strings for blackbird lucky 13?
 

what strings have you tried on the Blackbird Lucky 13 and which have you liked or disliked?

My favourites have been:

Thomastic Infeld - spectrum bronze 11s
John Pearse - pure nickels 12s

For my tastes, anything that isn't nickel or doesn't have some silk in there is too bright for this guitar.

Next to try: Newtone Master class (Nickels) 11-50s

Actually I've just put some John Pearse pure nickel 12s on again and thy sound great!

but even better when I swap out the 12 and 16 and replace them for 11 and 15.

I've just put on some Newtone master class nickel 11-50s

and they are the best strings I've ever tried...

They are much easier to play, but bring out tremendous projection and great nickel style tone. Not bright at all. Very happy. I just recorded this with them:

I think I will order some strings for my Lucky 13 since I am playing it more than anything else for the next couple of months. Any new string advice before I get something with a bit of nickel in it?

My L13 came with D'Addaro EJ-17's from Blackbird (I requested medium strings, since I use a number of lowered tunings). They got replaced with EJ-16 as an experiment. Next up are GHS White Bronze, which are 52% nickel alloy. https://www.elderly.com/ghs-wbl-whit...guitar-set.htm
I have both WBL lights and WBM mediums on hand.

The choice will come down to whim at the time of string change. And I have a set of John Pearse Pure Nickel 960L waiting in the wings too. My normal go-to strings are Elixir Nanoweb medium-light PB's on most guitars, so that is my baseline.

More discussion here: http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/f...d.php?t=496538