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Brum Man

Brum Man

Brum Man

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I've had a look in the sticky but I can't really find the info I'm looking for. Basically I started playing the electric guitar years ago but gave it up around my GCSE's.

So I'm thinking about starting to learn it again, but obviously the strings are about 7 years old!

So what strings would you recommend, and where is the best place to get them from?

Thanks for any help.
 
http://www.guitarampkeyboard.com/products.php?c=ACCESSORIES&t=Strings&b=Electric+Guitar+Strings

Ernie ball slinky are probabaly your best bet. What gauge depends on what tuning you want...

For standard tuning...
Ernie Ball Extra Slinky 8-38
Ernie Ball Super Slinky 9-42
Ernie Ball Hybrid Slinky 9-46
Ernie Ball Regular Slinky 10-46

I use the regular slinkys myself, but i have a friend who uses the extra slinky ones I believe. I originally had the super slinky set. Personal preference really

£5 delievered :cool:
 
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While I have this thread going I may as well ask some other qustions that I have been thinking about!

1) Is there a book/s that anyone can recommend that will enable me to re-learn the very basics?

2) My guitar is a bit grubby, what's the best thing to clean it with?

2) Can someone recommend a good stand?

3) I have a yamaha pacfica that I bought about 7 years ago (having had a quick look around here it seems to be a beginner guitar :p), but how do I find what model it is? There is a little sticker on the back with 312 on it, is that it?
 
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yucky. ernie balls for the lose.

i'll take some elixirs please. they've got a really nice bright sound and they last for bloody ages, too :)

1) i learned the basics by picking a few basic chordal songs and learning those. i never wanted a book that just said "play this chord. ok, now play that one. arent we doing well?!"

2) Depends what the finish on your guitar is. if it's lacquered/shiny, i use furniture polish and a ripped-up tshirt, for my matte guitar, just the tshirt. for my acoustic it normally only needs dusting.

2) (again!!) are you after a wall stand or a floor stand?

3) dunno, sorry
 
www.stringbusters.com are very good for strings, just bought three sets of Ernie Balls myself; one for my electric, one for my acoustic and one for my bass. Also grabbed a G7th capo and a new polishing cloth - my chrome is looking very shiny indeed now! I use Gibson's own brand of polish for my Les Paul (no idea if it's any good but it came with the guitar and seems to do the job) and lemon oil for the fretboard.
 
I bought a set of DR handmade's the other day (the dime bag darrel ones to match my pickup :D) from stringbusters and they are lovely.
I've always just bought ernie balls before but now i wouldnt go back to them theyre a load of crap.
 
i just have a bog-standard fender one. think it was about a tenner from my local music shop. it holds my acoustic or my electric fine...it's pretty sturdy unless you kick it or fall over a tripod and land on it.

i'll try and get some more details of it when i get home.
 
Brum Man said:
While I have this thread going I may as well ask some other qustions that I have been thinking about!

1) Is there a book/s that anyone can recommend that will enable me to re-learn the very basics?

2) My guitar is a bit grubby, what's the best thing to clean it with?

2) Can someone recommend a good stand?

3) I have a yamaha pacfica that I bought about 7 years ago (having had a quick look around here it seems to be a beginner guitar :p), but how do I find what model it is? There is a little sticker on the back with 312 on it, is that it?
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1) My advice would be to look on that Auction site (sounds like flea-bay). They have a lot of good tab books and instruction books.
Also have a look at the following sites:
Lick Library
Music Sales

2) Any good guitar/music shop will sell Guitar Polish & also fretboard cleaner.

2) A good stand is down to your budget. You pay cheap you get cheap.

3) Buggered if I know on this one mate. Have you tried to email Yamaha?
 
d'addario are my favourits. I used 9s on the Yammaha and 10s on the Les Paul personly i prefer the 9s when through a phase of liking 10 gauage but 9 won in the end. I tried 11s flatwound on Les paul and that was an interesting sound.

I use their bass strings too i use 105-40 and 110-45 on my two basses i like the rotosound bass strings as well.
 
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for me on bass and guitar, the heavier the better as I always love putting my 7 string in F standard
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I use 4 strings one a P bass and one J. I like to keep the Jazz bassees strings light for a mellower tone. However i often use the P in BEAD so i've used 115 through to 50 on that.
 
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