What brand/thinkness of strings work best for E-flat guitar tuning

Question

i like to tune my guitar a half-step down. i usually use ernie ball skinny top/heavy bottom strings, but i've been thinking of changing it up lately. any suggestions?

Answer 1

Yeah I'd go for the heavier strings

Dropping the tuning creates a slackness in the strings, meaning your gunna need larger strings to compensate.

I generally use Ernie Ball Power Slinky strings for mine, and I downtune my guitar a helluva lot. I think it's in like dropped C# at the moment and the strings always seem to handle anything I throw at them in any tuning.

Answer 2

Kinda depends on how you want to change your sound...

Do you want Heavy throughout, Light throughout, or the same set up and just a new brand?

My personally like to be spot on, with all of my notes and only bend if I truly mean to. Therefore, I would go heavy throughout. Anyways I would check out Dean Markley's Blue Steel strings; great tone, great life. About $5 a pack.

Here's a link that shows you all of the sizes for those strings, FYI - I personally play a lot of drop D and go Med, but I have a guitar in Straight D that I put Jazz strings on.

Hope this helps!

Answer 3

personally... i like my Fender Electric Stings...

they are soft.

they are durable.

they are fender, so you know they will sound sweet.

that would be my choice everytime.