Any opinons on which are the best replacement strings? best sounding, longest lasting?![]()
Any opinons on which are the best replacement strings? best sounding, longest lasting?![]()
You will find as many opinions as there are posts.
My personal choice - D'Addario 10-46's. Been playing them for many years.
Keep in mind that string life hinges on a few factors - style of playing, how much playing time the strings see, maintenance (are they wiped down when finished?), and body chemistry (do you sweat alien blood like I do?)
Guitars: 2008 Gibson SG Classic, 2006 Gibson Les Paul Standard LE, 2002 Gibson SG Supreme, 2001 Gibson Les Paul Studio Plus, 1996 Les Paul Studio Gem, American Deluxe Double Fat Strat, Bluesville "Super" Strat Copy, MIK Fender "Limited Edition" Tele, JD Bluesville "Night Pilot", Yamaha AES 820, Steinberger Spirit GT Pro, Taylor 355CE, Ovation 1897 Adamas, Ovation CC057 Celebrity
Amps: Axe FX centered rack rig, Mesa 4x12 cab. Germino Club 40, Johnson JM150 Millennium, Johnson JM250 Millennium, Gibson Titan Medalist Frankenstein.
Effects: Tonebone Trimode, EH Holy Grail, Boss CH-1, Dunlop Crybaby Classic, Framptone Amp Switcher, THD Hot Plate, Yamaha AG Stomp Acoustic Processor, Boss BCB-60 Pedal Board.
Ditto on both of Planks comments.
My opinion, the only ones that are best are the ones you like. You can start with D'Addario 10-46's, but the journey of finding the best is up to you. You will also find people that have preference of size and brand based on the guitar.
Good luck in your search and you should get a lot of suggestions, but in the end you will have to make up your own mind.
Mark
* Loud is good, good is better!
For half my guitars, I use Ernie Ball Super-Slinky (9-42), and the other half get Fender Super Bullets (10-46). I like the brightness of the Bullets for my Fender-ish instruments.
-Sean
Guitars: Lots.
Amphs: More than last year.
Pedals: Many, although I go straight from guitar to amp more often lately.
I too use 9-42 on some guitars and 10-46 on others. I buy strings in bulk from Musicians Friend for the last 20 years. I believe they are Martin but I don't know for sure. They are their Rogue brand bulk strings. They have been very consistent and I've only broken fewer than 5 in that time. I think I'm paying around $2.70 a set now.
"No Tele For you." - The Tele Nazi
Ha! Tele-ish now inbound.
My choice is www.webstrings.com $2.49 a set
Last as long as any of them, and sound as good
as any of them. And at that price I can afford to
change them twice as often. Nothing sounds
better than a snappy new set of strings!![]()
LIVE AND LET ROCK!!
I found a set of 9.5 D'Addarios a couple of years ago. they are .5 across the board under the regular 10 set. I like them because they give the brightness of a 9 yet the sustain of a 10. Although I do have D'Addario 10s on my 96 LP. It is a heavy guitar and it just needs the 10s. I have a set of Gibson Britewires on my 1968 SG. On that one I have gone as far down a 8s and I now have the 10s on it. They sound good on the p90 guitar.
Overal in 40 plus years I have gone from Labellas to D'Addarios. I hate fender bullets. They corrode in days.
The Blues is alright!
Guitars: 1968 Gibson SG, 2005 Gibson SG Standard, 2006 Gibson LP Classic Gold top, 2004 Epiphone Elitist LP Custom, 1996 Gibson Les Paul Standard. 2001 Epiphone Sheraton II, 2007 Epiphone G400.
Fender Strats: 1996 Fender 68 Reissue CIJ, 2008 Squier CV 50s, 2009 Squier CV 50s Tele Butterescotch Blonde
Amps: Blues Junior Special edition Jensen in Brown Tolex with Wheat front, 65 Deluxe Reverb reissue,1970 Sonax reverb by Traynor, Avatar Custom 2/12 Cabinet with Eminence Legend V1216 speakers,
2008 DSL100 Marshall Amp , Fender Super Champ XD,Fender Vibro Champ XD
Effects and Pedals: Fulltone Fulldrive II, Fulltone OCD, Fulltone Mini Deja Vibe, Fulltone Fat Boost, Dunlop Crybaby Wah, Boss DS1, Boss DD20 Giga Delay, Boss TU2 tuner, Boss BD2, Ibanez TS9 Tube screamer, Zoom 505. Radial tonebone hot british.
I use DR strings. I don't think that there is a heck of a lot of difference between brands. I buy through my friend (a manager at a GC) and get them for a little over $3 per set. I use .10s on my 25.5" scale guitars and .11s on my Gibson scale guitars.
Patrick