GHS StringsGUITAR BOOMERS - GBH SET - HEAVY GAUGE - 12-52 - ELECTRIC GUITAR STRINGS

These are the best strings that I have ever used. I was a strict Ernie Ball strings user until I saw these at a cheaper price and thought I should try them and was surprised. The power produced by these were clearer with better sustain. These strings seemed to wring out every bit of potential that my cheap pickups have and put them through the amp with authority.

Page is known for using .08s. Just be careful to stretch before dropping to open G. Especially if the strings aren’t warmed up yet. Other than that fly high!

You will always hear from a multitude of musicians about their personal preference in guitars,amps, stomp boxes, pickups, effects, and even picks. Well, that goes for strings as well. Theone relatively inexpensive thing you can do for yourself is to try different sizes and types ofstrings.Listen, who cares what Jimi or Jimmy used. Seek out and develop your own tone. Strings canhelp you do that. When it comes to the vintage sound there is pure nickel. Companies, in the50s, experimented with different metals but pure nickel was found to be the most pleasing,balanced tone, and easy on the frets too. In those early years electric players wanted lessdistortion also. Pure nickel produced less distortion as well.Well, things shifted from Nickel to steel strings. Two ideas were that either economics was thereason nickel was no longer wanted or the tonal shifts of the 1960s. A compromise was broughtabout and nickel plated steel strings were born.These GHS Boomers are most likely going to give you some warmth from the nickel plating alongwith a clean tone. If that is what you want. They can also be hotter dependent upon their blendof nickel to steel. These Boomers don't bend as easily as pure nickel but that is what you wouldexpect with a steel center. Also, nickel plated steel strings appear to not sustain as well as purenickel.I have tried both pure nickel and nickel plated. Indeed the pure nickel (all things being equal) aremore mellow, easier to bend and tend to give you a "vintage" tone. The Boomers tend to providemore of an edge. They will sound hotter and brighter on your electric. That can be fun, so muchfun, especially with a nice pair of P-90s on your guitar.If you use, or plan on using, a lot of tone-sucking effects pedals, going with the brighter, hotter,string like these GHS Boomers would be a good choice. Again, if that is what you are looking for ina sound. Search any guitar forum and up will rise from the thread-graveyard a ton of threads onstrings and how they can affect tone. Or not. Lots of opinionated musicians on guitar forums. Thisis why some people buy multiple guitars. A guitar for every season, so to speak, with nickel platedsteel on one and pure nickel on another.I have used these strings on a solid body Gibson Les Paul guitar and on a semi-hollowbody FenderTelecaster guitar. Slightly different sounds. Again, think about the wood, or lack of it, on the guitar.That is where some of the resonance comes from, along with the type of pickup, height of thosepickups and, of course, your playing style. Most serious musicians know that Jimi's, Jimmy's, andeven Eddie or Slashes tone is in their fingers.I like these strings and give them 5 stars because they are well made, sound good. I also like thein between gauge. They don't bend as well as pure nickel of the same gauge, but I knew that goingin, so no stars off for that. GHS is a good company and stand by their product. The Boomers comein 8s (Ultra Light) all the way to 13s (Heavy). So take your pick, try some of these strings andmake some hot music tonight.

Ok so I'm usually playing bass, and I was asked to fill in on lead guitar. Not my norm but did it well IMHO. Anyways, I'm accustomed to running 9s on my electric, and 10s for my acoustic. I took a chance on 10.5s because I was in a pinch, i.e. while practicing a few days before the event, my strings broke and local stores were out. I'm glad I did. Love their brightness as thar was what was needed for our set list on the lead solos. These sustain very nicely even when added to a reverb pedal, comfortable to play and don't knife edge my fingers much. Like I said, I use 10s on my acoustic. I fitted my squire strat with them, tuned up, did the trick. Great strings for the price, I'll even put them up against ddardios that I usually use, as all my other guitars are fitted with. Time will tell how long they last, as I stated before, I'm usually on bass. None the less, great set of strings, sound good, feel good and didn't burn a hole on my wallet.

Good product!

These strings are great. Only problem I had was one pack Only had 5 strings in it. I would recommend them to any guitar player of any skill.

So I have been using primarily D'Addario strings for the last 5 years and used Dean Markley for around 25 years before that. The other day I had my guitar set up by a friend and I forgot to order strings. He put GHS Boomers 9-42's on my Les Paul to my dismay but it was what it was and they felt pretty good so I was fine with it. When I got home and plugged it in I couldn't believe the difference in sustain, over all level and warm/bright extremely friendly sound I was getting from these strings.I'm old and set in my ways and really don't like changing what works but damnit man, these are some great strings for the price. I recently ordered two more sets for my Tele and Peavey. Haven't strung up the Tele yet but my Peavey sounds just as good to me as the LP did. Will definitely be using these going forward and may try the Nickel Rockers. Unless they don't stand up to the abuse I put them through, (bending) over time, these are my new "Go To" brand.

these are my favorite guitar strings. definitely worth the money