I went into a store a week or so ago and saw ST (Standard Tension) Bullets on the rack. Since I never saw them before I asked the guy what the difference was between them and the Super Bullets and he responded with "they are standard tension." I thought to myself, "thank you Captain Obvious."

Now, I was wondering if anyone has a more intuitive explanation of the difference. I looked on the websites (Fender.com, musiciansfriend.com, etc) and they advertise as being "loose" ???

Thanks

You can do a lot better than Super Bullets. I used them twice and never went back. They would go dead on me within hours and always seemed to break at the bullet.

From what I see, the MIAs come with the ST Bullets and the MIMs and others have the Super Bullets.

I don't know, I'm an Ernie Ball Super Slinky guy myself but I do have a question.
I always thought that strings of the same length and diameter would have the same tension when tuned to pitch. Am I missing something?

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That's what I'm wondering.

Aren't Supers nickel plated steel and Bullets are pure nickel?

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-Kirk

GUITARS
'12 Sonoran Acoustic - black (dated 10/31/12)
'13 Standard Strat
AMP
Vox ac4c1-bl
PEDALS
Compressor
Big Muff
Vox Stomplab 1G
Carbon Copy Delay

There are "Standard" Bullets that are nickel. Then the "Super" Bullets are nickel plated steel. Then the "Standard Tension" Bullets are something else???

The way a string is made and the meterial makeup causes different strings the same size to require different tesions and the way they stretch will vary because of the way its made. What the core is how tight the wrap , how tight the core was when wraped the metal combinations ect.ect.

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Standard Tension is nickel plated steel as well. It's what is recommended for my guitar by Fender. Seems kinda silly they would recommend only one type of string when they don't know what style music I play or my preferences (if in fact it does make a noticable difference either way).

I think 90% of it is marketing. They make them different because they can and it gives people a choice. However great the differences are depend on the individual. I like strings that last. Other than guage, the rest of it is irrelevant to me.

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-Kirk

GUITARS
'12 Sonoran Acoustic - black (dated 10/31/12)
'13 Standard Strat
AMP
Vox ac4c1-bl
PEDALS
Compressor
Big Muff
Vox Stomplab 1G
Carbon Copy Delay

Your guitar is that sweet looking Sienna Sunburst MIA right? (Once again - nice looking piece) From what I seen, it looks like the all the newer MIAs come with the ST Bullet 9s instead of the MIMs coming with the Super Bullet 9s.

Yep. That's my Sienna Sunburst. Thanks for the compliments. I wonder why they put Standard Tensions on one model and Supers on others. Again, I tend to think it's marketing.

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-Kirk

GUITARS
'12 Sonoran Acoustic - black (dated 10/31/12)
'13 Standard Strat
AMP
Vox ac4c1-bl
PEDALS
Compressor
Big Muff
Vox Stomplab 1G
Carbon Copy Delay

I stopped using Fender strings, due to them always breaking in a short time. I changed to D'Addarios, and never had that problem again.

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I'm gonna have to agree. I started using D'Addarios when I bought my baritone strings, and they lasted a long time. It's all I use for all of my guitars now.

Longest lasting strings I ever bought were Gibson Powerlines. Over a year of playing 3-nights a week. Incredible strings.