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Location: Germany | Hi,
what kind of strings do you use on lx Standard Elite or other multi soundhole guitars?
I tried those coated stings like the original D'Addario EXP16 (.012-.053). My dealer favours the Elixir Nanoweb light (.012-.053). Both not bad, but the coat is very slippery, I guess. I hardly became used to them. They also don't last the double time. Hence, they are not realy worth the doubled price.
Well, now I use uncoated Adamas 1818 (.012-.053), change them every 4-6 weeks. And recently I got an extra pack of Martin Phosphor Bronze (.012-.053) from my dealer.
Im still not shure what strings I like most. For my old Martin copy I needed more than a year to find the right strings. And finaly I came back to Martin Phosphor Bronze (.012-.053) already uesed by the dealer. :p |
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Location: NJ | I prefer the plain ol' D'Add PhosBronze . . . |
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Location: Midland, MI | I've gone to polyweb 12s, but I think the next set will be one gauge heavier. I'm having some buzzing on the Elite, though, so I think I may need to either shim up the bridge or look at neck relief.
Project Viper is wearing D'Addario XL 10s at the moment, but this weekend will be sporting a new set of pure nickle 10s. Peavey Stratocopy has D'addario XL 9s (oldest son likes playing on spaghetti I guess) and the Cropper has whatever they put on at the factor five years ago. ;) |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Anyone of those mentioned are fine. I like the 1818 but they're all about the same. I'd say the elixers are #4 of the 4. |
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Location: Tennessee | I went on a string testing craze and bought a lot of different sets to try out. The D'Adds are consistent, but I really can't tell the difference between them and the Adamas strings except for the colored balls. I got some Martin SP's that are playing out very nicely. The ones that I like a LOT right now are the Dean Markley Alchemy strings. Very nice tone, cool looking, and supposed to last as long as the coated strings. I also picked up some webstrings.com sets but ran out of guitars so the evaluation has to wait. For my EA68 Viper, I put a set of DR Zebras on, which have alternating phosphor-bronze and nickel windings on the wound strings. I haven't put any on a straight acoustic, but it might be fun just for an alternate tone for a while.
Cruster ... the Hamer and the 1271 Viper are both sporting DR Pure Blues (pure nickel) and man ... you'll never go back to anything else. |
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Location: SoCal | D'Addario makes the Adamas strings for Kaman. |
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Location: NC | D'Addario EXP16's |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | EXP's or Dean Merkley. Try the search function and you'll get about 5000 posts on this subject. |
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Location: NW NJ | I've also been using the Markley Alchemy coated strings for about the last six months. I moved from Martin SP's to the Alchemys to see if I'd like them. I REALLY like the Alchemys in gold phos. Great bright sound, and they last and last and last. Really good tactile feel in a coated string and they are beautifully colored too. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Know your guages, like the 12 set
know your material; such as phosphor bronze
go for the price tag that makes the first two requirements happy. |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Mukke
I particularly like strings like the Martin set I am going to put on my acoustic.
They have one great and irreplaceable feature that can't be found on just any strings.
My son gave them to me so they are essentially FREE. |
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Location: USA | Ive tried
Martin
Gibson
GHS
Dean Markley
Ernie Ball...
Ive tried silk, steel,nylon,folk
yada yada yada...
Nothing in my opinion comarpes to the D's phospher bronze lite gauge EJ16's |
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Location: Denver | I like the Dean Markley Blue Steels. Very bright through the entire life. Change em when they get too stiff to fret. I don't notice any great increase in life on them, maybe another week or two, but the sound stays very consistent.
These will also corrode very quickly, so put some fast fret or other string lube on them when they are new. I use the "TLT" gage. To me, these seem comparable to the Adamas 1818's. |
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What kind of strings do you use ?