Damien Sullins Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 I am fairly new to playing guitars. In fact I have only been taking lessons for 6 months. I started with an entry level Fender acoustic. In fact was one of those package deals where you get gig bag,tuner,DVD ,etc.. It was alright for a while. It is easy to play. In fact the strings got to close to the fret board and I had to take it to a shop for a tech to readjust the neck. In the meantime I went to Guitar Center here in Oklahoma City USA. I was looking for something that was a step up from what I had. Anyway I bought a Epiphone Hummingbird. It is beautiful of course and has a much better sound than the cheap Fender. It seems to me that it is quite a bit more difficult to hold cords than what I expected. What I wondered is what guage strings would any of you reccomend for this guitar? I have some extra light Martin strings. I think the ones on my new Hummingbird are medium guage. So do I need to put lighter strings on my Hummingbird? Or is this just a characteristic of this particular guitar? Thank you for you help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theDeuce Posted February 1, 2009 Share Posted February 1, 2009 Try d'addario 12s, phos bronze. Ask your instructor too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien Sullins Posted February 7, 2009 Author Share Posted February 7, 2009 I ended up taking the Hummingbird to a Guitar Tech. Many years of experience. He said that the fret was defective. He also said that he had a couple other Epiphone Acoustics brought in with fret and problems. So I took it back and got something different. I still intend to purchace a Epi Hummingbird but want to make sure Epiphone has got their problems fixed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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