Experiment with a wide variety of different strings until you find your "brand" or the set that you feel most comfortable with. Who knows, you might decide that it takes a mixture of different sets to get your ideal sound, or you could find the perfect gauge and brand the first time.
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Nickel Bronze - A very natural sounding string that does not colour the tone of your guitar. This string has an uncanny ability to bring out the tone of your guitar rather than the string itself. Phosphor Bronze — a warmer darker tone that lasts a lot longer and retains tone longer than regular bronze strings.
Due to the phosphor alloy, they do not need to be changed as regularly. The addition of the corrosion-resistant phosphor bronze ensures they last longer than most strings, but will require changing regularly if you play a lot. Guitarists often feel that they have less sustain when playing notes, but will sacrifice that small dip in tone for the longevity associated.
Elixir strings are renowned for their long-lasting strings and create a variety of professional quality options for all styles of guitarist. However, they coat the strings AFTER they are created, which divides guitarists due to the feel associated.
Both of these guitars should never be paired with metal strings, as they require the lighter sound and response of nylon. Some artists have experimented with using nylon strings on their steel-string guitars, leading to a softer and warmer tone in their music. However, if you are planning on putting nylon strings on your steel-string guitar, there will be less versatility in the music you can play than with bronze or brass strings.
How your strings are constructed is just as important as what they are made out of. Each type of string has a different gauge, string core, winding type and string coating, which will help it give off a slightly different sound and response. A gauge is how thick the string is, and the thickness of the string will typically dictate how rich and bodied the sound it gives off is. Thicker strings will usually produce heavier, full-bodied notes, while the thinner strings have a brighter and tinnier sound.
The thicker a string gets usually means the stiffer and harder to play it will be, while thinner strings are very easy to play. Thin gauges usually start at. The string core essentially means the shape of the guitar string, and there are two key types — the round core and the hex core. The round core strings offer mellower tones that sound fantastic when playing blues or classic rock.
Meanwhile, the hex core strings are typically louder and brighter, delivering a very modern sound best suited to more recent rock and metal.
Modern guitar strings come with three main types of winding, roundwound, flatwound and halfround. Although cheaper to buy, they allow dirt from your fingers to build up in the exposed windings, inhibiting vibrations and killing tone. Coated guitar strings and coated bass strings will initially cost a little more, but they pay you back, thanks to a polymer coating that keeps gunk out and tone alive. Just remember, they are not all the same. The metal alloy used for a guitar string's wrap wire has a huge impact on tone and feel, so find the material that suits your songs and playing style.
Some alloys are naturally bright, while others are dark and warm. In terms of playability, stainless steel guitar strings feel very different beneath the fingers to nickel plated ones. Elixir Strings offer coated guitar strings in a range of different alloys for you to discover. The 'plain' treble strings in a set are straightforward; the lower 'wound' strings are where things get subjective.
At the center of each wound string you will find a metal core, around which the string windings are wrapped. The wrap wire comes in three profiles. Elixir Strings are Roundwound, by far the most popular format with a comfortable ribbed texture and brighter sound. Half Round strings are ground down to give smoother feel and warmer tone, while Flatwound strings have an ultra-smooth surface and a vintage sound that makes them popular for mellow, jazzy playing.
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