Strings..... SL3

[mantis]

Ok,
I have been trying out many differnt strings and I think that the 9-42's work best. I'm on my 2nd pair of 10-46 and they just don't feel right not to mention setting the damn guitar up again. I hate that about the Floyd rose systems. I think my next guitar will be a Hard tail.

I have tried Dean markely Blue steel 10-46, Ernie Ball Super Slinkys 9-42(personal favorites so far), Fender Super Bullets 250 9-42, very nice, Rockers strings 10-46. I got them on there now and I don't know if I'm gonna keep em. I'm also getting Bass E string buzz even after I adjusted the height on the bridge. I got a Floyd Rose Trem Blocker so i'ts always perfectly level to the body.

What strings do you guys use and why???

Dan

[toejam]

10-46 on certain guitars in E and Eb. 11-48 on certain guitars in Eb or D. And 10-56 on my 7-string.
I started on 10-46 in the '80s. I used 9-42 a few times, but they always seemed too thin to me, like spiderwebs, and seem to break more easily. I haven't broken a string in years, though.

Oh, yeah, I use GHS Boomers or Carvin strings (Boomers in Carvin packaging ) for the 10-46, Ernie Ball Power Slinky for 11-48.

[JACKSONFREAK]

I use dean Markley 2505's signature series 9-42. I tried everything else and i just like the way they feel, sound and how they last. They'e become part of my tone and i wont change. But if in a pinch I need strings and theyre out of the Dean Markleys I'll grab GHS boomers 9-42. Closest thing i can find to the markleys
Gil

[VitaminG]

as a general rule, I use 9-42s on 25 1/2" scale guitars & 10-46s on 24 3/4" guitars. Although I do have 11s on my Model 1A tuned down a halfstep. And sometimes for shits'n'giggles I'll mix it up and throw a different gauge or tuning on a guitar to see how I like it.

As far as brands, I use whatever cheapass strings are on sale on the day I wander into a guitar shop.

Why? Because they're cheap!

[texasfury]

I only use strings whos nickel comes from the Anasazi Meteor, and who's purified ore has been quenched in the living blood of Disco Dancers, then hand wound by the finest craftsmen amongst dark gnomes of the Mordor Underdeep.

Actually I just use whatever's on sale.

[AfterForever]

Ernie Ball Super Slinkys 9-42
Ernie Ball Slinkys 10-46

I really like these strings.. they have a much better feel than the d'addarios I previously used

[Sunbane]

010-046 on any Floyded guitar tuned to E. I need the extra tension in a 010 as opposed to a 009 set. My playing gets a lot more fluid with 'em.

[mantis]

010-046 on any Floyded guitar tuned to E. I need the extra tension in a 010 as opposed to a 009 set. My playing gets a lot more fluid with 'em.

Thats intresting. I find myself fighting with them. The 9-42 guage strings seems to flow very easy and I don't think about the strings. the 10-46 I fight.

Ernie Ball super slinkys I think sound the best.They don't last very long but for the money who cares. I will buy more packs.I'm gonna try a few more brands and see if I can find anything better.The Markley 2505's signature series 9-42 sound nice, I'm gonna pick a set of them up. The Blue steels where not for me.

Dan

[Sunbane]

It's hard to put into words. My pick just dances over tenser strings, whereas on flabbier strings, I tend to get caught up on them. I would use even thicker strings if they wouldn't be so hard to do bends and vibratos on them.

[toejam]

It's hard to put into words. My pick just dances over tenser strings, whereas on flabbier strings, I tend to get caught up on them. I would use even thicker strings if they wouldn't be so hard to do bends and vibratos on them.

Same here. The 9s are too loose and floppy and I get all screwed up. I also tend to have an aggressive right hand and pick the strings harder, so that's probably why I like heavier strings.

[Sunbane]

Yeah, I have that too - though my picking is a lot more moderate these days. I'm also very heavy-handed in my left hand as well, so with loose strings I tend to pull chords off pitch.

[mantis]

Yeah, I have that too - though my picking is a lot more moderate these days. I'm also very heavy-handed in my left hand as well, so with loose strings I tend to pull chords off pitch.

I can see that but I put that to good use, with 9's I can harmonic full cords and bend them. It 's a cool thing I do. I'm sure others do it as well. I use it alot in my playing.

Do you get good harmonic's with heavier strings? I can't seem to get them to come out at will with heavier strings. the 9's I can Harmonic just about anywhere on the neck and at will.

Dan

[slayer]

I agree, I also get better harmonics form thinner strings. I like them thin and slinky. I use 9-42 for the most part on 25.5 scale guitars, sometimes 8-42 or 8-38 and on 24.75 scale guitars, I use 9-42 or 9-46(for non-floyds for Drop D). Jack.

[Sunbane]

I get great harmonics from the 010's. However, I've recently adopted 011's for D tuning, and so far I'm having a bit of trouble making pinch harmonics with those.

[Endrik]

I use 11's Power Slinky set on my SL-3 w/ OFR, I don't have any problems, I'm a big whammy bar abuser, it stays in tune perfectly. I use the standard E tuning. Lighter strings don't feel right to me and they sound thin.