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Unread post by Machtimus » Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:53 pm

Medium Blue Steels
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Unread post by dmb66 » Tue Jun 28, 2005 6:44 pm

i love the elixirs but have had many problems with them breaking prematurely. I have gone over pretty much all the possible problems that my guitar could cause with the breakage and have decided it must be them. Anyone else run into this. And i tries d'addario's for the first time and was astounded at how quickly they lost their tone. They sound dead after two days of regular play.
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Unread post by c_tietze » Fri Jul 01, 2005 2:39 pm

Always da' same. D'addario Lights.

Coated are too expensive, too quick and they have this film that wears off and leaves the string with a flaky residue.
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Unread post by grateful26guitar » Sat Jul 02, 2005 9:36 pm

d'addario phosphor bronze ej16 lights
these are awesome
makes my fender sound like a martin...well sort of. i just noticed a huge sound quality change when i switched from martin to those
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Unread post by Ricky the Pilot » Sun Jul 03, 2005 12:13 am

D'addario ej16, buy them by the pack.

But you know the best strings for a guitar are cat whiskers. Although they tend to break easily.

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Unread post by The Scarlet Pimpernel » Sun Jul 03, 2005 6:12 am

they might just be an Australian brand but i use nothing but GHS 13 strings
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Unread post by Ryeguy » Sun Jul 03, 2005 8:35 am

John Pierce lights..
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Unread post by mrjones » Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:00 pm

mlb1399 wrote:I have gotten so used to how easy they slide that it is just weird playing instruments with other strings.
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Unread post by thejoe » Tue Jul 05, 2005 5:12 pm

The Scarlet Pimpernel wrote:they might just be an Australian brand but i use nothing but GHS 13 strings
you can buy those at walmart
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