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8/1/2013 3:59:15 PM
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Strings for a Hollowbody guitar?

I've got this Ibanez AG 75 that i've been playing for years. It's actually my first guitar. For the longest time i never really played electric so i just used acoustic strings on it (used to be just bronze, just switched to phosphor/bronze last time i restrung it). But now i've got a really nice acoustic and a good amp, so the Ibanez is becoming more of my electric guitar. Should i switch to electric guitar strings, or on the AG75 does it not matter? Like i said, i mostly play acoustic so i don't know much about pickups, but from what i understand some respond better to Nickel strings. Does anyone know if the AG75 is made for bronze strings, or should i switch to Nickel for electric stuff?

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  • Edited by Recon Number 54: 8/1/2013 4:08:31 PM
    You should be using nickel, (the pickups will not interact well with the less ferrous bronze strings) and if you are looking for a tone change, look into smooth wound (aka flat-wound) strings, which provided a more "classic jazz" tone on an arched-top full-sized electric hollowbody.

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    • Edited by Alice Glass: 8/1/2013 4:22:06 PM
      Go for some Elixers, but yeah definitely don't use acoustic strings, that can screw up your truss rod as well as what you mentioned with the pickups. wait.. is it a acoustic with a pickup or is it a semi-hollow electric?

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      • Id go with DR Tite-Fit. Good for all around stuff. But dont take my word for it...im a bass player. But i always get DR

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