My 2 cents. I use musicians friend brand on my electric expensive fender for everyday use and change them when they start sounding a little dead. I can afford to change as often as I like as they are generally a $1.99 a set when bought in a 10 pack for $20.00. I like the Martin 20/80 lights (12-54) on my Ibanez accoustic. A nice warm sound. I am thinking of trying the Musician Friend brand accoustic strings for the price break and changing regularly.
I tend to believe like Kirk that many of the strings come from the same roll of wire. Everyone has their preference. Psychologically on my electric Amer. deluxe B-bender tele. I put OE Fender strings if playing at church etc. Just my ego at work me thinks. I love everything Fender but the ol wallet doesn't always agree. I really want to buy an old Fender twin amp. when the time is right. Just like the way it sounds. For now I have a Beringer V-ampire 60 watt and a Beringer 120 watt V-Tone. I record with the V-ampire mostly as it has a noise gate which keeps it fairly quiet. Nothing anyone would want to hear for sure. The V-tone is louder for gigs but depending on settings can be quite the noise machine. I have found that using my Beringer pre-amp before going into the amp helps as I can keep the gain and volume on the amp at a lower level. Cuts some noise. These amps are reletive inexpensive compared to better class amps but will do the job.
Best wishes to everyone
Danny
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