Guitar Strings - The Guitar Sherpa

Black Diamond Strings: Coated phospher bronze, phosper bronze, acoustic electric silverplate, 80/20 bronze and resonator acoustic guitar strings. (013 - .056 to .011- .046). Electric black coated nickel, electric nickel, and electric chromium flatwound strings. Review Emmylou Harris/Guy Clark "Black Diamond Strings" Song PerformanceWebsite: Black Diamond Strings

Martin Guitar Strings:

80/20 and phosphor bronze strings. Artists Choice, FX (increased flexibility and sustain), SP (high performance), SP+ (extended life), SP Marquis, SP Bluegrass (designed for flatpickers), SP High Tuning (.010-.025), Martin, Marquis, Martin Bluegrass, Martin Folk (soft almost classical response), Classic Strings, Specialty Strings (dulcimer, ukulele and mandolin). Helpful guide for string selection.

Website: Martin Guitar String Page

D'Addario Strings:

80/20 bronze, phosphor bronze, flat tops phosphor bronze (polished smooth for reduced finger noise), gypsy jazz (Django style), silk and steel (easy fingering with reduced string noise), exp coated 80/20 bronze, and exp coated phosphor bronze (corrosion protected). ProSteel electric strings deliver rich high-end and increased crunch. D'Addario Reviews

Website: D'Addario Strings

D'Angelico Guitars of America:

Bronze wound, phosphor bronze, hot nickel concept (extra edge, tone and sustain), nickel jazz (sweet and mellow tone), and stainless steel flatwound acoustic and electric strings.

Website: D'Angelico Guitar Strings

D'Aquisto Music Strings:

Tony Rice artist series (nickel round wound .013-.057), bronze masters (phosphor bronze and 12 string) and brass masters (80/20 phosphor bronze and 12 string). The Edge series electric strings in stainless steel round wound and nickel plated round wound give bright and toneful sound. Catalog

Website: D'Aquisto Music Strings

Dean Markley Strings, Inc.:

Alchemy GoldBronze (voice separation and tonal balance), Alchemy GoldPhos (balanced and even feel), Blue Steel (responsive with tons of punch), VintageBronze (tarnish resistant with clarity, tone and response), PhosBronze (92/8, powerful top end with smooth low end), Formula 82/R and VintageBronze 12-String. Electric strings include NickelSteel, Yngqie's Magic, Nuno Bettencourt, Jimi Hendrix, Misfits Skullbusters, Nick Catanese, Jet Set, and Floyd Rose. Product List

Website: Dean Markley Strings, Inc.

DR Strings:

Phosphor bronze (rares for stronger voice, sunbeams for prolonged sustain and pre-alloy for balanced tone and volume) and 80/20 (Hi-beams for extra brightness). Dimebag Darrell signature electric guitar strings. Reviews Rare phosphor bronze review

Website: DR Strings

Elixir Strings:

Anti-Rust with NANOWEB coating, with NANOWEB coating, with POLYWEB coating, phosphor bronze with NANOWEB coating. Products Reviews

Website: Elixir Strings

Ernie Ball:

Slinky acoustic phosphor bronze, earthwood 80/20 bronze, nylon classical. Electric slinkys come in stainless steel, super nickel wound, classic pure nickel power, RPS-hybrid nickel wound, and not even nickel wound and are the string of choice for Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Angus Young, Slash, John Mayer, John Petrucci, Steve Lukather, and Steve Morse. Ernie Ball Reviews String Catalog

Website: Ernie Ball

GHS Strings:

Phosphor bronze 6 and 12 string

(.011-.050 to .014-.058). Boomers are roundwound nickel plated steel electric strings designed for heavy metal, rock, country, blues, and pop styles.

Website: GHS Strings

Gibson:

J-200 deluxe phosphor bronze (ringing attack and presence) and masterbuilt premium phosphor bronze (natural, expressive tone). Electric Brite wires offer a crisp attack, endorsed by Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell. Other electric strings offered include Vintage Reissues, Les Pauls, Humbuckers (optimized for the humbucking pickup), L-5, Flat Wires, and Powerlines.Gibson Acoustic Strings

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John Pearse Strings:

80/20 bell bronze, phosphor bronze, pure nickel wound, and phosphor bronze silks. Jazz pure nickel wound strings in .011-.050 to .013-.056 gauges. Electric pure nickel wound strings in .008-.038 to .012-.052 gauges.

Website: John Pearse Strings

Ken Smith Guitar And Bass Strings:

The guitar burner NPS series (bright with smooth feel), crystal bronze (clear tone) and crystal classic classical (precision intonation for classical guitar). Ken Smith Guitar Strings

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La Bella Strings:

Golden alloy wound (sweet tone), phosphor bronze wound (bright sound with long string life), silver plated wound (crisp sound) and silk & steel (great volume with mellow tone). La Bella Catalogue

Website: La Bella Strings

Newtone Strings:

Master class series (phosphor bronze and 80/20 bronze and nickel), Michael Messer national guitar strings (low tension tuning), master class double wound (warm and mellow), master class electro-acousitc, square neck resonator and heritage series (ease of fretting and low tension). Electric strings offered include Nickel Masters, Electric Masters, Burns Guitar Strings (made for Burns Guitars), Archtop, Michael Messer Electric Slide Classics (created with input from Michael Messer), Stainless Steel masters, Newton Electric's Drop D's, Newtone Electrics E7's, and Pedal Steel Strings. Guitar & Bass Magazine Review

Website: Newtone Strings

Rotosound Music Strings:

Jumbo king (phosphor bronze with warm tone, clarity and sustain) and country gold (phosphor bronze with long sustain and brightness). Electric Rotos come in a wide variety of gauges and tensions. Review

Website: Rotosound Music Strings

Sfarzo: SFT bronze acoustic (warm crisp sound without harsh overtones). S.F.T., Super Screamers, 7 String Sets, and Signature electric strings. Joe Walla presents Sfarzo Strings videoWebsite: Sfarzo

SIT Strings: Royal bronze (phosphor bronze cover wrap over a Swedish steel hex core), phosphor bronze, golden bronze, silencers (minimized finger and fret noise without sacrificing big sound), classits (silver wound, tie-end classical string with precision trebels), classits elite, folk classits. SIT's electric strings come in power wound, electric guitar power steel, power groove pure nickel, power flats, and flatwound varieties.Website: SIT Strings

Snarling Dogs: Phosphor bronze in .010-.047 to .013 to .056 gauges. Nickel roundwound electric strings come in .009-.042 to .011-.049 gauges. Review (mid-way down page)Website: Snarlings Dogs

Thomastik-Infeld: Classic, spectrum, plectrum, George Benson jazz (mellow timbre, powerful, designed especially for semi acoustic and acoustic jazz guitars), jazz, John Pearse (low picking noise, bright sound), Vienna sound, infeld, sliders, techno-brights and power-brights. Infeld's electric string package offers plain steel E, B, and G strings with superalloy round wound D, A, and E strings. Review (near bottom of page)Website: Thomastik-Infeld

Cleartone Strings: Cleartone's acoustic strings' gauges run from .010-.047 to .013-.056. Cleartone's electric strings are super thing coated and come in gauges .009-.042 to .011-.048Website: Cleartone Strings

Everly: Designed with the acoustic/electric player in mind, these 80/20 bronze strings provide a huge range of super crisp tone. Electric rockers, B-52 rockers electric strings endorsed by a variety of artists such as Coheed and Cambria, Paul Simon, Particle, Chevelle, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Hives, and Finch.Website: Everly

Kerly Music: Earthtones phosphor bronze (.010-.048 to .013 to .058), 12 string and 80/20 bronze. Electric strings come in Kerly Kues and Sinister strings in 6 or 7 string varieties.Website: Kerly Music

Gallistrings: ProCoated phosphor bronze, ProCoated bronze 80/20, phosphor bronze, bronze 80/20, silver plate, red bronze and flat wound. Galli electric strings include ProCoated, Rockstar, Thunder, Slash, Jazz Flat, Rock'n Roll, and Corrado Rustici brands. Galli stringsWebsite: Gallistrings

Hannabach: Bulk and custom classical guitar strings in tensions ranging from super low tension to super high tension. Product ListWebsite: Hannabach

Pyramid Strings: Pure nickel flat wire wound strings with silver plated plain strings offer warmth, long sustain, smooth feel, and balance. Pyramid StringsWebsite: Pyramid Strings

Jim Dunlop: Zakk Wylde icon series electric guitar strings with better definition and pitch retention at lowered tunings and acoustic guitar string for quick break in but long life. Jim Dunlop StringsWebsite: Jim Dunlop

Electro-Harmonix: Nickel wound electric guitar strings used by John-5 of Marilyn Manson. Electro-Harmonix StringsWebsite: Electro-Harmonix