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Posted: Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:05 pm
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GHS Boomers .10-.46


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I use them because they don't cost a lot and because I use them on my strats.

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Elixr 11's on my nashville deluxe tele, and Elixr 10's on my les paul I use a Dunlop Jazz III red pick and run through a Orange Crush 30R when I play the the tele I use the low input and set the bass to 2


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I've tried a number of different kinds of strings on my Teles but about a year ago decided to try the Fender 350's (10-46) and liked them enough I haven't used anything else ever since. I hate Fender's 250 strings with a passion and normally use the 150's if I buy Fender. The 350's do sound a little different than regular nickel strings. The solid strings and the wound cores are still the same as any Fender string (or any other brand for that matter) but the winding on the wound strings is stainless steel which makes them spankier.

Assuming the gauges are all the same between brands and also assuming you're not comparing solid G strings to wound G strings the steel used in all strings is pretty much the same with any brand you can think of with the only exception being some strings have a non-circular cross-section. Some companies insist they use a slightly different chemistry in the steel but those differences are minuscule. Steel sounds like steel and it makes extremely little difference if you add or remove a percentage of chromium or copper here or there. It's still steel and it still s sounds the same. Beyond that one thing (cross-section) the differences you hear and feel between brands have to do with the winding on the E, A & D strings.

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D'Addario
They sound good and seem to last longer than other strings I've tried

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All of them... :P

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And... Oh...

Fender Super 250L 009-042 same as with my Strats

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GoranS wrote:
All of them... :P



And some say that people in Sweden have no sense of humor. :)

I think that D'Addario XL's are the best wound strings due to the metal purity and the hex steel cores.

I use the .009-.042 120's. I'm an old guy that gets a bit sore playing stiffer strings as I bend whole steps and a half or more. :?

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I use D'Addario EXL110's on my Tele and Strat.

10's stay in tune better, don't break as often and are far more toneful.

D'Addario because they sound good and have a healthy life-span.

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Wow. I'm the only one who uses the DRs huh? Not sure if it's a feel thing or the sound that a person is looking for.


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Bridog,
Are you talking about the DR Pure Blues? If so, I've used Pure Blues on my Tele in the past and really liked them. I'll probably use them again in the near future.


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I'm currently using DR Pure Blues 10's on my new sunburst '09 MIM Standard Tele. I just bought it 3 weeks ago and tried it for a few days with the standard Fender strings, 9-42. I took my Tele back to my local shop(where I bought it) for a free 30 day setup. I've been playing less than a year, but I just can't get used to playing on 9's. They just feel too flimsy to me. I hadn't tried DR's before, but I really like the Pure Blues. They sound and feel great. I also noticed that they don't turn my fingers black like D'addario and Ernie Ball strings do. The Pure Blue 10's seem to be a bit easier to bend than other brands, but not too easy. As you can tell, I'm very happy with my new Tele and the DR's right now. (':D')


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Ernie ball regular slinky 10-46. They sound good and most importantly they are CHEAP! I don't feel bad when they occasionally break.


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I have Ernie Ball slinky's on both my Tele's, great strings imho.


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D'addario xl110's.... used them for as long as i can remember.the only other strings that were comparable and i hate to say it but they were the Gibson vintage reissues. those are really good strings, but are not always as easy to get as the D'addarios.

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I've used D'addario 10s and EB 10s. I think the EBs are just a hair brighter and the D'A might last slightly longer. I've more or less settled on EB 10s on the AmStd Tele and D'A on my older Hwy1.

The difference is that the Hwy1 has a warmer tone to begin with, so I'm enhancing it a bit with what I think are the warmer strings. The AmStd has the classic Tele spank, hence my going with the EBs because I think they add in that direction.


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