Fun Question Of The Month--June

MikeK

What strings are you using these days? I'll get it started:

For my GJ guitars--Argie 1510 MF's (loop end), bought in bulk from Michael here.

For my archtop--Thomastik-Infeld BeBop 13's (round wound).

pdg

Just now trying LENZNER FISOMA GYPSY JAZZ STRINGS - LIGHT (11-47) F2000 L, with a 10 instead of their 11 string.

(That set tracks Argie 010s mostly, except for their 11 string.)

Roughly the same tension as Argie lights, but hex cores.

voutoreenie

I've been primarily Argie 11s but last weekend I threw a set of 10s on my Altamira...and dang, I'm really loving how they feel and sound. Have a few sets so I might experiment on some of my "nicer" Django boxes too.

I've also been changing other things lately too...maybe going through a GJ midlife crisis?? But yeah, after playing on the BlueChip picks for the past 6+ weeks or so I've been playing on a Gator Jazz III and it's kinda flooring me how much tone it's giving - I used to use regular Jazz IIIs before switching to rest stroke so pretty familiar with the shape but now I'm using the shoulders like with a regular Gator.

(apologies for the thread drift)

voutoreenie

@pdg any comments on what you think of the Lenzners so far? Tbh, I've never even heard of that brand lol

Joonas

Argie 10s (loop end) for gypsy guitar.

Elixir Nanoweb Phosphor Bronze 11-52 for western guitar.

pdg

So far, I like the Lenzners. We'll see. They're not the silk&steel ones, just regular silver-plated copper wound. The hex cores to my mind have more "spring" than the (round core) Argie 10s, even though the tension is about the same. Other hex-core brands have too much tension. But I didn't want the 11 first string (I'm more used to the Argie 10s), so I swapped that out.