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Ebony sounds so much warmer

According to me, Ernie ball has more sweeter and natural acoustic tone than elixir . Elixir is more harsh and over bright tone and is 3 times expensive. The only advantage in elixir is that it last a bit longer than Ernie ball. But in terms of tone, Ernie ball is better. If you wipe the strings with string cleaner every week Ernie ball will also last longer

Nickel sounded better to me. Beautiful guitar!

Which one is better for a mahogany back and sides guitar

If microphone is not attached to guitar, your tests are not miced the same way. If you notice a change it means your bridge is loose in the saddle. Brass bridge pins are a total waste.

Stringjoy is the clear winner for amore balanced tone. One thing to remember is that Elixir is not a string manufacturer they just buy strings in bulk from another manufacturer and coat them. So we should be referring to Elixir as a string coating company. Stringjoy is involved in the actual manufacturing of their strings from the ground up. To me that carries some weight.

I've tried every bridge pin known to man and I keep going back to plastic actually I haven't tried wood yet

XT's for me. I've just listened to your 80/20 vs Phosphor Bronze string comparison. The XS sounds a bit brighter than the XS. Thanks for this comparison!

Excellent comparison! I'm going for Phosphor Bronze. Balanced sound. The lows and mids are just enough, and the highs are not too loud and overpowering.

The Eixirs sound terrible on this guitar. There, I said it.

i am listening to it on headphones... thomastik sounds wider... which means that your mic placement is different.... i think you have recorded them on 2 different days.... i would recommend that while comparing you should have 2 guitars of the same make and play them one after another with the same mic placement....

Hey bro podrias intentar aplicar este pedal para varios generos musicales? para tener una idea en que queda y en que no. intro de cada cancion popular segun el genero, seria muy genial ver eso. no importa si para ti el pedal no cumple un genero en especifico xq quien sabe si a alguien le guste igual como suena en dicho genero.

I bought custom light 11g . A bit hard to play but great sounding. ❤

I think a fair comparison would be stringjoy coated vs. Elixirs nanowebs, interesting to see how much squeak stringjoy would be without sacrificing the sound

The Ebony pins had a warmer tone. The brass pins were more Tenney. Truth is you have a really nice guitar enjoy it.

Great video. Thanks for doing it. I have a question however. For both demos, did you record in the same room with the microphone, same settings on audio interface, same distance etc? They sound so much different that I’m a bit sceptical that there would be such a difference between the string types. I’ve been playing guitar since I’m 12 and now going on 64 having tried and used every brand and types of strings on my acoustics and none made a drastic difference. They all have their characteristics for sure but the recording of the guitar with the non XS strings seemed to have been recorded further away from the microphone?

Great work. This is a very useful video!

Thanks you have a excellent sound time and just started my day out right. I’m 59 and missed playing live. You should share your sound live. Regret haunts me Share your gift and include Philadelphia and New Jersey. Thanks John

Only the player will be able to hear the difference I have an epiphone lbenez &alverez and I have experimented with them all IHave found that when the right combination is found and it sounds right to you anyone that plays will like your giutar much better than before

What gauge strings are each set they seem very light?

my first German video about guitar strings, I watched and listend to as well.lol Very nice job the production is kick ass, love it! You be hearing more from me..that's a threat.

Brilliant, thank you

But which strings were louder? That's really good information too!

definitely wood. interesting!

Helpful video, thanks. 👍My daily driver is an Epiphone arch top, which seems quite bright, perhaps to a fault, on its own, so for the past several years I've been warming it up a touch by stringing it with the same Polyweb strings you've used here. It seems like a good combination.

I have a Gibson G45 and i just can't seem to get the right strings for it to get the sound so i tried the polyweb going by your comparison and found that they gave it a very good so sound, thanks for this video.

Seems to me that the bridge saddle is the component transferring vibration to the guitar body. I don’t see what bridge pins contribute to the equation.

Can you please help me find the right strings for my Yamaha Fgx800C. I changed the stock strings and put elixir. But I am not satisfied. Because it's coming too much noisy and not clear and clean. But I need something which is Cristal clean and clean sound. Which one is clear..... daddario XT 80/20 or phosphor bronze. ? It's stock strings were so clear. But I don't know which strings were used

I have an 812ce N and love it, I specifically bought it for the 12 fret style, I wanted the classical guitar tone.

They both sound like a Taylor

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Martin Lifespan strings are treated, not coated.

Hey, I am into a fully warm/deep bass tone on the guitar, what should i choose.. Polyweb 10|47 or Polyweb 11|52 ?

I just prefer all Infeld strings be they on my acoustics or electrics but I prefer the Spectrums on my large body acoustics. Plectrums on my mahogny. But then when I started playing guitar in the 70s. I think the best acoustics then were Martin Marquis. Well ya didn't have hundreds of choices for another 10 years yet. Lol yaeh infeld goes there. I hope they never change that.

8020s have less string tension than phosphor bronze.... You end up coming close to going to like a .10 on the wound strings with more tension on the higher strings than the normal phosphor bronze ratio.... 80/20s are going to be too anemic in a custom light size... Which already is too light of string gauge for me... 12s are barely passible for my taste

I bet your guitar would sound better with plastic bridge pins. The highs on your guitar are too overwhelming and it sounds shrill. I have a guitar like yours, different brand but same tone. I was even about to sell it at one time. I put plastic bridge pins in it and now it’s one of my favorite guitars. I’d tried brass, bone and ebony. I thought the ebony would tone it down but they didn’t. Not until I used plastic. Cheers mate

80-20's are mid scooped... Which can be a little much on a rosewood guitar.... They can be really good for giving a singer a place to sit and be supported by a guitar.... I tend to like them on mahogany guitars especially... Don't think I'd recommend it if there's not a singer involved. This seems like one of those string sets That needs a couple days to calm down.... I'd like to hear it after they've been on the guitar for a couple days. I think they really might EQ out a rosewood guitar if that's what someone is looking for...

Ooh... I think I what these strings are doing.... For guitars that don't want warmer style strings... I like these better than the elixirs. Stringjoy coated strings are really good on some guitars.... But that style of string needs a heavier gauge than 11... I think you can get away with 11s better with coated strings.... The Nashville community... A lot of those players use 13s. And certainly don't go lower than 12s...

Really...12's just sounds a lot better than 11's. A lot players prefer 13's

You just like really, really bright strings! It's not a sound I would go for unless I was intentionally recording and wanting a break guitar

The stringjoys make the elixirs sound thin.... I always thought that 11s was too light in elixirs... (And many strings...11's didn't often sound full, IME.... Though it could totally work on a mix..... Guitar isn't meant to be to thick in a mix. Stringjoy makes a coated string... I'm not sure if they're super smooth though

the picking stringjoy takes it. sounds like a guitar not a banjo

This isn't a good comparison for me to judge after a fresh string change... Because i don't like the sound initially on phosphor bronze... And find it the worst culprit of the new string metallic tone masking ring... More than any other formula

I went under head phones the second time I heard it. There is definitely a difference! The bass strings have more volume and the tonal frequency range dropped, meaning less tinny. The treble strings are definitely more damped in the tonal range, with a shift to the lower spectrum. I enjoyed them, but the difference would no doubt come down to personal taste and preference. Not sure it's worth the C-note they want for them.

Polyweb wins

The proof it makes a difference is that your playing changed styles to accommodate! Better mid-range tone, for sure. I use bone pins on slotted bridge, old style Martin way!

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IMHO Nickel bronze designed for acoustic-electric guitars

The main difference is from weighing down the bridge.... It's the exact opposite of what a luthor will suggest to do. If you want louder and a pleasant way try bone or tusq. Sometimes people even split their bridge pins between matching (close enough) tusq and ebony. For string volume balance. Tusq on the wound springs... Ebony on the unwound.

For me they're garbage. They just weigh down the bridge.... Deadening the sound of the guitar. Maybe there's some cheap guitars or something or some situation where they'll make someone's guitar sound better. But they were just tone ruining on a decent guitar in my experience. Ask any luthier or guitar professional and the warn you against using heavy bridge pins. You can get increases in sustain with bone or even tusq over plastic or even wood. But on some guitars you're upper strings could give a little brittle sounding