• From: North East England
  • Registered: 2008-10-26
  • Posts: 207

Topic: MATCHING THE STRINGS

i'M NOT SURE IF THIS HAS BEEN COVERED ELSEWHERE?

oops caps! sorry

guitars Acoustic & a recently bought Tanglewood 502h.

music i like /tend to play Country, 50's stuff, ballads, i dont play metal, heavy rock type, and tend not to use a pick

I'm wondering what strings to use? i have ernie ball acoustics 12 on my Acoustic

I havent a clue what the tanglewood 502 are shipped with? though i think they might be Tens of some make? it is these am looking to change.



Regards Micky

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  • henryb
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  • From: Lhanbryde
  • Registered: 2006-03-04
  • Posts: 204

Re: MATCHING THE STRINGS

Try Elixir strings, they are the best on the market. best prices on ebay.

  • Registered: 2007-12-24
  • Posts: 67

Re: MATCHING THE STRINGS

Has anyone else had trouble with Elixirs on electric guitars? I have them on my acoustic and like them a lot. When I put a set on a solidbody electric, I developed a grounding issue. Most electrics have the bridge tied in to the signal ground, which means the strings are at ground potential, to prevent shocks and stop noise. The coating on the Elixirs prevented the strings from making a good ground connection with my TOM bridge, so the guitar sounded really noisey through an amp. Switching to a noncoated string did the trick. Now I use DR pure nickle on my electrics with great results.

  • From: Texas
  • Registered: 2008-08-05
  • Posts: 256

Re: MATCHING THE STRINGS

I've only used Elixirs on my acoustics ... still my favorite strings so far

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  • Registered: 2007-03-24
  • Posts: 1,108

Re: MATCHING THE STRINGS

DrewDruncan wrote:

Has anyone else had trouble with Elixirs on electric guitars? I have them on my acoustic and like them a lot. When I put a set on a solidbody electric, I developed a grounding issue. Most electrics have the bridge tied in to the signal ground, which means the strings are at ground potential, to prevent shocks and stop noise. The coating on the Elixirs prevented the strings from making a good ground connection with my TOM bridge, so the guitar sounded really noisey through an amp. Switching to a noncoated string did the trick. Now I use DR pure nickle on my electrics with great results.

I haven't used them on an electric but what you're saying makes perfect sense. Are they the Nano or Polyweb version? Maybe going to the thinner (Nano I think) would help make your ground. I thought the electric strings were not coated all the way down to the ball????? Interesting...thanks for pointing that out.

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