What gauge of strings do you use for your guitar?

Kellan · Post by **Kellan** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 5:39 pm

I use 10-52 D'Addario's.
Of all the string companies, I like Ernie Ball the least.
They oxidize very quick, warp easily and just don't feel tight or quality.
D'Addario I've found have the longest life and tone and just feel the best, at least in my experience.

warhead dime · Post by **warhead dime** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:49 pm

Kellan wrote:I use 10-52 D'Addario's.
Of all the string companies, I like Ernie Ball the least.
They oxidize very quick, warp easily and just don't feel tight or quality.
D'Addario I've found have the longest life and tone and just feel the best, at least in my experience.

Yeah I've heard lots of people say they don't like EBs. I never understood it personally, they always felt right to me. Different strokes.

long4theblur · Post by **long4theblur** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:56 pm

warhead dime wrote:
long4theblur wrote:
warhead dime wrote:
long4theblur wrote:
DeathSion wrote:I hate their strings.
ernie ball rules
I'm an Ernie Ball fan myself.

Although I use 10-46.
the 12-56 is going to be death
Doesn't quite have the feel that I've grown accustomed to.

Have you tried 12-56 before? I haven't, but I'm pretty sure I'll like the sound. The feel I'll have to get accustomed to.

warhead dime · Post by **warhead dime** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 6:59 pm

long4theblur wrote:
warhead dime wrote:
long4theblur wrote:
warhead dime wrote:
long4theblur wrote:
DeathSion wrote:I hate their strings.
ernie ball rules
I'm an Ernie Ball fan myself.

Although I use 10-46.
the 12-56 is going to be death
Doesn't quite have the feel that I've grown accustomed to.
Have you tried 12-56 before? I haven't, but I'm pretty sure I'll like the sound. The feel I'll have to get accustomed to.

Don't think so.

But no sense in fixing what ain't broke.

croninburg · Post by **croninburg** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 7:22 pm

long4theblur wrote:
warhead dime wrote:
long4theblur wrote:
warhead dime wrote:
long4theblur wrote:
DeathSion wrote:I hate their strings.
ernie ball rules
I'm an Ernie Ball fan myself.

Although I use 10-46.
the 12-56 is going to be death
Doesn't quite have the feel that I've grown accustomed to.
Have you tried 12-56 before? I haven't, but I'm pretty sure I'll like the sound. The feel I'll have to get accustomed to.

What do you tune to?

long4theblur · Post by **long4theblur** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 9:57 pm

croninburg wrote:
long4theblur wrote:
warhead dime wrote:
long4theblur wrote:
warhead dime wrote:
long4theblur wrote:
DeathSion wrote:I hate their strings.
ernie ball rules
I'm an Ernie Ball fan myself.

Although I use 10-46.
the 12-56 is going to be death
Doesn't quite have the feel that I've grown accustomed to.
Have you tried 12-56 before? I haven't, but I'm pretty sure I'll like the sound. The feel I'll have to get accustomed to.
What do you tune to?

All kinds. D# right now, but I also like staying in SOAD's tuning, thats an easy, fun tuning to play in.

Shred-Dimebag · Post by **Shred-Dimebag** » Sun Mar 19, 2006 11:17 pm

long4theblur wrote:I have these right now, and they're great

but next I'll be moving on to these

im pretty sure im using those green ones. they fucking kick ass. they are a fucking pain in the ass to tune though because i play in standard all te way down to C# and it takes fucking FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER to tune.

but once they hold fuck they hold like a goddamn chinese finger fucking trap.

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:50 am

Avulsed wrote:
Kyle wrote:i had TERRIBLE luck with ernieball. the only strings that last at all with me are dean markley 10-52's. ive been told elixirs were great but really they feel like any other string to me.
I have Ernie Ball regular slinky on my shitty guitar that have been on there for a year, and I play it alot of Im doing fuck all in my room and they haven't snapped yet

its weird, i hear all this great shit about them, but the first set i threw on one snapped as i was stretching it, then i had one snap and my friend had an extra set of ernieballs and i think i broke one that very day...

same with d'addario's, i heard great stuff, i broke one putting it on...

markley's are pretty much all ive ever used and have had great luck.

long4theblur · Post by **long4theblur** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 2:24 am

Kyle wrote:
Avulsed wrote:
Kyle wrote:i had TERRIBLE luck with ernieball. the only strings that last at all with me are dean markley 10-52's. ive been told elixirs were great but really they feel like any other string to me.
I have Ernie Ball regular slinky on my shitty guitar that have been on there for a year, and I play it alot of Im doing fuck all in my room and they haven't snapped yet
its weird, i hear all this great shit about them, but the first set i threw on one snapped as i was stretching it, then i had one snap and my friend had an extra set of ernieballs and i think i broke one that very day...

same with d'addario's, i heard great stuff, i broke one putting it on...

markley's are pretty much all ive ever used and have had great luck.

sounds like you're the problem, not the strings

DeathSion · Post by **DeathSion** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 2:27 am

Yeah, how the fuck are you breaking them putting them on?

Even down to playing...i don't pick hard enough to even break strings.

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 2:35 am

i thought that was very possible, but it never happens with dean markleys... thats only happened a couple times, but i didnt think it was possible

long4theblur · Post by **long4theblur** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 3:42 am

maybe try some heavier strings. i used to break lighter strings, moved to heavier ones (for sound, not for durability) and found i wasn't breaking them anymore. shizzle.

croninburg · Post by **croninburg** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:13 am

I never break strings, and I play pretty much every single day. The other guitarist in my band can't touch a guitar without breaking the strings on it

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 1:38 pm

i dont break them like all the time, but i do play the shit out of them, i bend them and even though i use thin picks because i do a lot of faster harder picking, i am hard on strings

dirtbag · Post by **dirtbag** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 2:23 pm

dunlop jazz III picks

, work amazingly for fast picking, lots of control. I tried them once and was hooked.

Kyle · Post by **Kyle** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:24 am

i just use the tortex .50's... i started out on the green ones, then moved to orange, then red(back in the day i didnt pay attention to width)...

PanteraSlave · Post by **PanteraSlave** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:16 pm

i use a 9 on the top, then 12's for the rest. its wierd, but it just works.
specially drop tuning. although i cant bring it up back to standard too quick. so many broken strings

long4theblur · Post by **long4theblur** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 3:36 pm

long4theblur wrote:but next I'll be moving on to these

Came today, I put them on but they seem to be having trouble staying in tune. I don't know if that's because I took apart most of my bridge to clean it or because the strings are so thick that they're trying to unwind.

They sound AMAZING, gotta get accustomed to the feel though.

warhead dime · Post by **warhead dime** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:32 pm

Kyle wrote:i just use the tortex .50's... i started out on the green ones, then moved to orange, then red(back in the day i didnt pay attention to width)...

I use Dunlop Big Stubby 3.0 mm's

long4theblur · Post by **long4theblur** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:14 pm

long4theblur wrote:
long4theblur wrote:but next I'll be moving on to these

Came today, I put them on but they seem to be having trouble staying in tune. I don't know if that's because I took apart most of my bridge to clean it or because the strings are so thick that they're trying to unwind.

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:47 pm

probably just need to stretch them out and break them in a bit.

long4theblur · Post by **long4theblur** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 5:18 pm

thats what i thought, just making sure i didnt just fuck up my guitar

Shred-Dimebag · Post by **Shred-Dimebag** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:23 pm

yea the slinky green ones, they blow against whammy bar without locking nut

i keep breaking the same FUCKING STRING

Wrona · Post by **Wrona** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:38 am

Evil_Scotsman wrote:Tight strings sounds terrible. Looser ones give you much more crunch.

If you put some 52's on a guitar tuned to E it will be tight as hell. tune down to D or C and they will feel great. Thicker strings= Thicker tone. That was the biggest factor in Stevie Ray Vaughans tone (besides playing a strat.

Wrona · Post by **Wrona** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 8:42 am

I use Ernie Ball 10-13-17-30-42-52. The orange pack.

I made a bad choice of buying some light d'addarios in a bulk box a few months ago

Now im selling them to kids for 5 bucks a set around here.