what kind of guitar strings do you like?

[willjrockstar]

Aother thing is if yr playing and constantly sweating(this was me) you gotta keep a rag around and wipe before the crud dries.

But another not so obvious thing is to practice at a comfortable room temp. My old house had no AC and i was flyin through packs of strings. Now that i have AC it keeps the body temp down,, so less sweat less crud.

And yes i figured this out all by myself.

[OzStrat]

I am cursed with corrosive sweat and a normal set of strings would last me 4 hrs of hard playing, or one gig. I even rusted out the bridge pickup housing on my Tele!
Elixers have been a godsend. Fixed my rust problem and they sound new forever.

[dmmi]

You need Ernie Balls if you have EMG pickups......

There used to be a youtube video on it, and I just searched for the link but can't find it....

Anyway, it made a big difference for me

[crazzycat]

I am quate satisfied with Martin strings

[Towser83]

I usually use Rotosound strings, they come with an extra top E as well which is handy.

What about string guages? After some experimenting I go with the standard 10-46. Did try 9's for a while and it was insanely easy to play some stuff I had found fairy tough. String bending was a breeze (so much so that I even considered trying 8s just to see how much easier it was) but overall I didn't like it. Was overbending when really fired up and they felt like they would snap. Also a bit light in sound and not so good on tuning on my Les Paul.

Tried 11's which wasn't bad but I had to play all the time cos if I didn't play for a couyple of weeks they were a real struggle. So I went back to 10s. They work nice.

On my acoustic I just put on Martin Lights. One time they sounded awful but I had no choice but to use them again and they sounded great haha. Not figured that out yet. Don't really change my strings a lot. A couple of times a year maybe. I don't break a lot

[OzStrat]

Originally Posted by dmmi

You need Ernie Balls if you have EMG pickups......

There used to be a youtube video on it, and I just searched for the link but can't find it....

Anyway, it made a big difference for me

That's interesting because I have EMG's on my Strat. I might try a set and hope they don't rust in 2 seconds.

[jetglo]

Originally Posted by cakewalkgg

If its a choice between stringing my guitars or helping a friend move from a 3rd story apartment... I have to think about it

If it was a Rickenbacker 12 string, I'd take the apartment move in a flash.