Elixers are definitely good.

D'Addario EJ26 11-52 Custom Lights

Dominant for my viola, they are superior by far. I'm using a Pirastro Tonica right now for my A string, and it's almost painful to listen to.

Super bullets i guess the best verb for them is standard... pretty good overall

I just put a set of Ernie Ball Beefy Slinky on my Iceman. Good god they're brutal. Heavy as hell but they sound really full and solid.

the heaviest i can find.


thickest gauge is the proper term, i suppose.

What gauge do you usually buy?

I used to be a huge fan of 12's, but then I realized I wasn't S.R.V. so I stepped it down to tens, now I use Slinky Top Heavy Bottoms (top three are from a set of tens, bottom from a set of elevens) and those Beefy Slinky's on my backup (it's an 11-52 set, whereas normal 11's would go 11-48).

i think the lightest i've ever played were the 11's you're talking about. the ones with the wound G's?

right now i have 12-54's and i hate them. their much too loose and leinient. i usually play with 13-56's, because i can't stand light strings.

Wow. 12's are to loose? Those are huge... What kind of music are you playing?


and 13's.......Are you playing a baritone guitar?

It's not the kind of music, in fact I'm usually finger picking when I play.
I just play with extra heavys because my father used them on his guitars and that's what i learned with.


and no, it's a regular danelectro from 93'.
i do have a baritone though :)

I can't imagine what gauge is on that.

This is an electric guitar we're talking about right?

yeppers :)

Neck bow?

i use Di addario 9s.

custom gauge nickel wound

Well I use Rotosounds on my Ovation acoustic, Ernie Balls on my Tele, D'addarios on my Danelectro and my Dobro I use D'Addario 16-56 and so on..

I just got a couple sets of Ernie Ball Power Slinkies. I'm gonna try those out when I get to band practice today.

ive kept the same set of super bullets for like 4 months playing 30min-4hrs day.... im thinking about switching to some ernie balls as those seem to be rather popular... but the super bullets are still soundin good so maybe they're magic or something cause there lasting an awfully long time

I play acoustic and use martin m104 i think they're called...

Dean Markley Blue Steel.

Do they turn your fingers black when you play?

Not really they start to look kinda dirtyish but not completely black. They are starting to feel kinda rusty (only adjective i can think to fit it) so ima switch them out pretty soon. U think ernie balls are good? and if so wich kind of ernie ball?

For Electric guitar it's Dean Markeleys every time, for acoustic, Martin bronze with a wound 3rd, and for bass usually Elites or Rotosound can't be beaten.

i use GHS boomers on both my electric guitar and electric bass and on my acoustic i use D'Addario EJ16 Phosphor Bronze Light Guitar Strings

D'addario .009 - .042 sets on my Ibanez S, 10-46 on my Viper, and Any set of 12's I can get my mitts on that aren't made by rotosound, on my acoustics.

i use light dean markleys. i think elixir string arent that different to dean markley, or dadario

For acoustic guitar I use elixers.

Basses are nice because you rarely have to replace strings. I can't imagine someone breaking the E-string.

I usually play Dean Markley Custom gauge (Light E,A,D heavy G,B,E), but I pretty much reccomend anything except for Elixirs. They're great if you don't like changing strings, but the coating on them dampens the tone and makes them sound dull IMO.

I use elixers, Dean Markley and other brands turn my fingers black.

i've been using d'addario strings for 15 years. i've tried a few other brands in the past and was never satisfied, the other brands usually popped relatively quickly.

i use .10s for standard tuning
.12s or .13s(if i can find them) for tuning down to C
flatwounds for bass, not sure on the gauge but the low B is effing huge.

Anyone ever see a set of 12 guage electric gtr strings with an unwound G?

yup. ernie ball has a pack called 'not even slinky', it's green. .12s with a plain G. although i'm pretty sure those were the strings i was using when both my G and B strings popped simultaneously.

i'm also positive d'addario has sets of .12s with a plain G as i have some on my guitar right now, i just can't find the packaging.

a plain G at that gauge does feel a little weird though.

Thanks.

I'll have to try a set and see what I think.

After the final decision, I'll have the guitar set up for that gauge and shielded.

no worries. i've never dared trying to tune 12s up to standard though. they're a little loose at C, would probably work best at D. crazy nice low tone when it's down 2 steps though.

That's totally Slipknot, dude.

i guess so haha but i was going for josh homme tone.

For Electric: D'addario (10's)
For Acoustic: Elixir

im not hugely fussy but i tend towards d'addario standard 10-46
or the equivalent ernie ball super slinkys

D'addario 12s. I love the thick sound they have.