Generally speaking, lighter gauge strings will sound brighter, heavier ones will sound darker. Lighter ones are easier to bend and fret. Also, you might like lighter strings for finger-picking and heavier ones for heavy strumming. Or maybe not. :)
It's commonly held that lighter strings are easier for bending.
It's not quite that simple.
Heavier stings tend to be better for bending for a number of reasons, and worse for other reasons. Bending stretches the string. Heavier strings will resisst this more and will tend to lose tuning less than light strings.
Also, on a properly set up guitar, a heavier string will be able to bend over a greater range than lighter strings.
But lighter strings are easier on fingers unused to playing.
It's far more about the sound, than about bending characteristics, usually.
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I've always been led to believe that there are only a handful of actual string manufacturers, probably only about six or so. The other names, (I'm told), are merely re-badged versions.
Does anyone know how many actual manufacturers there are???
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