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View Poll Results: Gibson L5 (no others archtops) string choice.

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  • thomastik bebop

    11 10.19%
  • thomastik benson rounds

    7 6.48%
  • thomastik benson flats

    18 16.67%
  • thomastik swing series

    38 35.19%
  • pyramid flatwounds vintage

    2 1.85%
  • pyramid nickel or stand jazz

    1 0.93%
  • labella flatwounds

    3 2.78%
  • labella nylon

    0 0%
  • d’addario chromes 11-50

    3 2.78%
  • d’addario chromes 12-52

    6 5.56%
  • d’addario chromes 13-56

    2 1.85%
  • Dr flatwound legends

    0 0%
  • john pearse roundwounds

    0 0%
  • sit flatwounds

    0 0%
  • ghs flatwound

    0 0%
  • ghs pat martino

    0 0%
  • d’angelico electrozinc

    0 0%
  • benedetto roundwounds

    0 0%
  • newtone strings

    2 1.85%
  • rotosound 200 flatwound

    0 0%
  • d’addario half-rounds

    1 0.93%
  • d’addario pure nickel

    4 3.70%
  • ernie ball rounds

    2 1.85%
  • dogal jazz expressive

    2 1.85%
  • black diamonds

    0 0%
  • elixir nanoweb

    3 2.78%
  • d’addario regular 12-52

    3 2.78%
  • galli strings

    0 0%
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  1. #26

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    dogals for floaters.

    TI's for fixed.

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  3. #27

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    thomastik benson flats, 14s !!

    I use them on my L5 and I would never try another string. One of my friends says they are too heavy and you need bionic fingers to play them. I'm very use to them and I even bend them a little bit once in a while.

    send me a message if you want a tone demo, i have some recordings.

  4. #28

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    I use Gibson nickel flats 12-54 on my Historic ' Les Paul '59
    Love 'em!

  5. #29

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    I absolutely prefer TI’s on my jazzboxes. 1) Their treble strings have a real tone to them, not just a tinny high-end plink. 2) Their wound strings are somewhat skinnier, which helps to keep the bass well-defined when playing through an amp. 3) This also makes them easier to play. 4) This also puts less tension on my ‘37 L7 without compromising the sound. 5) They last forever.