Best acoustic guitar strings?
Discussion
gingerpaul said:
I've tried just about every common brand about and settled with Martin 80/20 12-54s, although the phosphor bronze ones are ok if a little less bright. Generally I have found that phosphor bronze strings are a little wooly for me, in particular the D'addario EXPs. I also found that I kept breaking the G string on a lot of sets of strings. I think I must play harder than the average player! The Martins are fine though.
I made a bone nut from a piece of bone I bought off ebay for less than a fiver and it has made a bigger difference than messing about with strings has. I would highly recommend it if you have a couple of hours free to sand one up. My acoustic is a Taylor and came with a tusk nut as standard I think just so you know where I started from.
Making a nut out of bone? That sounds very tricky to me?I made a bone nut from a piece of bone I bought off ebay for less than a fiver and it has made a bigger difference than messing about with strings has. I would highly recommend it if you have a couple of hours free to sand one up. My acoustic is a Taylor and came with a tusk nut as standard I think just so you know where I started from.
Asterix said:
Usually Martins but use D'addarios often as the Martins are hard to get hold of.
.012-.053's
The Phosphor Bronze strings start out very (too) bright but play in well.
Mate there are thousands of sets on the bay of fleas, i ahev just bought some martins, 11's for £3.50 delivered!!.012-.053's
The Phosphor Bronze strings start out very (too) bright but play in well.
Asterix said:
12 inch legend said:
Asterix said:
Usually Martins but use D'addarios often as the Martins are hard to get hold of.
.012-.053's
The Phosphor Bronze strings start out very (too) bright but play in well.
Mate there are thousands of sets on the bay of fleas, i ahev just bought some martins, 11's for £3.50 delivered!!.012-.053's
The Phosphor Bronze strings start out very (too) bright but play in well.
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