What Guitar Strings do you use?

[diesect20022000]

yeah i don't use the pentatonics as much as locrian,mixolydian,Aeolin,harmonic and melodic minor, dorian and phrygian. those are the ones i use the most. I actualy need to brush up on my pentatonics pretty badly

[psychokannibal]

If that's the case, you need a little tension. At least for Paul Gilbert's precision picking, thinner won't cut it. For all three playing styles, medium tension makes sense. Yngwie is pretty moderate with his bends in comparison to Slash or Kim Thayil.

SIDE NOTE: Even though, it would be nice to have a Yngwie signature on the side, I have yet to see someone who was willing to scallop their entire fretboard.

[Furegious]

For years I've been using D'addario XL .9 - .42. Though for ages I've often wondered about using thicker gauge strings for a fuller low end sound.

[fwd0120]

EXL120s :yesway:

[Furegious]

Originally Posted by fwd0120

EXL120s :yesway:

Yep, I guess that's the name of the strings I was thinking about!

[pipsqueej]

D'addario EXL 120. thats .9-.42
i love them

[Wakizashis]

Hi,
was using GHS Boomers 10-46 and those were pretty stiff, tried then 9-42 of Elixir (liked them), SIT (nice, bit stiffier than other brands) Dunlop (liked them), now Daddario 9-42 and I personally think, those lose tone bit earlier. I had a feeling that the nice warm metal tone was away after two hours.

On other note, I start to think, that it is interesting to check resistance of string brands. I would say that Daddarios are softer than Dunlop and those are softer than SIT. From what I heard GHS are very stiff strings. Some say those are like barbed wire. That leads me to the idea, that some 10s could be practically tensioned same way as others 9s. Probably floppiest brand is EB, what I heard.

This applied for double floter 25,5 scale guitars, not even tried 24,7 before. All strings were also nickel wounded, I think. Maybe the biggest difference would be shape of core and material... pure nickel vs nickel wound... Always wanted to try pure nickel only, but have not yet.

[RGXXV]

Ernie Ball Slinkys 9g i get boxes for free lol.

[Pumpkinhead2400]

Elixir 10-52's all day err' day.

[MatiasTolkki]

D'Adario EX110 for both standard turning and half tone down.

[homicide]

ernie ball slinkys 10s these get me that sound in my head.
but i just put 9s on today the sissy strings lol. i might try 8s next bb king uses them he said with 10s your working too hard

[erasetheprocess]

Elixir 9-42. Been using them for 7 years and havent looked back.

[doriangrey]

If you haven't tried the new Cobalt slinky strings by Ernie Ball then you are missing out - they cost a little bit more but they are well worth...I used to think that most of the major string brands were pretty comparable and I didnt notice a huge difference between them but the difference with the Cobalt strings is noticeably better...imho

[satch_jr]

Originally Posted by doriangrey

If you haven't tried the new Cobalt slinky strings by Ernie Ball then you are missing out - they cost a little bit more but they are well worth...I used to think that most of the major string brands were pretty comparable and I didnt notice a huge difference between them but the difference with the Cobalt strings is noticeably better...imho

I've read reviews stating the opposite.Haven't tried by myself yet, but I guess it's a personal taste, as for many guitar-oriented gear...

[MartyMcFly]

I'm happy with the regular Ernie Ball Super Slinky strings