My guitar strings ratings outline the experiences I have had with strings on my Martin D-1. Others have very different opinions. I encourage you to experiment with many brands and gauges of strings to see what's best for your guitar.

Yes it is safe. All of Martin's six-string guitars designed for steel strings have been tested to withstand the tension of a medium gauge string. However, since each top is unique, take note if the top starts to raise abnormally. If this happens, go back to the lighter-gauge strings. See similar questions...

The standard bass guitar has four strings (E,A,D,G). You can also get 5 or 6 string bass guitars. The 5-string bass guitar adds a low B string and the 6-string bass guitar adds a higher C string as well as the low B string. See similar questions...

A guitar sounds its best when its strings are fresh, perhaps after a few hours playing time have reduced the stretching and sharpness of the new strings. So ? Strings eventually get completely stretched out and lose their elasticity. At this point it becomes more difficult to make small adjustments in tension. So ? Obviously, change your strings when they break ? only change all of them. See similar questions...

Brass. Used only for the bass (wound) strings of acoustic steel-string guitars, brass strings are called "80/15", "80/20" or "bright bronze". As might be expected, "bright bronze" sounds very bright or "brassy". The color of the strings is a bright, brassy, yellow color. Within a brand, "80/20 or bright bronze strings are usually the least expensive. B. Phosphor Bronze. See similar questions...

String weight and material aside, different manufacturers also vary the manufacturing of their strings in the following ways: Weight of individual strings within a set. Manufacturers occasionally differ slightly as to the individual weights of the strings packaged together as a set under a certain designation, such as "light" or "medium. Players may be unconsciously sensitive to these differences ? hence, their preference for one brand over another. See similar questions...

There is only one ugly solution: You have to surround the complete flag argument by quotation marks ("[E=...]"). Notice: The argument to quote here is not the argument to the E-flag, it is the argument of the Apache config file parser, i.e., the third argument of the RewriteRule here. So you have to write "[E=any text with whitespaces]". See similar questions...

Euphonon Strings (mail-order) This is a mail order company that sells amazingly inexpensive strings (~$2/set) in bulk orders of 1/2 dozen or 1 dozen lots. They have a wide array of string types, and you can custom order string sets to suit your personal needs. The reports from rmmga readers indicate the quality and consistency of their strings is very good. See similar questions...

The culprit could be excessive fret wear or, during the summer, a back-bowed neck, but most likely, your guitar is drying out. Your warranty card expresses the importance of using a soundhole humidifier to keep your guitar from drying out and cracking. This is especially important in areas of the country that are either very dry (such as Colorado or Arizona), or very cold (where one is tempted to crank up the heat, thereby lowering a room's relative humidity). See similar questions...

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Strings significantly alter the sound and feel of your ukulele. Over the years we have tried numerous brands of strings on our ukes. We highly recommend our own strings for your Kamaka ukulele. Kamaka ukulele strings are available through our authorized dealers or at our On-line Shop. See similar questions...

This is another of those questions to which the only real answer is "whatever suits you best". There are an almost infinite number of combinations of gauges and materials and the best method is to try out quite a few to see what you like. Here is some general guidance. Material: Most plain (i.e. unwound) strings are made of stainless steel. It is available in steps of .001" from .008" to .020" though you can sometimes get strings graded as close as .0005" (i.e. .0095"). See similar questions...

Most all of my steel strings are made by GHS. I am one of their lesser-known endorsers. They make good strings, bottom line. They also are a Michigan product, which I am glad to support. On my large flat tops I use phosphor bronze true medium gauge (medium 1st, 2nd, and 6th - light 3rd 4th and 5th.) On my archtop I use flatwound mediums (heavy by electric players standards). On the mandolin I use silk & steel mediums. On the banjos I use either medium or light loop end strings. See similar questions...

Tacoma Guitars are factory strung with D'Addario light gauge strings (.012 -.053). Switching to Medium gauge can be done however, it can put unnecessary stress on the bridge, saddle, nut, and may require a truss rod adjustment, re-cutting of the nut and/or a set-up for optimal playability. For simplicity's sake, we recommend continuing the use of light gauge strings. Click here for Bass & Baritone string gauges. [back to questions] See similar questions...

Answer - You will have to tighten the tremolo springs on the back of the guitar to make up for the extra tension from the heavier strings and or use all springs possible if tightening to the end is not enough. The bridge should be sitting level with the top of the guitar when tuned to A440 or what ever tuning you use. See similar questions...

Quartersawn wood is the most dimensionally stable, but some woods like birds-eye maple must be flat-sawn for the figure to show. If you have some gorgeous or rare flat-sawn wood that you want to use, it may well be worth the risk; if it's an inexpensive piece of a common wood, you may be risking the longevity of your guitar for no good reason. See similar questions...

Conventional wisdom on the MIMForum is that grain orientation does not matter for bolt-on solid-body necks. For acoustics, it is traditional to use quartersawn wood. Some builders laminate flatsawn wood (face to face) to create what is in effect a quartersawn neck blank: See similar questions...