by dave robinson » 08 May 2023, 01:42
Over the years I've had some high end acoustic guitars including Gibson J-200, Gibson J-160e, Martin OOO-28 and my current Martin OOO-17 and having tried everything from Gibson Phosphor bronze to Eliexir I have chosen Erniie Ball Earthwood Light Acoustic strings which at 52-11 are easy enough to handle and sound beefy enough to do the job. It is of course down to taste, but I discovered that D'Addario strings always appear to be higher tension and harder to play, regardless of type.
There are some that I like more but they are never easy to get hold of, those are Newtone low tension strings made by a small company in Derbyshire. I liked the Elexirs but the tendency for them to easily break put me off as they are not cheap.
Dave Robinson