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spazzie Joined: 09 Nov 2008 Posts: 2	Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:14 pm    Post subject: What strings do I buy? Ok, so last Christmas I bought my boyfriend a guitar. I want to buy him some strings because they broke... All I can remember is that it says "Kingston" on the guitar It has silver strings And that it's black.. I don't know what strings to get it. Help
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glw Lover of Fine Antigua Joined: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 1175 Location: Oxfordshire, Uk	Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:38 pm    Post subject: Is it an electric guitar or an acoustic? If it's acoustic are the strings nylon or steel? (Even a nylon set will have 3 strings wound with wire, so don't say "some are metal, some are nylon").
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StarcasterMan Got Rhythm Joined: 05 Feb 2008 Posts: 59	Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:30 pm    Post subject: I searched Kingston on musiciansfriend and all it came up with were bass guitars... high end ones. If it is a bass, this isn't the section to post it on cuz I believe thier is a bass section on this website. I also don't play bass so I'm not of much help thier..... BUT if it is an acoustic(an acoustic is a guitar with a hole in the midle of its body), there are two kinds of acoustics that take different strings... nylon/classical with (shockingly) nylon strings and steel string with (again; shockingly) steel strings. A Nylon/Classical is easily spotted because of the hear (the top part) has semi-square holes in it with normally white bars running across them. If it's that kinda guitar then I'd recomend D'Addario EJ45 Classic Normal Strings... you can get them here: http://accessories.musiciansfriend.com/product/DAddario-EJ45-ProArte-Classic-Normal-Classical-Strings?sku=100307 IF it's a steel string acoustic (solid head) then I'd recomend D'Addario EJ17 Phosphor Bronze medium acosutic strings. You can find them here: http://accessories.musiciansfriend.com/product/DAddario-EJ17-Phosphor-Bronze-Medium-Acoustic-Strings?sku=100183 If it's an electric guitar (totally solid or with F holes toward the side on the front of the body) I TOTALLY recomend Dean Markley Yngwie Malmsteen Ball End Super Light Electric Guitar Strings. These can be found here: http://accessories.musiciansfriend.com/product/Dean-Markley-Yngwies-Ball-End-Nickel-Steel-Super-Light-846?sku=101087 Hope that helps!!!
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glw Lover of Fine Antigua Joined: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 1175 Location: Oxfordshire, Uk	Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:59 pm    Post subject: StarcasterMan wrote: (an acoustic is a guitar with a hole in the midle of its body), Sorry, but that's a CLASSIC!
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StarcasterMan Got Rhythm Joined: 05 Feb 2008 Posts: 59	Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 2:01 pm    Post subject: No almost all acoustics have a sound hole... except for some ovation's and applause's
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spazzie Joined: 09 Nov 2008 Posts: 2	Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 4:30 pm    Post subject: Thanks guys It's an electric so I wasn't sure which kinds of strings to buy but i've got it now Thanks much. (and sorry for the ridiculously long delay in reply)
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glw Lover of Fine Antigua Joined: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 1175 Location: Oxfordshire, Uk	Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:11 am    Post subject: StarcasterMan wrote: No almost all acoustics have a sound hole... except for some ovation's and applause's It's your definition of an acoustic guitar that kills me.
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vitaminE Got Rhythm Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 95 Location: Gilbert Minnesota	Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 2:50 pm    Post subject: All the gui-tars in my pile of stratocasters are all strung with Ernie Ball Regular Slinky .10's. My picks are Dunlop Nylon Standards of 1mm in thickness. I use natural hemp guitar straps exclusively. I also endorse Seymour Duncan Hotrail Pickups (), and the hole in the middle of my body likes to be filled with Mickey's Malt Liquor.
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Tim Low Frequency Out Joined: 14 Aug 2005 Posts: 1182 Location: Probably at the bar.	Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:52 pm    Post subject: vitaminE wrote: and the hole in the middle of my body likes to be filled with Mickey's Malt Liquor. I'll have a Jameson I only use the .73 Dunlop Nylons on my bass
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vitaminE Got Rhythm Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 95 Location: Gilbert Minnesota	Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 9:57 pm    Post subject: StarcasterMan wrote: I TOTALLY recomend Dean Markley Yngwie Malmsteen Ball End Super Light Electric Guitar Strings. Man, those are .08s - don't they make your gui-tar sound wimpy and tinny? Don't they break easily?? I recently encouraged our singer / rhythm player to switch from 9s to 11s on his Telecaster, and his sound improved greatly - much more full and musical. Just curious...
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