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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 3:20 pm
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D'Addario XL 120 9.5 gauge. I'm used to shorter scale guitars and the 9.5 gauge feels like 10 gauge on my Strat.


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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 10:10 am
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D'Addario EXL110s and Ernie Ball Regular Slinkies...


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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 1:59 pm
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I'd love to add my opinion here... To me, each of my guitars plays and sounds good with a specific set, so I try to match up the instrument with a different brand, material, and gauge of strings. Trem vs. non-trem and all that.

We haven't talked about Nickel-plated steel (NPS) vs. pure Nickel yet... Nickel gives me a better grip and a little darker, vintage-y timbre. NPS responds better (IMO) to distortion and is more resistant to corrosion.

Now, if you guys are into slinky's, EXLs, etc. I wonder if you've heard of Fender's Standard Tension sets? I love these things! With a lower tension, I'm using heavier gauge ST250M .011s on my Tele and getting killer tone, but I can still bend notes! Ask your dealer about them.


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Hey everyone, first post here. This place looks great. I've been an Ernie Ball user for a while now. Originally I used .09-.42's but last summer the neck on my Strat had some warping problems so the local guitar tech in town recommended that I use a heavier gauge string to help the neck a little. I switched to .10's then and haven't gone back since. Even if there wasn't that original warping problem it was still a great upgrade to move up that one gauge. So now I use .10-.46's on my little ol' Strat.


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Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:53 pm
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I use D'Addario EXL 110. Everyone over here in Holland seems to use 'm so they come cheap. I've got very sweaty palms and apparantly very acidic sweat :oops: so I have to change quite often. Elixirs are to slick for my six strings but I have to admit that they work wonders on my JazzBass (still feels funny,though).


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Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:52 am
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I use D'Addario EXL 110. Everyone over here in Holland seems to use 'm so they come cheap. I've got very sweaty palms and apparantly very acidic sweat :oops: so I have to change quite often. Elixirs are to slick for my six strings but I have to admit that they work wonders on my JazzBass (still feels funny,though).



same here, i get very sweaty hand/palms and my sweat is very acidic (compared it to hydrochloric they did) but i think the elixirs are great on my acoustic, the extra light ones work a treat

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I am addicted to Thomastik-Infield. Depending upon the guitar, the Power Brights, Jazz Swing Flats, or Jazz BeBop Round.


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I mainly use D'Addario 11 gauge but occasionally will use 12's or 13's.


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