Survey: Acoustic string gauge

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What gauge strings do you use on your acoustic?

10-47
3
13%
11-52
6
25%
12-53
12
50%
13-56
2
8%
Other
1
4%
 
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What gauge strings do you use on your acoustic?
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Atm is 11's but i think its a bit light.

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I use all of the above

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olegmcnoleg wrote:I use all of the above
What type of acoustic are you using 10s on, oleg? What sort of playing?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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... :oops:

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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.
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Slowy wrote: Martin Cannon
Is that one of the blokes from JB's special interest videos?

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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.
So, is that low alcohol or no alcohol at all? mmmm, no alcohol, do you want to try it? Noooooooooo.

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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"
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I like 12-56 bluegrass set.

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I use 10-52 plain G

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