in this video i'm trying out high branded guitar strings
on a budget acoustic guitar just to see what difference it
makes wanted to find out what different strings made to a budget acoustic guitar
it's a good guitar don't get me wrong it's got a really full sound and it's really well made for
the money but it could do with better bridge pins and some decent tuners but all in all a
pretty good guitar for the money so in this video i'll play the strings that came with it then put
the d'addario xl 12 gauge strings on it and then ernie ball aluminium bronze 12 gauge strings on it
and see if this makes a guitar sound any better then i'll play the same thing on the guitar
back to back to back to give you a good indication of the sound differences now i'll be recording it
using my rode nt-1a condenser 12 inches from the 12th fret straight into logic with no post effects
then i'll add a touch of reverb compression for a full sound on each of the sets of strings
it's incredible what different strings make isn't it not only
that but the type of pick that you use is going to make a huge difference too
it will make the guitar sound brighter or darker take a listen to this
so which strings am i recommending well if you've got an all-round good guitar
then i'd say the d'addario xls but if you've got a dark sounding acoustic
then the ernie ball aluminium bronze strings will brighten it up considerably for example
my ibanez ac340 sounds amazing with the early balls but my Kremona m25e sounds better with
the d'addarios as for the hurricane well you let me know what you think below
which one sounded better i bet one of you cheeky bugger says the originals beat you to it cheers