What strings best for your Jackson/Charvel

[VitaminG]

cheap ones

[Sunbane]

I'm stuck with D'Addario, since I NEED that extra bit of tension. :P

[Super_shredder]

10s in standard , on my dinky
skinny top heavy bottoms on rhoads
11s on my les paul
and 12s for drop C

all ernie ball

their acoustic strings suck imho , ive just put a set of the expensive coated ones on my ovation and they sound like shit. il stick to EXPs

[Anunnaki]

I only use Ernie Ball or D'Addario depending on the best price for 10 or more. I prefer 9's for E and 10's for Eb.

[sean1197]

i use ernie ball 13- 56 in standard and all my detunes kelly b standard rx10d in d standard dxmgt in drop c and soon to be a ibanez ex370 in standard

[Vass]

DR Hi Beams, both 10's and 9's depending on the guitar. I used Super Slinky's for years.... I could rust them in hours. Thought that was just the way it was.

I have DR's on all my guitars now- I'm a convert. They work for me. Have been for 2 years. I bend pretty hard, and haven't broken one yet, which given my past experience almost seems impossible.

[micha]

did anyone mention any quality issues with d'addario strings lately?
somehow my latest sets didn't last as long as they used to, they tend to have a sticky feel to them and I even had some strings beeing slightly rusty right out of the box?!
I've been always happy with my d'addarios (and I will give them another try for sure, simply due to the fact I still have about 10 packs... ), but I just wondered if somebody else ever had this kind of problems.

[sean1197]

did anyone mention any quality issues with d'addario strings lately?
somehow my latest sets didn't last as long as they used to, they tend to have a sticky feel to them and I even had some strings beeing slightly rusty right out of the box?!
I've been always happy with my d'addarios (and I will give them another try for sure, simply due to the fact I still have about 10 packs... ), but I just wondered if somebody else ever had this kind of problems.

thats y i quit using them. i snapped two high e strings while tuning up and ive never snapped a brand new ernie ball string while tuning up

[micha]

well, with earnieball, I've only bought some of these once (a set of 09 super slinkys) and these colored off soo badly, my frethand was black within minutes of play. I had no idea what was going on there...
and I dig the d'addaria overall feel and sounds, that's why I kept them.

somebody knows wether strings get bad inside the packing? it has been just the last packs of d'addaria which where rusty, I really can't explain myself why?!
maybe I got an old dusty pack that has been sitting in the store for ages...

[Anunnaki]

maybe I got an old dusty pack that has been sitting in the store for ages...

That would be my guess. I purchase in bulk from high volume distributors so they don't sit around long.

[dimobag]

DR-strings are best, longest lifetime than any other strings.

[nateb]

9-46's on standard tuned guitars
11's on anything that is tuned below D

-Nate

[The Dark Penguin]

I use Dean Markley blue steels on my KV2 9-42s.

[gmbob22]

thats y i quit using them. i snapped two high e strings while tuning up and ive never snapped a brand new ernie ball string while tuning up

and ive NEVER snapped an D'addario

[wilkinsi]

EB 9's. I've only ever snapped a string when it's on a cheap guitar.