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In Reply to: WhATS ThE BEst StRings posted by rick on July 29, 2002 at 14:29:18:

: i go through alot of strings, i wanted to know what do you use. And is light or heavy. And all around what type of music do you use it for.

Rick,

I keep trying different strings, gages, etc. I've found that I like the GHS strings as well as any and they are relatively inexpensive. For blues and if you've got the strength for it you may want to go with a heavy string...12's and up. I think Stevie Ray used 13's or bigger. They give you the sustain you might want. For the country stuff I've know fellows who use as light as 8's. I couldn't play them! I tried and they were just so light that my heavy hands would bend them out of tune on the chords so easily.
For the most part I stay with 10's or 11's. When you go switching gages and make big changes though be thoughtful of the inotation. Going from 12's to 8's will call for an adjustment.

good luck

Doodle

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