Hey guys, I took everyone's advice and tried out some D'addario exl170's in medium light, my preferred string gauge for standard tuning. My first impression was that they felt amazing (rw, but very smooth- my fingers just glided over them) and had perfect tension. The G and D string sounded decently big, not thin and brittle. The E and A string however were very undefined and transparent. The best I can describe them is they sounded like "blah blah blah" instead of "bum ba bum".
Anyways, I'm joining this death metal band that plays down in C# standard, so 45-100 was way way too light. I found an old set of dr highbeams in my closet and put back on the used 85 and 105. Those immediately made a huge difference- much better tension, pretty mellow since they're so used, but still a very defined attack, as well has a huge fat sound (probably just because they're so much heavier).
So now I'm looking for "my" strings again. I think I'll get two sets and to try both a heavy and medium gauge. I'm looking for a very defined, mid heavy attack, but the string for sure has to feel smooth under my fingers (a set of eb super slinkies I tried had way way too much friction for example). Can anyone help a guy out?
Anyways, I'm joining this death metal band that plays down in C# standard, so 45-100 was way way too light. I found an old set of dr highbeams in my closet and put back on the used 85 and 105. Those immediately made a huge difference- much better tension, pretty mellow since they're so used, but still a very defined attack, as well has a huge fat sound (probably just because they're so much heavier).
So now I'm looking for "my" strings again. I think I'll get two sets and to try both a heavy and medium gauge. I'm looking for a very defined, mid heavy attack, but the string for sure has to feel smooth under my fingers (a set of eb super slinkies I tried had way way too much friction for example). Can anyone help a guy out?
