🎸How to choose Electric Guitar Strings

Considering the number of electric guitar string choices available, navigating the differences between materials, treatments, and gauges can be pretty overwhelming. If you’re ready for a change or just wondering what your options are, this video will help you decide what the best electric guitar strings are for your needs. 🎸

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[brbqsauce]

Rob's tutorials are some of the best out there. Endlessly thankful to you.

[ricksmithwick]

I'm that Heavy Bottom guy. I like bending some high notes, I also enjoy that 52 chunk. Which I also enjoy 'bending' Heavy Metal Over Everything!

[M.C.R.SYNTRN]

For me its the 12-56 cobalt slinkys! Chunky pickin on the strings and The cobalt actually does brighten up the sound a bit.

[stepeters]

My "standard" size set is the Ernie Ball 10-52, if I'm feeling rich I will buy the Cobalt version which sound great. These are great for Eb down to Drop C on my guitars.

[mitchthemetalhead]

Informative vid Rob!
Even though I’ve been playing for decades now I always watch these kinds of videos and usually learn something new. I will offer this option for beginners, consider starting out with Elixir Polyweb coated strings (they come in 9’s, 10’s, and 11’s only). I say this because some beginners will stop playing because the combination of fingers hurting along with trying to learn a lot of techniques becomes overwhelming. The Polywebs feel so smooth that they would allow them to work up to playing 30-60 minutes a day (and will naturally build calluses) and then at this point they could experiment with more traditional (un-coated) strings. Just a thought, whatever people choose I wish everyone happy riffing! 🤘

[HarvesterOfPizza]

Great video Rob, I tend to go for the NYXL 10-46 D, addario

[dar]

I did use Ernie ball strings on my fender. And I had to use GHS Boomer strings for my BC Rich, As I did try other brand of strings. But it was a lot harder to keep the BC Rich in tune.

[paulcarter]

Daddario nyxl 10-52 in drop C on my 26.5 scale Ibanez and Jackson soloist

[tobins]

Rick Beato and Rhett Schull did an experiment on string gauge. They found that lighter meant a bit clearer, especially when adding gain. In my theory as to why, comes down to harmonics. Thicker strings tend to allow more vibration and creates more harmonics, some good, some bad.

[Drust]

for my kramer with emg 57 in standard D I use 10x52 pro steel my telecaster in standard C or B 12x54 and my eclipse 13x56 dr sting with the string g net because in standard C and my jaguar is under development

[Zimakv]

I noticed early on in my journey that with .09s and how I played, I pressing frets too hard (I still do this at times). It was Completely changing the pitch of any note. Once I found the set that worked for me I never changed brand/type/gauge again. Consistency is most important to me.

[danieljuarezu]

Blue steel 10-52 for drop C tuning for me

[M_MRK]

I was all the years not really caring about a brands just sticked to my gauges and took whatever was available… mainly Ernie balls… man was I wrong
I recently bought a brand new ESP M-II and the strings that where on it blew my mind have never felt something so smooth before 🤷🏻‍♂️ did a little check and found out it was setup in the factory with elixier nanoweb strings… so I ordered some sets 10-46 for my standart E to drop D guitars and 10-52 for my drop c guitars and these where exactly what I didn’t know I need for 15 years 😁 cannot better describe it but the Ernie balls feel like sandpaper to the fingers compared to the elixier nanoweb which are super smooth and slide and bend friendly 😜🤘
They are like everything good not on the cheap end… but not too bad

[dimetime]

I thought standard tuning was E A D G B E. No wander I've been playing for 38 years and still suck! I'm tuning wrong, Duh!

[WorshipGuitaristlife]

I'm not really sure what gauge I'm after 8's for tuning up, but not in standard because I feel like most light -extra light will sound thin, or clicky, in the picking hand, but good in the fretting hand.

[dakotawinston]

I’ve never even heard of flat wound strings. Interesting. Also I’ve been on 12-56 Not Even Slinky’s FOREVER but for a minute in my band SwampsteeL, we switched to 12-56 Cobalt Ernie Balls, and from what I remember they definitely sounded different in a good way but they felt “greasy” to the fingers. Needless to say, we switched back.

[LucifersBeard]

Hey Rob, great video! What gauge strings are you using for drop C tuning? I'm currently on an 11-54 set and they seem well balanced. If you could let me know the brand you usually go with, that would be awesome too.

[TobyKBTY]

I’m a balanced tension guy ever since discovering Stringjoy. They feel fantastic and even all throughout.

[MishaBugakov]

Make a video bout choosing the guage for popular tunings