daveinspain Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Been playing my acoustic a lot lately and last night the G string broke so I thought, time to change the strings... I wanted to string up a set of light strings and was going through various set I have. I tend to buy strings if I see them on sale or if i want to try something new. I found in my stash a set of 12s, I thought, na to heavy. I found three sets of 11s which is what I have been using lately and was trying to decide between the three sets. Then I found a set of acoustic 10s... I thought I'll give em a go... strung them up and it was like WOW..! Crisp and bright and easy on the fingers withought losing body. I have strung up my acoustic with electric 10s before and liked the playability but they were too bright and lacked body. These D'Addario phosphor bronze extra light .010 -.047 are great...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Yeah.. I cant say I play my acoustic often but there is nothing like that new string sound on an acoustic.. Rings like a bell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 I keep telling people to go for the small strings. After a few years of playing mostly 9's I just tried my first set of 8's. It took a little getting used too but I love them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 I keep telling people to go for the small strings. After a few years of playing mostly 9's I just tried my first set of 8's. It took a little getting used too but I love them. Yeah im a 9s guy.. Always played with EB Super Slinkys...... I did try the Cobalt ones which were interesting but went back to my beloved Super Slinkys :) The EB Hybrid Slinkys are pretty cool .009, .011, .016, .026, .036, .046 so you get fatter low strings for rhythm and thinner high strings for lead.. Never tried 8s.. but I understand that you need a really light touch to play with them.. which im not sure is for me... im happy with my 9s :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StRanger7032 Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 I've always been a big fan of 10s on acoustics. I actually just put a set of Rotosound acoustic 9s with a plain G on mine. I don't really like them that much, but I needed to get rid of them. My sister uses 13s on her acoustic and I can't play the damn thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted November 29, 2016 Author Share Posted November 29, 2016 These10s I'm using now feel and sound great. I will be using them from now on.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Hmmm, I may have to try a set. I've been using 11's on the acoustic and 10's on the electric. The acoustic strings feel a little too thick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldCowboy Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 I'm a fan of going as light as will continue to sound good. There's a point, though, where you stop hearing the guitar and just hear the strings😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvi Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 never tried anything under 12 , but at 60 plus years maybe its time, bad wrist and finger makes the thought of extra light appealing, thanks for the inspiration and enjoy j from vi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Does anyone remember Nashville Straights? Those were the brightest strings I ever used. http://www.guitar-list.com/node/24321 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Does anyone remember Nashville Straights? Those were the brightest strings I ever used. http://www.guitar-list.com/node/24321 Yes - in UK they were around £6 (GBP) a pack, back in the late 70s.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryUK Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 How does Phil Collen play with 13's on his Jacksons? It must be like cheese wire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 How does Phil Collen play with 13's on his Jacksons? It must be like cheese wire. I used flatwound 13s on my archtop. Sounded excellent but such hard work. I dropped them to 11s. Even with 11's I cant bend or use vibrato. In part due to the 25.5" scale but also the build. Not too important for jazz, which is what its used for. On my Fylde acoustic I use a custom set. Phospher bronze regular (54 44 32) at the bottom , but with light gauge (10 13 17) at the top, mainly because I dont like a wound 3rd. Other than the classical guitars, everything else is 10s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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