Strings. Which company?

[MDV]

I have some custom sets of Baritones on order from Newtone - looking forward to finding out hat all this fuss it about :)
For now, I'm using D'Addarios - they last AGES, and I like the tone of them.

Roo

Did you get thick-core-high-tension-at-lower-gauge goodness? I get that in 12, 15, 20p, 32, 44, 60; working pretty well for me, but thinking of getting slightly thinner ones (I picked those for drop A#, now in drop B again)

[dave_mc]

With rotos you should get a free extra set. I've had a roto 52 break in literally 5 minutes.

hehe

I've been using rotos for years and I haven't broken a string in years. I bought a couple of packets of newtones, though (but haven't fitted them yet, surprise surprise).

(a) Interesting you mentioned D'Addario, they were on Newsnight last night in a feature about US/international companies trying to compete in the Chinese market.

(b) Apparently they've switched some of their Chinese production back to the US - wonder if that includes the strings?  :lol:

(a) lolwut? I only watched the first bit, with clegg getting harangued by paxman.

(b) hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[Andrew W]

I've been using DR Blues 10s and 11s for a while now.  I've never had one break yet and I do like the tone.

[Oli]

D'Addarios for me, use the nickel wound and the half-wound ones, both sound great, and last for ages. SIT strings weren't too bad when I tried a set, but i think i'll favour D'Addarios for now.

[Philly Q]

(a) Interesting you mentioned D'Addario, they were on Newsnight last night in a feature about US/international companies trying to compete in the Chinese market.

(b) Apparently they've switched some of their Chinese production back to the US - wonder if that includes the strings?  :lol:

(a) lolwut? I only watched the first bit, with clegg getting harangued by paxman.

(b) hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

You missed Ed Miliband being slapped around by Kirsty Wark.  He was there to talk about the Labour manifesto - which he wrote - but seemed very keen to dodge every question about it.  :roll:

[hermetico]

I always lubricate the nut and bridge with big bends nut sauce, which helps with tuning stability. But these strings are breaking in places where they don't come into contact with anything

Well, I am running D'Addario in all my axes and I am happy by now.
I make extreme bendings, dive bombings and all sort of things without any issue. I just changed the last ones because they started to rust too much for my taste.
I purchased some packs of '09 and '10. Maybe, am I not affected by those chinesse batches?

Let me think... I had only a case, between maybe 15-20 re-strings, where the high E break just during the first bending but, that happened only once. :?

[DavidRees]

Newtone Electric Masters 10-46 and Newtone Electric Slide Classics 15-56
don't break, don't rot and make me sound better than I really am...

[gordiji]

ernie ball tens but will try others esp if there'z an offer, in fact i've got some ghs boomers in the drawyer.used
fender stainless steel for a while but they didn't sound better or last longer. in fact i don't notice the difference
between makes if it's the same guage, they all sound good when new,boing.

[cerpintaxt]

Using the Rotosounds that came free with my BKP's and I have to say I'm really impressed. I always used to use D'addario 9's  on my old Tele' and I rememmber having a few snap on me, just like you said.

This dude seems to like the Rotosound Pure Nickels:

http://www.peerlesstone.com/node/134

[dave_mc]

You missed Ed Miliband being slapped around by Kirsty Wark.  He was there to talk about the Labour manifesto - which he wrote - but seemed very keen to dodge every question about it.  :roll:

oh, i saw a bit of that, too. :lol: I guess i just missed the d'addario bit :oops:

[loudblackguitars]

DR's. Try the Dimebags. They are treated and last forever. Never broken one despite nonstop whammy abuse..

[nfe]

I really like Newtones as well, the wait can be a real nuisance but I order ten sets at a time these days to cover myself. At the moment I'm using14-18-26w-36w-48w-60w on 25.5" guitars (Down a 4th to C) and 14-18-26w-36w-50w-70w(down a b5th to B) on 24.75" all the wound strings with the thicker cores.

[LazyNinja]

which you wouldnt need with another brand :P

i had had so many sets of roto's break on string up, really dont like them

newtone's if i have time for the order, DR's behind that but more often than not i end up with d'addarios  when i am popping into the local shop to have a chat.  Tried to get them to stock newtone's, especially since its a local company

With rotos you should get a free extra set. I've had a roto 52 break in literally 5 minutes.

Pffft I've never had any issues with tone or string breakage with Rotos. I pick hard as well. The brand I had the most problem breaking strings is D'Addarios although they do sound good. I might give something else a go next time I buy a batch though because I just ended up with lots of spare e strings!

[Plexi Ken]

I'm also a Newtone user but as I only use standard sets of 10s & 11s I can order from Strings Direct, avoiding the long lead time.

[Frank]

I've always used Ernie Ball strings and whenever I've changed to a different brand I've always changed straight back. Most of my strats have the 10 to 46 set, telecaster is 11 to 52 and I've got one HSS strat with the 9 to 42 set.

I occasionally buy a lottery ticket with the numbers 10, 13, 17, 26, 36, 46. Is that sad?