Favorite Electric Guitar Strings

CaptainSpaz91

I'm in the mood to try some new strings, any suggestions?

Anon

CaptainSpaz91 wrote:

I'm in the mood to try some new strings, any suggestions?

Elixir Polywebs are nice. I also like Dean Markleys Blue Steel and DR Tite Fit

all4

Pacomc79

DR Pure Blues and Tite Fits.

House53

D'Addario XLs I like the 11-48 set... I just put a 12-52 set on my telesonic for slide guitar... they are pretty heavy, but sound big too.

one way needle

for me... the boomers from ghs. the think 'n thin gauge strings are nice - relative solidness on bottom three and the wailing of the top three...

likepilateihaveadog

i like thick dean markley's...blue steel

itsevolutionbaby

GHS boomers do it for me, and they are cheap to boot,

JofZ

Snakeoils, once you go vintage Nickels you will never go back to anything else
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House53

JofZ wrote:

Snakeoils, once you go vintage Nickels you will never go back to anything else
sobstrings.net

You are wrong...

Oh, Jimmy

I like GHS Boomers .011 gauge. There is a string I thought about trying in an add I seen. I can't remember the name. They put their string through some process that takes the natural cracks out of the metal.

who's_pearljam?

I like GHS boomers, too. Usually 10's or 11's. My hands are starting to go bad on me, I fear, so I've been using 10's more. The 11's sound great on an ES 355, though!
I've tried a lot and the boomers seem to have a great sound. They don't last too long, (they lose their ring) but I change them a lot anyway. I used to use more expensive ones that lasted longer, but I seem to be a string breaker, so no use paying too much!
The ones I NEVER got along with were Ernie Balls. They always seem to break on me.

Pacomc79

who's_pearljam? wrote:

I like GHS boomers, too. Usually 10's or 11's. My hands are starting to go bad on me, I fear, so I've been using 10's more. The 11's sound great on an ES 355, though!
I've tried a lot and the boomers seem to have a great sound. They don't last too long, (they lose their ring) but I change them a lot anyway. I used to use more expensive ones that lasted longer, but I seem to be a string breaker, so no use paying too much!
The ones I NEVER got along with were Ernie Balls. They always seem to break on me.

same exact thing with me. I detest Ernie Balls.

who's_pearljam?

Pacomc79 wrote:

same exact thing with me. I detest Ernie Balls.

I think they have someone at the end of the production line that puts a little nick on the high e and b strings so they break right at the best part of the solo!

CaptainSpaz91

Thanks guys I think I'm going to try some GHS. I want to toy around with this G&L Tribute I got, try and get the best sound out of it, check my other post now on to a new tube amp!

mccreadyisgod

I've used nothing but Boomers for about 6 years now, and they're all I want in a string. 10-46, simple as that.

I used to use Ernie Balls all the time, and always broke strings... once I switched to Boomers, no more breaks! EB's are good for slinky funk stuff, but terrible for everything else.