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What gauge strings do you use on your acoustic?

Atm is 11's but i think its a bit light.

I use all of the above

olegmcnoleg wrote:I use all of the above

What type of acoustic are you using 10s on, oleg? What sort of playing?

Light on acoustic. They're never as easy to play as an electric so I need all the help I can get.

Oleg sold me a Walden that arrived with some magical brand of strings. It sounded wonderful then I fitted phosphor bronze and it didn't sound half as good; really toppy and tinny. I never got around to asking him what he had on there. Point being, I suppose, that good acoustic strings are important.

codedog wrote:

olegmcnoleg wrote:I use all of the above

What type of acoustic are you using 10s on, oleg? What sort of playing?

It is a little mando-guitar (Tacoma Papoose). Mostly I strum it, or play folky stuff on it.

Molly wrote:Light on acoustic. They're never as easy to play as an electric so I need all the help I can get.

Oleg sold me a Walden that arrived with some magical brand of strings. It sounded wonderful then I fitted phosphor bronze and it didn't sound half as good; really toppy and tinny. I never got around to asking him what he had on there. Point being, I suppose, that good acoustic strings are important.

Yeah, can't help you there, I've no idea what it had on it. Elixirs probably, and now I think of it, probably 80/20 bronze strings, and probably 12s.

olegmcnoleg wrote:

Molly wrote:Light on acoustic. They're never as easy to play as an electric so I need all the help I can get.

Oleg sold me a Walden that arrived with some magical brand of strings. It sounded wonderful then I fitted phosphor bronze and it didn't sound half as good; really toppy and tinny. I never got around to asking him what he had on there. Point being, I suppose, that good acoustic strings are important.

Yeah, can't help you there, I've no idea what it had on it. Elixirs probably, and now I think of it, probably 80/20 bronze strings, and probably 12s.

I probably exaggerated the difference but it was definitely evident that the strings you fitted sounded warmer and all the words Bg doesn't like to see in reviews (girth and mouth-feel etc.). I play it so infrequently I've not really worried about it. Nice acoustics are wasted on me...

I use 11s and 12s.
Used to be 13s all the way but I'm now old and don't have a Martin Cannon anymore.

Slowy wrote: Martin Cannon

Is that one of the blokes from JB's special interest videos?

Molly wrote: and all the words Bg doesn't like to see in reviews (girth and mouth-feel etc.).

Both JB and I are in solidarity on this. It depends on the context.

And guitar buzzword bingo means nothing to me as I don't read TGP. I prefer words that actually mean something... like "it sounds phat as"

I like 12-56 bluegrass set.

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I use 10-52 plain G