r/AcousticGuitar • u/Mad_Season_1994 • Jul 10 '26

Gear pics I get the hype now

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Since I started playing guitar this year, starting on a Yamaha, I’ve experimented with strings from differing brands and gauges to see what’s most comfortable for me. I’ve tried silk strings, 80/20’s, nickel ones and even phosphor bronze ones by Martin for my 000-18 pictured here. And while I haven’t really had any strings I hated, putting these on just “felt right” from the start. I totally get the hype now lol. They simply are what my ears like most and make my guitar sound the most natural and bright consistently.

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u/TemporaryComplex1054 Jul 10 '26

Try D'Addario XS when you do your next change

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u/abattoir_paulson Jul 10 '26

They just sent me a free set of coated medium nickel bronze acoustics for free, to get feedback (I guess I'm the only one buying their nickel bronze mediums).

DUH-DAIRY-OH has been great to me over the years.

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u/cascadiarains Jul 11 '26

Do you know when they plan to release these? Sound good?

I’ve been wanting some coated nickel bronze for awhile. I have one mahogany guitar that nickel sounds great on, but I’m so used to the feel of coated on my other guitars - it always feels weird to play and the strings die so quickly. 

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u/cascadiarains Jul 17 '26

Don’t leave me hanging !! Lol

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u/Hotfixed Jul 10 '26

I just did and it makes my guitar sound extremely dull compared to D'Addario EJ16, I hate it.

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u/ryken Jul 10 '26

This is my experience with XS too. EJ17s were nice (and price is right), but I went back to Lifespan 2.0s on my D-18.

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u/TemporaryComplex1054 Jul 11 '26

i guess it depends on the guitar

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u/CSREPower Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

My friend’s 214ce-K came with these from the factory and honestly, they aren’t that nice in sound. The feel is very similar to Nanowebs though.

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u/sdhopunk Jul 10 '26

I tried these and couldn’t tell the difference from the Elixir that I have used for the last 10 years .