tele string question

[eyesore]

i've rediscovered my Tele after not playing it for a few years. all i play is fingerstyle acoustic. what strings would you guys suggest ? i'm thinking wound G string.... also the high E string sounds very very tinny.thanks .

[Steve DeRosa]

I'd use something as close to what you have on your main acoustic guitar as possible - until very recently all my own electrics were set up with 12's or 13's...

[Otterhound]

You may want to employ the use of your tone control and the pickup selector switch .
Try different strings to find the ones that you like just as with an acoustic .

[perttime]

I got my sorta tele guitar with Pure Nickel strings (not just nickel plated). They should sound a bit smoother than strings with more steel content. Something like:
http://www.daddario.com/DADProductFa...2-66b2faf7672d

[M Sarad]

My current faves for electric are the DAddario NYXL. . I use the set starting with 11 on my Strat for electric fingerpick tunes. I am considering moving up to 12.

[MIGAS79]

I tend to throw Ernie Ball regular Slinky 10’s on my electrics. I am far more picky with acoustics.

I have been trying to diagnose a noisy G on my Tele (why is it always a G causing trouble??). It isn’t an issue above the nut as is apparently common. I put some tape up there and it persists. May try a wound G.

[frankmcr]

Originally Posted by eyesore

i've rediscovered my Tele after not playing it for a few years. all i play is fingerstyle acoustic. what strings would you guys suggest ? .

That's an easy one!

12's or 13's...

the set starting with 11.

10’s

[airborne1]

Ernie Ball Slinky 10-46

[Dru Edwards]

Hey Eyesore, looks like you're getting a bunch of different gauge size recommendations, and all of them are good.

Do you know what strings came stock on your Tele when you bought it? Guessing you liked the gauge back then. I say put those on again and and see how you like them. Once you get re-accustomed to the Tele then decide to change gauge.

They were probably 9s or 10s.

[paulp1960]

A lot of players including me like to put 10s on their Telecasters.

[eyesore]

Geez,I 've had this guitar for 15 years .Played in a rock band. Not sure what strings were on it .I guess I 'd like something a little "meatier". 09 's were on it at one time ,but I took em off because they were too light.10's are probably on it now. I use .11's on both my acoustics. Are there .11's that come thru with a wound G string? Thanks .

[Steve DeRosa]

Originally Posted by eyesore

...I use .11's on both my acoustics. Are there .11's that come thru with a wound G string?

I prefer flats on single-coil guitars - here's a sampling of what's out there:

• D'Addario Chromes ECG24, 11-50 flatwound
• Curt Mangan 14001, 11-52 flatwound
• GHS 800, 11-46 flatwound
• DR Legend FL11, 11-48 flatwound
• LaBella 20PL, 11-50 flatwound
• Pyramid Gold 411-100, 11-48 flatwound
• Thomastik JS111, 11-47 flatwound

Try a set of flatwound 12's if you want to cop the tones Leo heard in his head when he first conceived the Tele 70 years ago (I used D'Addario EGC25's on my first-run late-CBS '52 reissue for years); FYI another advantage if you're a fingerpicker is that you can set the action far lower than with roundwounds, with no buzzing - something the early Bop-era jazzers and rockabilly players used to advantage in the days before ultra-light gauge strings...

If you really want to match the feel of your acoustics the Martin Monel MM11 11-52 set works quite well as an electric set, and many jazzcats over on the Archtop subforum use them...

[Dadzmad]

To add to Steve's list of flats I use Rotosound Monel Top Tapes on my Tele. I think these only come as 12's and are fairly inexpensive as far as flats go

[YamahaGuy]

All my electrics get D'Addario EJ21 12s with a wound G. Enjoy.

[eyesore]

yes i think i'll try flatwounds .the problem with my Tele is the high E string . no matter what i do [except if the tone is turned all the way down] that E string sounds very tinny , to the point of being offensive. even my wife hates it. will a high gauge string make it better ?