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Musicians

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

3. Elixir makes some great strings, especially if you hate changing strings.

Reply to Steerpike (Original post)

Thu Jun 7, 2018, 12:29 PM

Jun 2018

What tuning are you using. Unless your guitar is a baritone, you really have to tune it down to keep the bridge or something from stressing. If it is a regular acoustic, I'd probably try medium Elixirs.

There are a bunch of articles like this one regarding baritone strings:

https://www.acousticguitarforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=214574