Favorite Electric Guitar Strings

CaptainSpaz91
CaptainSpaz91 Posts: 266
edited December 2005 in Musicians and Gearheads
I'm in the mood to try some new strings, any suggestions?
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  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    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

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  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    DR Pure Blues and Tite Fits.
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  • House53
    House53 Posts: 1,276
    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.
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  • one way needle
    one way needle Posts: 196
    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...
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  • likepilateihaveadog
    likepilateihaveadog Posts: 1,083
    i like thick dean markley's...blue steel
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  • itsevolutionbaby
    itsevolutionbaby Posts: 144
    GHS boomers do it for me, and they are cheap to boot,
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  • JofZ
    JofZ Posts: 1,276
    Snakeoils, once you go vintage Nickels you will never go back to anything else
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  • House53
    House53 Posts: 1,276
    JofZ wrote:
    Snakeoils, once you go vintage Nickels you will never go back to anything else
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    You are wrong... :D
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  • Oh, Jimmy
    Oh, Jimmy Posts: 957
    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?
    who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    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.
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  • Pacomc79
    Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    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.
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  • who's_pearljam?
    who's_pearljam? Posts: 2,104
    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!
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  • CaptainSpaz91
    CaptainSpaz91 Posts: 266
    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!
    "i wanna rock and roll **all night**, and part of everyday"
  • mccreadyisgod
    mccreadyisgod Bumfuq, MT Posts: 6,395
    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.
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.

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