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lordgalvar wrote:I broke d'addarios every time I played 'em.

I really have to see you playing guitar someday! I play D'Addario strings more than eight years now and I have always changed them after several months, because they started becoming dull. In those eight years there was ONE e1 string that snapped during playing. I don't have aggressively sweating fingers, though and maybe the German climate is better for guitar strings? .

I've used Circle K/Kalium balanced sets exclusively on my basses for about 4 years now. They've spoiled me for any other strings.

Rotosound 66's, dude. The best.

010 Ernie Ball or GHS on the electrics, John Pearse on the 6-string acoustic, whatever i can find for the 12-string acoustic (usually Martin).

Pepe wrote:

lordgalvar wrote:I broke d'addarios every time I played 'em.

I really have to see you playing guitar someday! I play D'Addario strings more than eight years now and I have always changed them after several months, because they started becoming dull. In those eight years there was ONE e1 string that snapped during playing. I don't have aggressively sweating fingers, though and maybe the German climate is better for guitar strings? .

Haha, when I switched to my Jag (before going back to the Yamaha) I broke strings less. I played D'Addario for years though. And the few sets that did survive a month, like you say, would go dull. Haven't had that problem with Rotosound or B52s. I sweat though (and generally get my heart rate up to crazy levels out of frantic movement and anger! Gotta play angry to the punks).

And I always used to play in less than ideal conditions (like empty pools, buildings that caved in, places with moisture). It would also get hot (like up to 120 degrees). I think mostly I like lighter gauge strings and the Yamaha has pretty strong springs in the trem. Combined with only doing bends and not really playing guitar (and using steel picks, hitting it, pulling strings off on accident and just doing weird stuff) not really surprising I destroyed strings.

A few times I had all six break at once haha. I think those were ernie balls or ehx though.

D'Addario .11's, most recently with wound G. They are brighter than Ernie Balls.

Kalium for my bass vi, Rotosound 77 on the p bass, Roto 66 on the jazz, and ernie ball for my guitars.

Still have a handful of sets of 12-56 from Naked Strings. I want some regular 13s because I'm in DADGAD all the time and don't like how loose my top strings are. Might try Roto Grays if I don't buy D'Addarios first out of necessity.

i don't even remember what i have on the bass.

D'Addario 13-56, tuned down a couple steps. I think I wind up changing them every 2-3 years or so, I like 'em kind of dull.

DR 11-something... 56 I think. Some store online was blowing them out for like two bucks a pack. Bought a bunch and really like them. They seem to be more consistent tone through the life of the string that the Daddarios I was using before.

D'Addario 10-52

Mostly out of convenience and everything else feels weird now. Never had any issues.

I dunno. Change them too infrequently, never seems to make a difference to me. But I like 13s. I don't bend a lot, and am a big dude who plays forcefully.

Fretless: some kinda flatwounds. They're like suspension bridge cables. Never, ever change flats on a fretless.

Now, drumheads are a horse of a different color...! Those fuckers make all the difference in the world. But coated ambassadors are my shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

And a super kick III on an 18" bass drum. Booming.

I used D'addario 10-46 with the wound 3rd for years and never had any problems. I recently tried the GCS (or GTS now) strings and they're really nice but I haven't made up my mind if I'm willing to spend the extra for them every time. Hopefully they'll last a while. I've got some 11s and 12s from them to put on my offsets.

I'm pretty stuck on the Dean Markley Blue Steel 10s for my Jaguars. Everything else sounds too bright.
I'd be interested in trying flatwounds but my understanding is I'd want to go up in size and have to file the nut. Is that right?