboy]

GHS Bright Bronze, Light

Tommy

 

[davismanLV]

GHS Bright Bronze, Light

Tommy

Atta boy, Tommy!!!

 

[walrus]

D'Addario EXP 16's.

walrus

 

[adorshki]

D'Addario EXP 16's.
walrus

EJ 16s.
:lol:
But I gotta get a set of those custom lights to try on the F65ce.

 

[DCannon]

Depends on the instrument. My Martins like Martin M540 PB lights (go figure); always used D'Aquisto lights on my '72 Guild F-30R until I couldn't get them anymore, so went with either D'Addario PB lights or Martins; my Guild F-130R likes Martin Marquis PB lights and GHS Silk & Bronze; the Wechter TO8418 triple-O mahogany likes Darco D5100 80/20 lights; and the Irish bouzouki likes D'Addario J-81 PB.

DC

 

[glawton]

I'm with Joe on the D'Addaria's.
G.

 

[walrus]

Adorshki - *EXP* 16's!!

http://www.amazon.com/DAddario-EXP16-Ph ... addario+16

walrus