What type of guitar strings do you use? Which company? What gauge?
Come on, @Abraham.H. We all know youâre a bot at this point.
Anyway, Iâll play âŚ
It depends on the guitar.
It depends on the guitar.
It depends on the guitar.
BTW you can delete it.
Also, AI is awesome!
Also, also ⌠you never answered my question âŚ
In all my years, even when I could hear proper, on any given recording, Iâve never been able to tell which guitar is being used, what amp(s), which speakers cab(s), what FX, let alone which strings and what guage.
In my case, the cheapest string set that does the job which for me is this Brazilian brand SG. They are about on par of quality with the major brands but I can buy a set of 3 for half the price of a single Ernie Ball or Dâaddario set.
I used to use Dâaddario, then when those became quite expensive, Ernie Ball. Then I was a bit bummed with their sneaky marketing scheme of selling string sets where youâre paying more for different wound strings (Only the winding of their Custom Gauge Stainless Steel set is stainless steel, same for Cobalts, etc.). Then when I needed new strings I decided to try this brand I mentioned before becauseâŚThereâs not that much of a difference between string sets in practice. These are better than the Ernie Ball sets I used to use in the sense you donât lose the brightness after only 2 days.
Gauge wise, I used to use 10s, but I switched to 9s. Maybe if I want to tune one step down again, I might switch back to 10s.
@Scab_Pickens See that topic again.
I use 0.10 on most of my electric guitars. Usually, I go with Earnie Ball or something in that price range.
For guitars that are assigned for special tasks like Nashville tuning, drop tunings or different tunings in general I use other gauges and sets depending on what I want to achieve.
Iâm sort of going lighter on gauge. I used to play 11s in standard when I was younger.
For a long time in the 80s and 90s, or thereabouts, I used these strings - for the life of me I canât remember their name. This is the sticker that came with most packs.
Iâve used Gibson strings (of course!), which I liked, but lately, Ernie Ball. Just bought a set of Slinky Cobalts, still sitting in a drawer..
All the above mostly the usual 10s to 45s (-ish). I toyed with 9s, once, but didnât like 'em. Tried a hybrid for a year or two of 10s to 50s.
My current set is about 12 years old.
I carve notches on one side of my pick - helps bring out the overtones.
Also
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I googled â1990s guitar strings stable pictureâ and found them - Dean Markley!
GHS Boomers ⌠.010-.046 ( light ).
Always find them to be nice and bright⌠almost âchimeyâ. Easy to roll off if itâs too much!
Donât call me a booâŚ
Oh, waitâŚ