What strings do you prefer?

[High Skool Artist]

has this been made before?
i prefer ghs guitar boomers on my ltd viper, dean markly's on my other 2 guitars, ernieball phospher bronze on my acoustic and whatevers in regular tension for my classical

[jet66]

It's been made several times before. But who cares?

Ernie Ball Slinky (9's and 10's) are my favorites for my electrics. I don't play acoustic very often, so I don't have a real preference there.

[MikeAmottV2006]

Recently tried some SIT Power Steel 10-52's. Best strings I have ever used hands down. Tight low end and very smooth sounding. They don't have that "tinny" new string sound that I hate. I have a very agressive picking hand and pretty radical vibrato and these babies have held there tune like no other string I have ever tried in the past 17 years. Love em and I plan to keep using them. 3 packs on ebay shipped for about $14.

[NevermoreMan90]

Without a doubt, Ernie Ball. I love the 10-46 for D standard. They feel perfect, and sound great. They also stey slick, and corrosion is very slow on them.

[thislegendforever]

once in a while I use Elixirs 11-48(?) but lately I've been using Black Diamond 11-50s for standard E, D, and C tunings
they're pretty good, a good tone, good feel

[P-Zilla]

I play with super heavy strings. I usually prefer D'addarios and It goes from 70 on the Low side to 12 on the high side. Usually tuned D-Standard or Lower. Right now I am in C-Standard.

[El Jefe]

D'addarios for me, 10-46 for standard/drop D and 10-52 for drop C and lower

[MikeC]

DR 9-42 Tight Fits on my ESP and Dean.
Ernie Ball Regulars on my Jackson.

[hermz]

Dean Markley or D'Addario if I must.

[Dying To Live]

G Strings pwn.

http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee171/skwizza/thtatoo.jpg

[Robotsatemygrandma]

Ernie Ball Slinky 9's and 10's.

[Spoonylove90]

ernie ball light top heavy bottom(.10-.52)

[Rich5150]

^ Same here with a 62 for my low B

[idpmofo]

Recently tried some SIT Power Steel 10-52's. Best strings I have ever used hands down. Tight low end and very smooth sounding. They don't have that "tinny" new string sound that I hate. I have a very agressive picking hand and pretty radical vibrato and these babies have held there tune like no other string I have ever tried in the past 17 years. Love em and I plan to keep using them. 3 packs on ebay shipped for about $14.

Im glad somebody likes them. Not sure which S.I.T. strings came with my LTD, but I hated them.

[CL4P-TP]

I use DR High Voltage strings. I used to use Ernie Balls, but they never last for me. Elixirs and DR are the best I've used. Now that I think about it, I liked my Elixers more than the DR's I. Time to switch back I suppose.

[smashandgrab1forme]

GHS boomers!!!

[Bridge The Void]

D'addarios, purely for the vacuum seal and colour-coded ball ends...

...nah, they sound and feel nice too :p

But on a serious note, I've played Ernie Balls and not noticed that big a difference, although they broke sooner than my D'adds do. Nevertheless, that could be due to other factors. Only strings I've tried that I didn't like were Rotosound, they just didn't feel very nice at all.

[Thrashman]

Tomastik Power-Brights 11-53, nothing else compares to these.

[ampartic]

I use D'Addario, and I could be wrong but I think they are the only string company that prestretches the wire till it breaks to help eliminate weak points along the string. Plus the vacuum seal, etc, they hold themselves to higher standards than other companies. Either way I don't care but everyone is going to prefer different strings for different reasons.

[Rex Rocker]

for guitar, either Ernie Balls or D'Addarios 9-46 (I tune in Drop D)

for bass, D'Addarios 45-130

[SA-WEET]

on my bass, i just picked some Ernie Ball Power Slinkies, 55-110. im never buying GHS Boomers again, blew out 3 D-strings, and a G-string in almost 2 months

[Genocide]

Elixer 11-49

[deftoneskidd]

daddario exp phosphor bronze custom lights on my acoustic.. haven't found an electric string that i can't live without, but i usually get daddario xl 10-46's or hybrid slinky's... most recently tried DR extra life electric strings.. they're ok but the coating wears off too easily.. kind of sound deadened i find..

[Mister Guitar Himself]

for my elctric guitar DR tite-fit and for my acoustic guitar D'addario's

[[NEX]]

DR Extra-Life 10 - 46 (they dont carry the heavy ones around here) on D standard

[frantic77]

dean markley

[Aladdinsane75]

The EB slinkies in a nine.

[Vim Fuego]

I love Elixir light heavy strings, they feel great.

[mrclean77]

Dads 10-46 on both the hard tail & LFR, both E standard

I like Ernie Ball & Dean Markley okay - if given the choice between GHS and shoe strings, I'd go ahead and pull 'em & just wear my Birks - GHS just sounded dead to me (IMO)

[ESPVIPERCAMO]

ghs

11-48

12-52

[HateEvent]

I find D'Addario more conisistent and use them (9-42) on my USA DFH and (10-46) on my Gibby Zakk.

For the KH and Hanny, I use custom gauged Ernie Ball sets:

Hanny gets a set of Beefy Slinkys with the plain 22 swapped for a wound 22 and the 54 replaced with a 56.

KH gets a set of Not Even Slinkys with the 12 replaced with an 11 and the 16 with a 14.

[High Skool Artist]

preference change, ernieball hybrid slinky, cuz the ghs strings had a good distortion sound but a horrible clean sound(yes im 110% sure i was in tune), the ernieball strings have good in both

[Zakk Amott]

GHS 10/60 and (a mix of 12/52 and 10/60) : 12/60

I tried Ernie Ball wich sounds great but each time 2 or 3 strings broke on every set .
Dean markley nickel steel signature are great too . Blue steel are sh** .

Skull strings (11/58) last long as hell but E A and D strings are rough .

SIT strings that came stock on my Ninja were great too .

[Butch]

D addarios all the way,

I found the ernie ball rusts alot faster due to the temp/
humdity here but they sound good. I dont like the Ghs but i heard good things about elixir

[Greatdeceiver]

Boat chains, gauge .40 to .150

[velo3]

d'addario 10-52's was using ghs 10-52's before but just tried out the new ones and dont think ill go back.

[Spoonylove90]

^ Same here with a 62 for my low B

does ernie ball make those? im buying a seven string and i need a good string reccomendation.

[dgc]

Ernie Ball Exl110 for Standard/ 1/2 step down

and for lower tunings Ernie Ball Super Slinkys.

[jm1681]

I've been playing D'addarios for 3 or 4 years now, 11-49s with a plain 3rd tuned down a half-step.

I'm kind of up in the air about what I'm going to put on my 7 string though...

[JaYmO]

10-52's for E Standard Drop D
10-60's for Eb or Drop Db

[ESPKH4]

D'addarios XL and XLS 10-46
GHS Progressives 10-46 (NON MUSTAINE)
and i find SIT 10-46 to be not that bad, great install time is a plus on them

[Legato Mutato]

Blue Steels for both bass and guitar. Misfits gauge on the bass.

[Guitarslingerans]

Blue Steels for both bass and guitar. Misfits gauge on the bass.

Do they make a special "all bark and no bite" type string specially for wall hanger guitars? :p


-Ans-

[Legato Mutato]

Do they make a special "all bark and no bite" type string specially for wall hanger guitars? :p


-Ans-


GVK Signature Series

[Guitarslingerans]

GVK Signature Series

Dean Von Markley? 8o

-Ans-

[MyApocalypse]

D'addario. All of them.

[Riff Master Mike]

The standard strings I always go back to for electric are D'Addarrio nickel wound .0105 - 48's. However, I use different strings for different guitars, because I have different uses for all my guitars.

All my gauges are basically the same, either 10 - 48's, .0105 - 48's, 11 - 48's or 11 - 49's. Anything lighter than that and I can't really stand the feel or the tone.

For my ESP I use Everly B-52's Alloy (11-48)
These are very long lasting, very high sustain, highly magnetic and responsive and best of all they sound wonderful. Awesome for metal.

For my Ibanez RG570, I use D'Addario nickel wounds.
These are great all around consistent strings, pretty standard, but an old standby that never fails.

For my Ibanez jetking II, I use D'Addario half wounds (11 - 49)
Nice smooth feel, hex core but with smooth semi-flat surface. They have a little less brightness compared to regular nickel wound, but not as warm as flat wound. Sounds great with fuzz and stoner rock/doom sounding styles.

For my variax, I am using D'addario flatwounds. (10 - 48's)
These work great with the variax. perhaps it's because of the extra good contact with the bridge pickup, I don't know. Also, since I mostly use it for jazzier tones, the flatwounds really add that extra bit of authenticity when playing the hollow body models, which is what I use the most on the variax. Although it works great for fender strat and acoustic models as well. But I wouldn't recommend it for metal.

My Yamaha acoustic, I use Thomastik-Infeld BRASS Plectrum's. (11 - 50)
These strings are on the pricey side, but they are so very awesome. Lower tension on the bottom end, nice and easy to bend, but still thick enough to get good tone. The plain strings are brass coated steal, so all the strings are that brass color. The A, D and G strings are polished flatwound, but the low E is polished bronze roundwound. They are high end strings, but worth every penny. They sound great, perfect IMO.

On my other acoustic, my ibanez, I use Cleartone's. (10 - 47)
These are the best coated strings you can buy. Although you pay for it. These make other coated strings look silly. They feel and sound just like regular bronze strings, but you don't get any of that coating stuff rubbing off. I don't know how they do it, but the coating it's self is micro-treated. It's so thin you can't even tell it's there, except for the fact that they last a long ass time. This is the guitar I pick up the most, so that is why I use these strings on it.

Thats pretty much it! All-in-all, I think strings are often overlooked by players as being a super important part of tone, but if you have ever played on a real nice set of strings, you can hear the difference. You get what you pay for!

[bloodstyle]

i think D'adario is not a great brand of strings and I mean for every strings. they are just standard string with a normal feel. ernieball is a little bit better. but the very best is Elixir Polyweb's string. I really like the feeling and the "no scratching noise" featur. or if u want to have the same feeling but with more scratching tone u get the Nanoweb's one. and they are not quite expensive (like those 20$ acoustic string.. but hey... IT WORTH IT!). only like 10$ for a pack and they Last very long. so u just kinda .... save 4$ more for 5 time better quality :)

[Riff Master Mike]

but the very best is Elixir Polyweb's string.

:rolleyes:

[willhaven]

For straight D and dropped C I use a custom gauge 13-54 set made by Rogue(formerly SIT). You buy them in bulk from Musician's Friend. You order a single package containing 12 13's and they come shipped in a loosely coiled plastic bag. You order each string that way so you can get what you want. My G string is an unwound 22. It's pretty heavy to bend, but I don't do much lead stuff.

In standard E and dropped D I use 11-52 D'Addarios.

[Rich5150]

Ernie Ball 10-52's with a 58 for the low B on my 7. I went through Daddario's GHS DR Elixers Dean Markleys and for the last oh 10 years or so have used the EB's they just work for me

[Asmodaus]

I use Ernie Ball .11's on my stratocaster. Ernie Ball 10's on my explorer. Acoustic is Nylon Ernie Ball black and white.

[njrusmc]

+1 to blue steels. Been using 10-46 since 2002.

[simebag89]

DRs

[_43_]

http://www.axemusic.com/Pictures/ghs_guitarboomers_strings.jpgboomer 10s

[Hiphopopotamus]

Ernie Ball 9's for all my guitars except my Ibanez which I use 11's.

[KH Guitar Freak]

Ernie Ball Regular Slinkies and D'Addario EXL110s...

[Shreddy]

DR Red Devils and CUrt Mangan s

[Rex Rocker]

D'Addario 9-46 for my Epi LP in Drop D

D'Addario 45-130 for both my F-205 and b-155 in Drop D as well... or however you call how I tune them ( b d a d g )

[jet66]

Ernie Ball Regular Slinkies and D'Addario EXL110s...

If I scratch my ass, then change my strings without washing my hands, they become Ernie Ball Regular Stinkies.

:D

[chrisolson]

I like whatever is on sale at GC.

[vitod]

DR Dimebag 9-42

[Total Eclipse]

DR's, in bulk. I have 8 sets of Dimebag 9-50's and 12 sets of Black Beauties .010-.46 on hand at almost all times.

[CL4P-TP]

I like the plain DR's. I don't like how the coated ones feel.

Plain DR's and Elixirs are my favorite brands I've used.

[Helldragon]

Elixir 10-46 :)

[Dæmonium]

Dean Markley Blue Steels, all the way. While I do love D'Addario and sometimes Elixir, 90% of the time it's the Blue Steels. They feel great, last long, and have a warmer sound to them, which is great because I play a lot of jazz and general clean stuff.

For my acoustics, Martin strings. Simply the best acoustic strings ever made.

DR is also good though!

[KH Guitar Freak]

If I scratch my ass, then change my strings without washing my hands, they become Ernie Ball Regular Stinkies.

:D

Heh... :lol

[Azrael416]

Dean Markely Blue Steel 10-46. Nothing else

http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u186/Azrael416/1034.jpg

[Radiopools]

I just put on a new set of EB .11's last night, and so far I'm loving them. First experience with anything higher than ten's, and I'm really appreciating them. I'm currently tuned to C# and these strings are amazing. I don't really like EB's, but these eleven's are good. For my usual ten's I use D'Addario or GHS, whichever is more readily avail.

[Broiden]

Elixir 9-46's on my Ibanez and D'Addario's on everything else.

[Blake]

11-48 Ernie's, tuned to Eb, on a 24.75 scale length. I also tune down to drop C# occasionally, but if I were to have a guitar just for that tuning, it would have a 52 on the low E.

Also I can't believe how many of you use panzy-ass tiny strings. Man up a little will you? :lol

[Trogdor]

Elixir 10-46 on my Eb Floyd

Blue Steel and D'Addario for everything else

[Legato Mutato]

If I scratch my ass, then change my strings without washing my hands, they become Ernie Ball Regular Stinkies.

:D


Man who goes to bed with itchy butt wake up with stinky finger.

[BoD]

I like the DR strings (Dimebag) Great string, long lasting tone and sweet pinch harmonics.

[InVinoVeritasXXX]

Ernie Ball Skinny Top, Heavy Bottom, in drop D.

[bloodstyle]

i've just ordered 2 set of elixir 9-42 (had only 25$ on my paypal) and i can't wait to see how they feel. i need to order them cuz the dumass guitar dealer in my city doesnt have even one set

[garyjfoster]

d'addario 11-48

[The Grapist]

i always used ernie ball strings...mainly because i was a noob that broke strings and the guy who worked at the shop i awlways went to marked them down for me. but i've been using GHS Boomers for the last 2 or 3 years

[xdaynex]

hey should i get 10-52 or 11-54 guage guitar strings from eb?im putting them on a floyd in drop c tuning but i occasionally will switch to dropped d standrad(dgcfad). so which ones r better?and i know that the 11s need anotehr spring in the back.

[garyjfoster]

i use d'addario 11-48 on my esp ltd viper 400's in d tuning

[JMad81]

GHS Boomers. I use 10-46 on my V and horizon and 10-52 on my eclipses. I just got a pack of SITs for buying an ESP so im excited to give those a try.

[RamoRenDez]

Dean Markley Blue Steel 11-52

[Kannon]

GHS Boomers 11s on all my guitars (ESP, Hamer, and BC Rich). I think I have Martin acoustic strings or something on my Ovation--I can't even remember since I don't play it much and it's a relic from the 60s.

I'm thinking of changing though. All I know is I tried the Dunlop Icon Zakk Wylde set once and hated them, too unbalanced.

[bloodstyle]

I've just received my Elixir Polyweb electric guitar string through ebay and IT IS DAMN AWSOME!!! the feel is just great and better than any other strings i've tried. smooth and clear. not much of the fret noise. that's very a good brand.
cost me 12.50$CA tough...

[Monk]

D'Addario .010-.046 (6-string guitars); .010-.056 (7-string guitars).

Planning on setting up my RG2228 with .010-.056 + .068 for the low F#.

[The Funnel Weaver]

Currently using EB Beefy Slinky 11-54 in Drop C. They're okay, I really like the guage, I just wish I could find another brand that came in 11-54.

Not only that, but I don't really like the 22P gauge G-string. It just feels weird.

[xchumfiestax]

Currently using EB Beefy Slinky 11-54 in Drop C. They're okay, I really like the guage, I just wish I could find another brand that came in 11-54.

Not only that, but I don't really like the 22P gauge G-string. It just feels weird.

I've been using a wound 22