Which Strings Sounds Best In Drope C ??

[Vovus]

Hello
I want to tune my 6-String Guitar in low C without getting muddy sound or loosing clarity.
Is D'Addario Chrome ECG26 0.13-0.56 good choice for that, or which strings do you offer?

 

[Metaltastic]

For drop C, 13-56 is too thick for my tastes - I'd go D'addario EXL145 12-54 Heavy with an unwound G

 

[Chryst Krispies]

DR. 10-52

 

[elmoe]

I'm using the same as Metaltastic, with 25,5 scale. on 24,75 scale i would go even thicker than 0.56.

 

[Tommy Gun]

What's the guitar's scale length? If you don't know, then just give the model. And please be specific. Are you tuning to "Drop C" or "all C"?

 

[viggen666]

why the crome ? I'd just get the regular nickelsteels
how thick is a matter of taste, anything from 011-052 to 013-060 will go.

 

[D20]

I use these for drop C

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/prod...ectric-Guitar-Strings?sku=100615&src=3SOSWXXA

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

What strings sound best in drop C?

Big heavy ones.

 

[beyond dead]

i prefer sinew for that "meaty" tone. never tried diadarrios though

 

[Tommy Gun]

I can't stand D'Addarios. They go dead way too quickly for me.

 

[Metaltastic]

i prefer sinew for that "meaty" tone. never tried diadarrios though

I can't stand Ernie Balls/GHS. They go dead way too quickly for me. D'addario, however, is the greatest brand ever, and I regularly lurk outside their Long Island office hurling my underwear and hotel room keys at their windows until the police haul me off. And I like men.

There we are.

 

[Tommy Gun]

There we are.

Just because I let you suck my dick, doesn't mean I like men. I just like blow jobs.

 

[lilhermiejobo]

BURN!!!

 

[antiface]

I used Ernie Ball's Power Slinky Nickel Wound .011 - .048 for Open C on my Paul Gilbert Ibanez, and it sounded wicked. There was no mud, the tuning stayed true, and it sounded majestic clean. (After intonation was set, that is.) Don't know how well it'll apply to your situation, but I offer the data, anyway.

P.S. I tuned that way because I was trying to learn to play Devin Townsend tunes, just as a point of reference.

 

[Metaltastic]

Just because I let you suck my dick, doesn't mean I like men. I just like blow jobs.

Haha, well played sir.

 

[Emdprodukt]

Do you guys prefer wound or undwound G-String and why?

 

[Tommy Gun]

Haha, well played sir.

 

[Metaltastic]

An unwound is certainly easier for lead playing, though a wound sounds way better for chording IMO - if I'm going C-standard, on a 24.75" neck I need a wound G (unwound is too loose), and on a 25.5" neck I can get away with unwound. Any higher tuning I always rock the unwound.

 

[Vovus]

Tommy Gun - Yes, you're right, I ment all C, not drop C.

 

[RipShredmohr]

http://www.juststrings.com/dad-exl158.html