D'addario EXL110W V/S EXL110

[freddie]

Hi,

Can anyone here offer any advice on which set is better???? I've been trying these more expensive Pure Nickel wraps of all different brands and pulling them off and putting them in the bin. I think the pure nickels are putting out way too many treble type overtones for my taste. I like d'addario on my Taylor 712 , so I'm going to try theirs . If I don't like them I'll put those in trash (again ) and return to the Fender 250R's that came on this Reissue 52 Tele when I bought it new. I feel I should give the D'addarios I try since their acoustic strings are so good.

Should I try the set EXL110W with wound 3rd G string or does it not make a difference? I see the acoustic set comes with a wound, so I don't know.....


Thanks,




freddie

 

[mcfm2n]

The EXL110 regular G string are my favorite strings. Have them on all my teles. Have never considered using a wound G set. I am interested to hear what people have to say about it.

 

[Doug C.]

The EXL110 regular G string are my favorite strings. Have them on all my teles. Have never considered using a wound G set. I am interested to hear what people have to say about it.

I have used them for years on all my guitars. Can't find anything I like better!

 

[ksks]

As an interesting aside, I recently purchased a 2008 Amer. Std. Tele. and was wondering what strings the factory puts on. The website says Super 250s:

(link removed)

for all US and MIM non-tremolo electrics.


An email to fender with this question received this reply:

"Fender Standard Tension ST250L, Nickel Plated Steel,
Gauges: (.009, .011, .016, .024, .032, .042),
p/n 073-0250-203"

ships on 2008 Amer. Std. Tele.

 

[Mark Davis]

As soon as I get a new Fender guitar I cut the stock strings off. I dislike the Fender strings more than any other brand. They have such a strange feel it can make me not like the whole guitar.

As soon as I get a set of D'Addario EXL110's on there Im a happy camper and can continue to setup and play the guitar.

 

[boris bubbanov]

I like the D'Addario EXL 115 very much. It is also available as a EXL 115W. (11-49s) (wound G string)

freddie, you don't say what type of bridge or saddle set you are using; I find the saddles, if the wrong kind of steel, can create the effect you describe and the only way to avoid it is to have dying dead strings on there.
Or, go to brass saddles. That's what I like and basically any new string sounds fine.

 

[Theusla]

I use the D'addario EXL110 regular G string.

 

[telechaser]

Depends on the guitar and what you use it for. First thing I do when I get a new Tele is go through string selection. Fender Super Bullets and EB Slinkys normally.

I do have DAddario with a wound G string on my black parts Tele. I play jazz on the Tele and the wound G produces a darker tone so I like it. The set of DAddario strings with a wound G is much more expensive than a normal set so what I do is buy the normal one and get the wound G string seperate.

 

[freddie]

Great info...Thanks!!!! I have the orginal set up the way it came from Fender with the three brass saddles... etc. I'll order a standard set of the D'addario EXL 110 and see what happens. I'm staying with 10 guage for now. I'll put Fender 250R back on if I don't like the others. I find the Fender strings hard to play and they cut the hell out of my fingertips...good tone though.


thanks,


freddie

 

[ChicknPickn]

I like the D'Addario EXL 115 very much. It is also available as a EXL 115W. (11-49s) (wound G string)

+1

After many years of Ernie Ball loyalty - - and I still think those are good strings for the money - - I became sold on D'Addario, the 115 custom gauge being my favorite. Tone and lifespan are noticeably better.

 

[woodman]

D'Addario's (any set) are marvelously consistent, and i like the fact that they don't overpackage.

 

[DavyA]

I also use the D'Adarrio's with the plain G on most of my guitars and all of my Tele's. Many years ago, after years of playing acoustic, I got my first electric and thought the plain G felt strange. I used a wound G and it felt great.

I went back to acoustic for a while and one thing leading to another sold my electrics and eventually ended up not playing for several years. When it was time to get it going again I bought an electric again and just got used to to plain G string.

I have started using a wound G on a couple of guitars, one is an Archtop which I use roundwound 12's, another archtop with flatwound 12's or 13's. The other is a Tom Anderson Cobra which I use 10's or 11's with the wound G. I play Jazz with the Cobra.

I guess it's all wht feels right for you.

 

[Colt W. Knight]

I never thought twice about trying guitar strings. I used to buy a different set of strings everytime I changed them. I like to experiment, and I was always amazed how essentially the same strings sounded so different.

 

[Teledelphia]

I never use a wound G, even on my hollow Gretsch. My Thin Skin '52 came with Fender 250's 10-46 but I changed them out for pure nickel Fender 150's 9-42. The only reason I bought the 150's was they were the only pure nickel wound strings in the store in that guage. I'm pretty much sold on pure nickels on my Tele, but I'll be looking to try another brand for my next string change (the 150's have been decent so far). I've heard good things about GHS Burnished Pure Nickels (Callaham highly recommends them for Tele's) and Snake Oil Pure Nickels. I've also used Curt Mangan strings on my Gretsch and they are excellent, but can't find a local dealer who stocks them.

 

[tikicaster]

d'addario strings

shortly after I bought my nashville tele I noticed that when playing it sounded sharp while fretting some chords. It was because of the stock lite gauge strings ,jumbo frets,and my heavy handedness,I was pressing to hard on the strings causing them to go sharp.So to cure the problem I put on some d'addario flatwound 11's, adjusted the neck and problem solved.

 

[bowlfreshener]

I used to use D'Addario EXL115W (11-49 with a wound 3rd), but switched to the D'Addario EXL115s (11-49 with plain 3rd) for a few reasons: I started playing leads a bit more, and while bending a wound string isn't awkward, I just prefer bending plain strings, and mostly because of finances since the 115W's never seem to be offered in the 3- or 10-pack, and since my guitar selection grew a bit, its much more cost effective.

 

[soma5]

Regular EXL110 for me. I prefer wound G strings on my acoustics and my archtops but not on my Tele and Strat. I also like Ernie Ball (I think they are the Slinkys or something, standard 10s). I experimented with heavy bottoms but never reallly bonded with the sound.

-soma5

 

[hollowman]

+1 on the exl110's. Just like em better than anything else i've tried. Use them on my teles. been thinking about trying out the exl115's.

 

[FirstBassman]

shortly after I bought my nashville tele I noticed that when playing it sounded sharp while fretting some chords. It was because of the stock lite gauge strings ,jumbo frets,and my heavy handedness,I was pressing to hard on the strings causing them to go sharp.So to cure the problem I put on some d'addario flatwound 11's, adjusted the neck and problem solved.

Exact same thing happened to me.
Glad to hear I'm not alone.

Though 10's were good enough for me to help fix the problem.

 

[grasspicker]

The D'addario 115's for me.
EJ17's for my Martin and their custom set banjo strings for my Stelling (.11, .12, .13, .22w and .11).
The .11's just have a little more substance, little more tone, a little more volume and they hold their tuning better.