I'm glad to say that I have finally changed the strings and I must admit especially to Kirk that it does make a huge difference. Not only are they more pleasant on the hands buy they are full of tone and a pleasure to listen to. I went for the D'Addario's and thats for the standard gauge. I am writing from the top of my head but I believe the standard is 0.012 for the first string and 0.052 for the 6th string. People might say that they are harsh on the fingers until you build callouses but if I was too worried about discomfort I wouldn't of started playing the guitar in the first place.
The replacement of the strings took quite a while as this is the first time I replaced strings on any instrument but after a couple of hours I managed to complete it with satisfying results. I am a perfectionist at heart so I like everything to be perfect, but I guess all engineers are like that (especially computer educated people like myself. I'm sure Clancy can back me up on this one). The only thing I found is that the pins for the lowest 3 strings are slightly tilted downwards. I'm not too sure if thats a cause for an alarm but I thought I should mention it. Other than that everything is fine and I am happy that you guys influenced me on changing the strings. It seriously does make a huge deal.
Finally I would like to apologies if much of what I said doesn't make sense. I just came back from a wedding and I must admit I did go slightly overboard with "partying" but somehow wanted to tell you guys how helpful you have been in the past few weeks in improving my playing skills and I plan to stick around as long as you guys are prepared to keep this community alive.
Thanks again and see you guys in the forum!
Zoran
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