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What guage strings are you playing? poll Inside..

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:49 am
by BigBear
What guage strings do you play on your primary acoustic guitar? This question gets asked a lot and we all seem to have an opinion. Let's see what the group thinks.

This is the high E string for newer players!

Thanks!

Re:What guage strings are you playing? poll Inside..

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:21 am
by haoli25
Good question, Rick. I am pretty sure that my 'primary acoustic guitar' is the one that is closest at the moment. :) On my D-28 I have MSP3050 (.011), the D-35 has EJ12 (.012), and the Taylor has Elixir Nanoweb (.010). I like all of them now, even though for many, many years I played .012 exclusively.


Bill

Re:What guage strings are you playing? poll Inside..

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:34 am
by Catman
Rick

All elixir

0.011 electrics on the T5,
0.011 on the Applause,
0.012 on the 814

David

Re:What guage strings are you playing? poll Inside..

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:44 am
by tovo
Elixir .012's. I lodged a response in the poll but it didn't register as you can see, 3 responses only 2 show in the chart.

Re:What guage strings are you playing? poll Inside..

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:49 am
by AndyT
I used to play only DR 10's but since I had Gracie repaired, I've been using Elixir Nanoweb 12s and love them.

Re:What guage strings are you playing? poll Inside..

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 2:57 am
by KennyF
Martin (MSP4200) Phosphor Bronze Medium (13-17-26-35-45-56).

Re:What guage strings are you playing? poll Inside..

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:21 am
by michelew
Elixir Nanoweb 0.012

Re:What guage strings are you playing? poll Inside..

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:57 am
by mark
I'm another one for elixir nanoweb 12

I've got 13s on one guitar which I keep in open D but I don't notice any difference

Re:What guage strings are you playing? poll Inside..

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:29 am
by neverfoundthetime
I'm using Martin Acoustic 92/8 Phosphor Bronze Extra Light, .010 on my 12 string. Yeah, I'm a bit wimpy so I go for the lightest I can find. ;-) The decisive point is whether the G string octave holds up. If it breaks too easily I go for heavier strings. At the moment it works with these pretty well.

Re:What guage strings are you playing? poll Inside..

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:31 am
by MarkM
Elixir Phosphor Bronze Medium .013 - .056 on the DN8