Fresh guitar strings

[Platypus]

Nothing feels better than a freshly stringed guitar going through 2 tube rectifiers.

So this thread isn't a total waste, guitar players what strings do you usually use
and what gauge?

< -- GHS Boomers or Ernie Ball Super Slinkies (pink) at 9-42

 

[Cooler]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Nothing feels better than a freshly stringed guitar going through 2 tube rectifiers.

So this thread isn't a total waste, guitar players what strings do you usually use
and what gauge?

< -- GHS Boomers or Ernie Ball Super Slinkies (pink) at 9-42

non cat strings i hope.

 

[Super56K]

Ernie Ball regular slinkys(10-46) for me. I'm starting to go through withdrawal because I blew a tube out of my guitar head last week. Playing an electric unplugged isn't much fun, but I should have my replacement quad of power tubes tomorrow.

I remember I used to wait so long to change my strings that the sound coming out of my amp was a night and day difference. Now, I change strings regularly every month or so.

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: Super56K
Ernie Ball regular slinkys(10-46) for me. I'm starting to go through withdrawal because I blew a tube out of my guitar head last week. Playing an electric unplugged isn't much fun, but I should have my replacement quad of power tubes tomorrow.

I remember I used to wait so long to change my strings that the sound coming out of my amp was a night and day difference. Now, I change strings regularly every month or so.

Me too man, the bloody G string was like a rusted bike chain, I waited so long because I'm lazy but it sounds ridiculously great now... 4 months is too long

What kind of head you got? What kind of power tubes are you getting?

Edit: I'm an idiot, you have it right in your sig
Question remains about tubes though

 

[imported_Lucifer]

My g sting sounded terrible. I went to Sam Ash and bought the Polyweb Elixir's, which don't rust. Cost about 11.99 I spend this much on strings because I know they last, especially Elixir's. They are .10-.46 Awesome. Love the sound and feel of these strings.

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: Lucifer
My g sting sounded terrible. I went to Sam Ash and bought the Polyweb Elixir's, which don't rust. Cost about 11.99 I spend this much on strings because I know they last, especially Elixir's. They are .10-.46 Awesome. Love the sound and feel of these strings.

I like the nanoweb ones myself, but I'm not a fan of elixirs usually. They are a great string but the tone feels somewhat lifeless to me. The Boomers have amazing tone but it's gone too fast. I'm still looking for a happy medium

 

[3chordcharlie]

EB 11s for me.

 

[Super56K]

A Peavey XXX head. I have 4 Sovtek 6L6WXT+'s on the way. My amp previously had 6L6WXT's in it, and I guess I paid the price of buying used. Just got the amp a few months ago so I'm guessing the tubes were either stock or old. Ah well, what's $50 when I've already spent about a grand on the halfstack? I should be giving the amp some more balls while I'm at it with the slighter different tubes.

 

[imported_Lucifer]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation

Originally posted by: Lucifer
My g sting sounded terrible. I went to Sam Ash and bought the Polyweb Elixir's, which don't rust. Cost about 11.99 I spend this much on strings because I know they last, especially Elixir's. They are .10-.46 Awesome. Love the sound and feel of these strings.

I like the nanoweb ones myself, but I'm not a fan of elixirs usually. They are a great string but the tone feels somewhat lifeless to me. The Boomers have amazing tone but it's gone too fast. I'm still looking for a happy medium

I love the tone of the Elixirs. Best I've used so far. I haven't tried the Boomers yet though. I heard D Addario makes some awesome strings. Would love to try out the Dean Markley's though.

 

[Super56K]

Originally posted by: Lucifer
My g sting sounded terrible. I went to Sam Ash and bought the Polyweb Elixir's, which don't rust. Cost about 11.99 I spend this much on strings because I know they last, especially Elixir's. They are .10-.46 Awesome. Love the sound and feel of these strings.

How long are they supposed to last?

 

[ComputerMonkey]

I use 10-46. D'addario XL's are nice, but I've switched to Long & McQuade store brand strings. They're repackaged Dean Markley's. Dirt cheap at $4 CDN and sound good.

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: Super56K
A Peavey XXX head. I have 4 Sovtek 6L6WXT+'s on the way. My amp previously had 6L6WXT's in it, and I guess I paid the price of buying used. Just got the amp a few months ago so I'm guessing the tubes were either stock or old. Ah well, what's $50 when I've already spent about a grand on the halfstack? I should be giving the amp some more balls while I'm at it with the slighter different tubes.

Good choice.

You should check out www.eurotubes.com
JJ tubes are my favorite.

I've got a matched pair of EL34L's coming and 2 Yellowjackets to go with them. Yellowjackets are converters that slip into any EL34 or 6L6 pin pattern and allow you to put EL84 tubes in. I am running the two YJ's on the far left and far right and the two EL34L's in the middle. I run the stock 2 tube rectifiers because I like the sound (sovtek). 5U4G I believe. The tone is fvcking ridiculous with this because it drops the grid voltage making my ClassA/B head into a pure ClassA circuit and lowers the wattage so it gets the power tubes smoking at lower volumes.

 

[imported_Lucifer]

Originally posted by: Super56K

Originally posted by: Lucifer
My g sting sounded terrible. I went to Sam Ash and bought the Polyweb Elixir's, which don't rust. Cost about 11.99 I spend this much on strings because I know they last, especially Elixir's. They are .10-.46 Awesome. Love the sound and feel of these strings.

How long are they supposed to last?

For months on. I prefer these over the 5 dollar strings because then I end up restringing every couple weeks.

 

[ITJunkie]

EB super slinky's....I can bend the sh1t out of those

 

[Xylitol]

My friend's guitar strings built like 3 mm of dead skin on them :disgust:

 

[Platypus]

Lucifer you should check out the Boomers next time you're in the market. I figure you play a lot of metal and the top end tone on these strings is perfect for that.

 

[imported_Lucifer]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Lucifer you should check out the Boomers next time you're in the market. I figure you play a lot of metal and the top end tone on these strings is perfect for that.

I probably should. I have another pack of Elixirs, but my e string busted while I was tightening it, so I had to take out the e out of my new pack. I'm sure the others will last a long time so what good will 5 other strings do me. Except back up, but I prefer to change my strings all at once with all new strings.

I'll check out the Boomers too. I've seen them at Wal Mart, but for a while I thought they were some generic brand, lol since I used to always get DR's.

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: Lucifer

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Lucifer you should check out the Boomers next time you're in the market. I figure you play a lot of metal and the top end tone on these strings is perfect for that.

I probably should. I have another pack of Elixirs, but my e string busted while I was tightening it, so I had to take out the e out of my new pack. I'm sure the others will last a long time so what good will 5 other strings do me. Except back up, but I prefer to change my strings all at once with all new strings.

I'll check out the Boomers too. I've seen them at Wal Mart, but for a while I thought they were some generic brand, lol since I used to always get DR's.

They're pretty badass, you won't be disappointed.

FYI, use musicians friend, they always have X number of pack sales where you can get like 5 for super cheap. I got a pack of 10 EB's and a pack of 10 boomers for like dirt cheap doing this.

EX: http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=home/search/detail/base_pid/100441/
Look how much cheaper than retail

 

[imported_Lucifer]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation

Originally posted by: Lucifer

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Lucifer you should check out the Boomers next time you're in the market. I figure you play a lot of metal and the top end tone on these strings is perfect for that.

I probably should. I have another pack of Elixirs, but my e string busted while I was tightening it, so I had to take out the e out of my new pack. I'm sure the others will last a long time so what good will 5 other strings do me. Except back up, but I prefer to change my strings all at once with all new strings.

I'll check out the Boomers too. I've seen them at Wal Mart, but for a while I thought they were some generic brand, lol since I used to always get DR's.

They're pretty badass, you won't be disappointed.

FYI, use musicians friend, they always have X number of pack sales where you can get like 5 for super cheap. I got a pack of 10 EB's and a pack of 10 boomers for like dirt cheap doing this.

How often do you re string with teh Boomers? I'll have to check out this deal on Musicians friend.

 

[Platypus]

Here are some 10 packs:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=guitar/navigation?N=100001+304378

lol... 30 bucks shipped instead of 80 retail

 

[TrueBlueLS]

GHS 10s... Maybe I'll change the Kramer back to 9s since it's a neck thru.

 

[Platypus]

Originally posted by: Lucifer

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation

Originally posted by: Lucifer

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Lucifer you should check out the Boomers next time you're in the market. I figure you play a lot of metal and the top end tone on these strings is perfect for that.

I probably should. I have another pack of Elixirs, but my e string busted while I was tightening it, so I had to take out the e out of my new pack. I'm sure the others will last a long time so what good will 5 other strings do me. Except back up, but I prefer to change my strings all at once with all new strings.

I'll check out the Boomers too. I've seen them at Wal Mart, but for a while I thought they were some generic brand, lol since I used to always get DR's.

They're pretty badass, you won't be disappointed.

FYI, use musicians friend, they always have X number of pack sales where you can get like 5 for super cheap. I got a pack of 10 EB's and a pack of 10 boomers for like dirt cheap doing this.

How often do you re string with teh Boomers? I'll have to check out this deal on Musicians friend.

They usually lose their tone after about a month of playing (everyday). If you clean your strings with one of those microfiber cloths it preserves the quality of the string but not the tone sadly.

 

[imported_Lucifer]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Here are some 10 packs:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=guitar/navigation?N=100001+304378

lol... 30 bucks shipped instead of 80 retail

wow sweet. THe D Addarios are only 30 bucks for a 10 pack. Damn, I would have spent sooo much more money if I bought 10 packs of Elixirs! :Q

 

[karma4jake]

Try out webstrings.com they're pretty darn good for really cheap even with my acidy PH I seem to put out.

I use em on my SG standard going through a peavey classic 30.

 

[imported_Lucifer]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation

Originally posted by: Lucifer

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation

Originally posted by: Lucifer

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
Lucifer you should check out the Boomers next time you're in the market. I figure you play a lot of metal and the top end tone on these strings is perfect for that.

I probably should. I have another pack of Elixirs, but my e string busted while I was tightening it, so I had to take out the e out of my new pack. I'm sure the others will last a long time so what good will 5 other strings do me. Except back up, but I prefer to change my strings all at once with all new strings.

I'll check out the Boomers too. I've seen them at Wal Mart, but for a while I thought they were some generic brand, lol since I used to always get DR's.

They're pretty badass, you won't be disappointed.

FYI, use musicians friend, they always have X number of pack sales where you can get like 5 for super cheap. I got a pack of 10 EB's and a pack of 10 boomers for like dirt cheap doing this.

How often do you re string with teh Boomers? I'll have to check out this deal on Musicians friend.

They usually lose their tone after about a month of playing (everyday). If you clean your strings with one of those microfiber cloths it preserves the quality of the string but not the tone sadly.

That's what I like about the Elixir's though. They last for quite a while. Well, it's not like re stringing is a hassle anyways.