What strings to use on a Chet?????

johnnyd · Post by **johnnyd** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 10:07 am

I just grabbed an Epi Chet Atkins on Ebay for under $300.00.

My question is: should I be using acoustic or electric strings on it?? I emailed the guy I bought it from and he didn't know.(it still has the original strings on it) I'm assuming acoustic strings but I'm not sure.

If anyone out there has one or knows what is commonly used on these please fill me in. I suppose I could email Gibson and ask, but these boards have been a great source of info so I thought I'd ask here first.

adamondo · Post by **adamondo** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 10:30 am

I think someone asked this before if you tryin running a search you might find something.

johnnyd · Post by **johnnyd** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 10:48 am

Ahhhh I should have know that there had to be thread on this in here somewhere. There is on everything else. Acoustic strings it is!

johnnyd · Post by **johnnyd** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 10:49 am

Ahhhh I should have know that there had to be thread on this in here somewhere. There is on everything else. Acoustic strings it is!

filmdude100cms · Post by **filmdude100cms** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 10:50 am

hmm, i guess it all depends, if it has the original strings, then it has the original pickup... soooo, (first of all throw a fishman in

) i guess put in acoustic strings to get a closer acoustic sound, electric on a stock epiphone pickup might give you less of the acoustic sound the chet can give you.

johnnyd · Post by **johnnyd** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:09 am

filmdude100cms wrote:hmm, i guess it all depends, if it has the original strings, then it has the original pickup... soooo, (first of all throw a fishman in ) i guess put in acoustic strings to get a closer acoustic sound, electric on a stock epiphone pickup might give you less of the acoustic sound the chet can give you.

How the hell did I double post?? Oh well. Yea there might be a Fishman in my future. But I want to see how the stock pickup sounds first. Plus I need to quit spending on guitars for awhile. The Chet was a spur of the moment buy after playing one last week.

DMBFan63 · Post by **DMBFan63** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:09 am

I'd go with D'addario acoustic strings

Snyder · Post by **Snyder** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:38 am

DMBFan63 wrote:I'd go with D'addario acoustic strings

I'd go with laser eyeballs.

filmdude100cms · Post by **filmdude100cms** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:47 am

Snyder wrote:
DMBFan63 wrote:I'd go with D'addario acoustic strings
I'd go with laser eyeballs.

i would not go with d'addario... elixers are good.

Macht · Post by **Macht** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:47 am

DMBFan63 wrote:I'd go with D'addario acoustic strings

D'addario are great starting out stings... but thats' it

filmdude100cms · Post by **filmdude100cms** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:48 am

Macht wrote:
DMBFan63 wrote:I'd go with D'addario acoustic strings
D'addario are great starting out stings... but thats' it

exactly, unless you want to break strings every few days, dont get them...

btw, rant will come tell you later tonight to use dean markley, signature series... i tried these out, got 3 packs, not a single pack laster longer than 6 days.

Macht · Post by **Macht** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:52 am

i always recommend blue steel.

everydayDMBfan_18 · Post by **everydayDMBfan_18** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 12:00 pm

filmdude100cms wrote:
Macht wrote:
DMBFan63 wrote:I'd go with D'addario acoustic strings
D'addario are great starting out stings... but thats' it
exactly, unless you want to break strings every few days, dont get them...

btw, rant will come tell you later tonight to use dean markley, signature series... i tried these out, got 3 packs, not a single pack laster longer than 6 days.

Hah....I play hard as hell I don't remember the last time I broke a string

Beauford33 · Post by **Beauford33** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 12:02 pm

yea, I use D'arddio EXP15 and they sound great on my chet. btw, Ive never broken a D'arddio string.

johnnyd · Post by **johnnyd** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 12:23 pm

I've got a couple packs of Elixirs left so I'll start with those. I've got a feeling I'm going to end up trying out a bunch of different brands of strings on this axe.