Strings

It turns out strings are really important. For the first 38 years of my life I felt that new strings were unnecessary unless one broke (twang! Love that sound!). That might have a little to do with my lack of success with the many failed attempts to learn guitar on my own (the inability to properly tune a guitar also hampered progress).

I learned when I first started playing that not only do fresh strings make a difference, but there are vast differences between manufacturers and type of strings. The approach I took was to buy a handful of different ones from different manufacturers and generously change the strings every 2 weeks until I found some that I liked the sound and feel of. I settled on Martin Extra Light Silk & Steel Folk Guitar strings for my acoustic.

I am ready (probably overdue) for a string change on my strat so I repeated the string exercise and bought 3 sets.
- Fender Pure Nickel Wound Original 150's

Fender Original 150's
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- Gibson Pure Brite Wires

Gibson Brite Wires
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- Dean Markley Nickel Steel Electric

Dean Markley NickelSteel Electrics
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All 9 - 42 gauge (Remember if you put a different gauge string on your guitar without adjusting it you could damage your guitar.

I will post how the string selection is going in a few weeks when I either pick one of these or buy some more.