Strings

[johninmass]

I am new to electric guitar and have been using Elixir Nanowebs on my acoustic, any recommendations on what to use on my LP Studio?

[Les Paul Fanatic]

Welcome to the forum first and foremost. Now on to your question, that depends on what your looking for, ease of playability, heavy drop tunings, beefy strings, what kind of music you play. Myself, I find that GHS works wonders, granted I tend to lean towards the Nick Catanese Signature Set from the good people at Dean Markley, which those are gaged at 10-60. Meaning .010-.060 good all around strings for any tuning unless you get ahold of the Zakk Wylde Boomers, which are heavier topwise, and keep in mind the heavier the string more break in they require and plus your fingers have to become accustomed to heavier metal under them. Hope this Helps.

[MikeRom]

In general I think they sound best with the stings they come with - brite wires, vintage, whatever.

[buchananblues]

Right now I prefer Ernie Ball Slinky 10-46, however, I have ordered the Les Paul Vintage 10-46 to see how they stack up. Strings are relatively inexpensive, if you can, try several brands out to see what you like, sound and fell wise.

Good Luck.

 

ps. let's see some pics.

[elessar820]

I'll second GHS Strings. I used TNT's (10-52) on my LP and Ibanez SZ and CL's (9-46) on my Strats. +1 for Elixir's on an acoustic.

[VA_siCkBoy]

GHS Boomers for me. I've been using them for 24 years.

[RichCI]

I've been using WebStrings for the past couple of years and string all of my guitars with them. I used GHS (Boomers) for over 20 years prior to finding out about WebStrings. WebStrings sound just as good and last just as long as GHS and cost much less ($2.49/set if you buy enough for the biggest discount and spend $50 to qualify for free shipping).

[NeoConMan]

I'll second Rich.

Too good to pass up.

 

All the major brands do good stuff, I look for the highest nickel content I can find - like in stainless steel.

 

Treat yourself, get a set of Gibson Vintage.

I can't really see a big difference in name brand strings, but I LOVE the Gibson sets.

[Les Paul Fanatic]

Dean Markley Cryogenics treated at -370 degrees farenhiet in liquid nitrogen. I think I'm correct on the temperature, not sure if anybody knows for sure please do say something. Anyways damn good strings and you can get them in any gaging you like. A little bit more but hey you get what you pay for.

[RichCI]

I tried Dean Markleys at some point around 15 years ago or so as they claim that their strings hold their tone longer (don't corrode as fast, I assume). I never got to find out if that was true as the Dean Markely strings were breaking faster than any other string I have ever used - and not just high strings either, wounds as well; it was crazy. That's *my* experience though and I tend to be pretty heavy handed when I play so your mileage may vary but I've never experienced anything like that with any other brand of strings I've tried.

[Les Paul Fanatic]

The regular Dean Markley's don't hold for ****, the Cryogenics and the Nick Catanese are ****in amazing. I worship the Nick Catanese series as a god.

[SRV-Zeppelin]

I also prefer Ernie Ball 10-46, but as Les Paul Fanatic said, it all depends on what sound you're looking for. thicker strings will give you a fatter sound and are good for chord-based playing, whereas thinner strings will be easier to bend but will give you a hollower sound, usually more well-suited to jazz and clean playing. I know that SRV, for example, used 14 guage strings on most of his guitars...

[Les Paul Fanatic]

Dr strings are good, they're coated, good playability, and the last.

[jamo71]

I use Elixir Nano's on both my electrics and my acoustic.

[AS90]

Ernie Ball Slinkys.