Guitar String Question

[BlaXander]

Hi everyone,

seeing as I'm heading to the Musicstore in Cologne tomorrow, I'll probably be picking up some sets of guitar strings for my Studio Custom Redwood. I read in the owner's manual that the guitar came set up with 10-46 strings, so I'll stick to that gauge, but I was wondering what brand Hamer sets up the guitars and whether it's best to stick to the same brand (I assume that that's mostly personal preference though).

I was thinking of picking up some GHS Boomers, any opinions on those?

Thanks in advance,

Alexander

[specialk]

Hamer's come from the factory with D'Addario strings. I use them a lot and they're a good string. My last set of strings I went with Ernie Ball Slinkys. Nice feel to them, but I don't know how long they last. More on Hamer strings here:

http://www.hamerguitars.com/?fa=faq

Towards the bottom of the page.

[belgian]

I get my strings here :

http://www.nekymusic.com/index.html

They have a lot that you can't find over here and are cheap and easy on shipping to Europe

Using a lot of these nowadays : http://www.nekymusic.com/catalog/item/7135451/7276041.htm

[HSB0531]

Curt Mangan makes great sounding strings.

www.curtmangan.com

[JohnnyB]

By far my favorite string set for my Anniversary (like an all-mahogany artist) is the Thomastik-Infeld Power-Brites in 10-46 or whatever comes closest. I'd think your studio would sound good with 'em as well because it's almost an all-mahogany guitar and resonance-wise the redwood would be fairly similar, should be less bright than maple.

Although they're not cheap, given that you're going to Germany and TI's are made in Austria, they should be easy to find.

What I also found is that the Power Brites are no more expensive to own because they last at least twice as long, even the plain strings because they're brass-coated.

Nice combination of fullness and clarity; also very responsive--they are very expressive and snap back to position quickly. i.e., they're easier to play fast.

[Armitage]

I use GHS Boomers on all my humbucker equipt guitars. D'Addario if I can't find them. With nearly 100 guitars, I go through a lot of strings and happily try different brands, but always come back to Boomers. It's all personal taste though, and body chemistry too. Fender and Picato strings go black on me in hours.

I'm forever amazed at how many people think that all strings are alike, or that because they all seem to be made at the same couple factories they should all be the same (Coke and Sprite are made at the same factory too).

[BlaXander]

The Boomers weren't available in my gauge, so i brought home some D'Addario's. I'll be sure to try out some of the other brands that were advised here (and ofc the Boomers) when i get the chance .

[Armitage]

When I was about 25, a buddy and I went to the shop and picked out a half dozen different sets of strings and went to work. We put on a set, played back and forth, then put on another... it took all afternoon but when it was all said and done, we picked our faves. I went from Ernie Balls to the Boomers. It doesn't cost much to actually try out a few sets. It was kind'a fun too.

[cynic]

+1 in trying the boomers when you get a chance. For me they are the slickest, in that they have very little resistance when sliding my fingers along them. I put D'Addario's on a couple guitars and they felt like a 6 month old set of boomers.

Others in the > $5 a set category may perform better, but I've never felt a need to try the spendy ones.

[Victor (Fret Friend)]

I have Ernie Ball Slinkies on most of my guitars but am going back to D'Addario 10-46s. The D'Addarios rock (had them on my Cort VX-2V & they are great for low/bottom-end grunt). Would like to try the GHS Boomers though...