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Accoustic guitar, dont ask for any more details as I don't have a clue, its got 6 strings and made of wood!
i use Martin 12's. They give a really nice tone.
Has it got steel or nylon strings on it already?
at the moment, none (they were nylon before though)
Right they will alomost certainly need to be nylon again then or it will pull itself apart with the tension from steel strings.
I would say your best bet is take it to a local guitar shop, ask them what they've got and to string it for you and show you how to do it yourself next time, but there are quite a few people on here who play nylon strings who can probably recommend some but they can be tricky to fit the first time depending on the guitar. hope that helps.
I can fit them myself, just never put any thought or effort into what strings I used and usualy just walk into a guitar shop for my bi-anual trip to buy strings (I dont play much!)
fair do's:) dont have much to do with nylon strings sorry.......
http://www.cheapstrings.co.uk/showproduct.asp?pid=1&ProductId=275
What to the numbers mean? I'm going to hazzard a guess that the first number is the tension in the 1st srting and it goes from there?
would mormally be the gauge of the strings, but if i remember rightly, those are phosphor bronze and I think you need nylon, not metal.)
yeah, if it's previously had nylon strings, don't put steel on there else it's likely to pull itself apart.
no idea about nylons though other than that they sound horrible.
I think it's Pro-Arte (medium) classical strings which I'm using at the moment and they do the job well.
pk-ripper, nylon strings sounding horrible? That may be the case if you're just strumming along 😉 I suggest you listen to a well played classical guitar (i.e. not mine)!
Nylon strings for classical guitar, or uber uber cheap guitars as they make them classical style to keep costs down, you don't need a tension rod in the neck.
no idea which category it falls into, its older than me (which means it predates the berlin wall coming down) but says made in germany, which means it probably pre dates the berlin wall going up!
bit of a hijack as I didn't realise there were so many choices with guitar strings.
My son has a Peavey Raptor Plus electric guitar and plays bluesy type stuff (i.e. he likes the twiddly bits rather than just strumming).
he just broke a string - what's a good replacement set to get him?
If you don't mind spending the cash, Elixirs
On a budget, Ernie Balls
Ta BB;
follow up Q: of the ones on this page [url= http://www.cheapstrings.co.uk/showproduct.asp?pid=1&ProductId=276 ]http://www.cheapstrings.co.uk/showproduct.asp?pid=1&ProductId=276[/url] which has the right level of slinkiness?
11's would provide a little more oomph & tone for his blues noodling but will be harder to bend. 8's too light IMO, 9's nice 'n twangy, 10's good compromise. 13's for SRV only ;o)
thanks John, he's only 13 so I'll get him something at the lighter end.
Cheers
Luke
Elixirs are worth the money if you've fingers like mine - I rot nickel strings in about two plays, when gigging regularly I was changing a set for every gig. Elixirs fixed that and sound bright for longer, so they are well worth the extra per pack.. I was forever settling new strings in a retuning every two minutes.