What are the best accoustic strings going ? ( buying a set for a mate who's got a acoustic guitar, for his birthday)
Couldyou please list the price of your favourite strings as well, cheers
D'Addario EJ16's...maybe not the best but nice sound and at about $7 CDN for the set I can change strings every month without even thinking about the cost
Is that gauge 16 ? cause i've heard that they're great strings.
The Acoustic guitar isn't anything brilliant, its a vintage something or other, about 130 quid new i think - $240
EJ 16 is just the "model" number I guess..the actual gauge is
.012
.016
.024
.032
.042
.053
From 1st to 6th respectively
Oh and by the way they are phosphor bronze strings.
I really like John Pearse. They are a little more expensive than others, but are really very good.
I think we are going up hill here on price but I really like Elixers at about $13 US.
Actually thinking of trying the electric versions on my LP Custom
I've tried a lot of differant ones and I find dean markley blue steels are the best. They wear out slowly an keep good sound
be good at what you can do-
Very limited experience on my end but I had only used D'Addario strings until last week when I put a set of Elixir Polywebs on my Fender acoustic. It was a dramatic change in sound. The guitar sounds a lot richer and fuller now. I'll be buying those from now on.
I have washburn d10sce acoustic. An awesome guitar by the way..... and i use nothing but elixir nanowebs.....they are alot brighter than the polywebs but they run like 20$ canadian a set
Mikey
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i usually use elixers, but during the "cold season" they break too easily while busking (as would any other string, but elixers are rediculously expensive)
polywebs are what i prefer, but right now i have on a set of martin phosphorus something or other... btw i have a yamaha fg 411, black finish, the tone is pretty full and not overly crisp (like martins...i know... :oops: im supposed to like those) and can be manipulated to sound both bright and dark (depending on attack and string guage)
its really a nice guitar, aside from the dings and chips lol
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=home/search/detail/base_pid/101502/
this is a good price for elixers
