in that case I always preferred .010 ernies (slinkies) but more recently I went over to .010 elixir optiwebs and probably won't return to slinkies, not even the coated oens so i guess go with that... elixir optiweb 10 to 42
if other types of guitars or playing fit into this survey ehre you go:
on acoustic I usually use elixir nanowebs in .011 or .012 but its less of a rule. I gennerally just bash aorund the hosue on acosutic to entertain me son and consider myself to be mainly an electric guitarist (when my band got booked for an unplugged gig I used a hollowbody and a tiny 50s practice amp, fuck acoustic) but when i'm recording acoustic I will alot of times try different strings as well as different guitars because different gauges, materials and brands come up on the mics really differently. The right guitar,s trings and mic setup is the best way to get the response you want rather than resorting to corrective EQ.
in flat wounds I prefer pyramids in .011 if I need a wound G for jazz but when i'ms tringing up a tele or gretsch to do early rock n roll, rockabilly or country tones I use d'addario flats in .011 and sub the wound G with a d'addario unwound .011 so I can bend properly. I also use this mixed set for bottleneck usually. I think my esquire is strung this way right now... haven't played that one in a while though, I forget. I think I have the pyramids on a 335 right now. I've been mostly playing my SGs and LPs lately though.
I don't have a 12 string right now, but when i do 12 string I always use this one particular Rickenbacker set. I would know it if Iw as shopping...
My classical guitar is strung with Savarez high tensions. the lazer cut oens in the blue pack.
If you wanna do a vacuum tube survey I use JJ output tubes except for 6L6es, in those I use the Groove Tubes made in the USA GE reissues, they're the ebst current production tube for a fender amp and they last almost as long as the JJs... I use JJ rectifiers, NOS are scarce and every other new brand fails in 3 months of heavy use... and for preamp tubes I use Tung Sol reissue 12ax7s, NOS Mullard EF86es, NOS Mullard 12AT7s (the mil spec ones with the CV designation, not the ECC81s), Some NOS RCA and GE 12ax7s here and there where the large bodies Tung Sol RIs won't fit or where they sound too gainy and tubby, and I also use NOS GE 12AY7s when I want stock gain in my tweeds. All long grey plates, halo getters. Which is not often. I am pretty sure that my fawn ac30 has the stock Chinese tubes in it but they're still going strong so I don't wanna tamper with it until they sound dull. You should totally do a tube survey. Tubes are way more glamorous then strings...
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