I use 9’s on my T and S styles but 10’s on my Ibañez that has a shorter scale length. 10’s are too heavy for me on the 25.5” scale length but feel perfect on the shorter scale guitar (24.75”)
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10-46 on all my solid-body guitars, regardless of the scale. I’ve been so accustomed to that gauge that any change makes me feel uncomfortable while playing.
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11s on acoustic, 9.5’s on one electric , 9s on another and 10’s on another.
Sound wise the thickness IMHO impacts the bass and mid tone most. Also the winding can affect the tone, flat wound particularly
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Greetings,Rogier
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10-46 Monel on my Les Paul. 12-53 Monel, or Phosphor Bronze, on my Norman acoustic. 10-46 Monel w/wound G string on my vintage Gibson thinline. String brand is Curt Mangan.
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Phosphor Bronze for me 
Mellow tone.
I haven’t tried different coating other than bronze (except the Elixir which has that different coating, but I don’t remember which coating, I suspect they weren’t original by the way 
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Phosphor bronze 12s on my acoustics, except a small parlor size that has 11s. Brands vary - my Martin has Martin strings, the other one has D’Addario XT usually but I’ve tried others.
DR Blues 9s on my electrics. I like the 10s too, and might go back to them on my shorter scale guitars.
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I have D’Addario XS 9s on my electric and XS Phosphor Bronze 12s on the acoustic. I change strings way too infrequently so premium strings are the best. When I do change, I feel like I all of a sudden become a better guitar player.
Since I change so infrequently, I also have not tried a lot of options, I just don’t want to commit to months of strings I am not familiar with.
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A new set of strings is refreshing 
. It’s awesome.
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I use D’Addario EXL120 9-42 on my Ibanez and Ernie Ball Regular Slinky 10-46 on the Les Paul
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Same with me EXL 120 9-42, but recently I have tried NYXL 9-40, and I’m like others above, if I change them, I feel uncomfortable
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Hi Renan, I said that maybe you don’t know me, I feel uncomfortable if I change to different strings when I try to play, cheers HEC
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I understand, I deleted my comment 
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hmm, do I see another poll coming? 
‘how often do you change your strings’
‘do you stretch your strings when you change them’
‘do you change your own strings or pay to have it done or have a friend do it’
maybe I shouldn’t give you all these ideas 
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Too late… xD
I’m actually thinking of another poll, not string related though. Poll is the way man.
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‘do you like polls?’
‘do you participate in polls’ - 
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'You will vote the first option?
No
Yes
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I’ll likely give the standard “it depends” answer!
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I have 11 gauge 80/20 Phosphor Bronze D’Addario on my dreadnaught.
Sounds like “bright for folk” to my ears. Definitely sounds brighter/cleaner when I change every 3 months or so. Lots of string squeak on certain chord changes with my way of fretting those chords.
A new resonator has D’Addario 13-56 Nickel Wound. To my ears, they sound mellower than the 11 gauge PB string (after comparing each using their pickups, so the guitar construction is much less part of the sound).
For certain: the heavier gauge ups the pain and shortens available playing time (accustomed as my fingers are to the lighter strings).
→ My nascent ability to play clean barre chords has been completely disappeared with the heavier gauge.
Lightweight nickel, polished strings on an old arch top. Mellow, not bright, sound, very easy on the fingers, and string squeak almost gone. Not punchy at all, unless I strum hard.
These spendy strings have been on and played for months and I don’t notice much change in sound [so not quite as spendy over their lifetime]
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@sequences Ok I’m cooking a new poll, is going to be a mind blowing one
Not really 