08 Apr 2011
Filed Under : Voting , Gear
Posted By : Black Thursday | Comments : 14
What strings do you use
Come on then lets hear what you guys use. I tend to use Rotosound Pinks 9's
Ernie ball super slinkys 9s
Been thinking about trying some of those neon strings. Don't know what they sound like though.
I believe they are very brIght
Elixir Light/Heavy 10-52's..................Elixir 45-105 Bass strings.Last for ages, I was buying mine in bulk from the US and saving a substantial amount compared to UK prices. I have now run out and my supplier has shut up shop by the looks of things, plus when I first started getting them from the US the pound was strong against the dollar, happy days.Lee :)
D'addario exl 9-42 for as long as i can remember, have used 10-46 occasionally but always used d'addario, s theyre excellent always sound ace and never breakRob
Roto pinks (9-42) on the Ibanez's and Roto yellows (10-46) on the Les Paul and the Strats , I tried a set of elixier and they dont rust but they still snap in the same amout of time as the Rotos i buy em off Ebay in bulk change them around every 4 gigs and the E every other gig (you get 2 Es with the rotos) for some reason I seem to snap Ds a lot
D'addario XL hybrids 10-52
ernie ball..10's for E11's for Ebi like a good snapback from the string
I always endeavour to fit new ones if I can ;-)
GHS Boomers 11-50 on all my Ibanez'z RG'z used them for years and last for ages !!
Ernie Ball Skinny Top Heavy Bottom - 10 52. Anything lighter and I overbend or snap them........ Although I do like 9 - 46 on strats and teles.
Acoustic as heavy as I can get- I use Ernie balls Not Even Slinky- 12s on my Strats Top Heavy Skinny bottoms on my ibanez and Roto 13s on My casino!!! my fingers bleed!!! :-)
Elixir 9's......7 gigs and still got the zing, last for ages and superb sustain
Acoustic 6 string - Daddario 12s Electric 6 string - PRS or daddario 9.5s Bass - not changed any yet but 45 - 100 mandolin - no idea Acoustic 12 string - wot was on it when I bought it! Electric 12 string - as above! Accordian ... er ......... :0) Anyone in the market for a Tak 12 string btw?? Think it's an FD(?) model, hardly used, fitted hard case - lovely geet .......... pm for details if interested - may do a separate post with all details in next few days
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