Go ahead, I'll wait
GHS whatever the fucks are better. Ernie balls get corroded quick.
Literally on the fourth/fifth year of Balls on my basses. No corrosion, still sounds fresh.
Finally switched from D'Addario and I have no regrets.
Oh yeah, bass and guitar strings are completely different.
O wow no los conozco algo para tratar pero do they last 4eva
Nel pastel but I like the nylon. also Ernie Ball for electric... and when you live in rural Mexico, cometas are sometimes available in papelerias, and elixirs and ernies are not.
kill some nazis, make guitar strings out of their sinew, play "Miss Pavlichenko" by Guthrie on it once and then burn it. there's your better guitar strings.
I have a confession to make
I was thinking acoustic strings specifically
Ohh, don't know about that so ignore any comments I've made lol
When it comes to electric strings I really like either Dunlops or DR Pure Blues, mad midrange
As a bassplayer here: I bought one set of Dunlops and broke a string within a month or so. And I don't usually break strings so I just can't trust them. They did sound and feel good as long as they worked tho, I'll give them that.
Wow I've never broken a bass string before, I imagine it's like a bridge cable snapping lol. Yeah wild, those things should last forever! Never had an issue with their electric guitar strings at least
Yeah, I play several shows each month so I need strings I can trust. Do not want breakage on stage lol
Dean Markley Blue Steel medium-gauge are interesting to play on if you have a short-scale (e.g., Fender Jaguar/Mustang). You'll either build up callouses very quickly, or lose your fingertips in the process :shrug-outta-hecks:
For E-standard stuff on a 25.5" or 24.75" scale setup, I like the Ernie Ball Skinny Top/Heavy Bottom 10-52 set for the extra tension on the chugga-chugga strings. It also helps keep floating tremolo systems in line a bit.
For 24.75"-scale in C# standard, my go-to these days is the Ernie Ball Not Even Slinky 12-56 set. Also works for C-standard on a 25.5" scale. (I used to use Everly X-Rockers, but they didn't hold up nearly as well as the Balls or even DR DDTs. I switched away from the DRs because the core tension is weird and the strings always felt a little bit brittle to me if I used them on a Floyd Rose.)
In either case (Edit: on un-coated strings), a GHS Fast Fret mineral oil applicator will keep the strings from corroding if you reapply every few times that you play, unless you have really acidic sweat. Then all bets are off.
For acoustic, eh... Mine's pretty much just a wall hanger. D'Addario bronze 12-52s work fine for me (with the aforementioned Fast Fret to keep them from gunking up), but I've had decent results with Everly Sessions acoustic strings, too. Can't speak for coated strings.
