[Vegetta]

I love Blue Steel strings (u Would too if ya tried them) But as far as I knew you couldnt get them in sets for 7,s

I emailed them and asked if they ever considered making 7 sets and here is the response I got

Thank you for being a Dean Markley customer! We appreciate your business!
You are in luck, we do make a Blue Steel Seven String set. You can special
order these strings at any store that carries our products! Hope this
information helps, let me know if you have any further questions or need
more information.
Thank you and have a great day

I replied asking for item#'s and gauges I will post em here when they reply

[Leon]

i keep hearing good things about these Blue Steels. can you describe how they compare to D'Addario's XL's (10's)?

and they make 7 string packs? bonus!
i'm pretty sure D'Addario makes a 7 string pack for the 10 gauge, but i think the next time i get new strings, i want to get a beefier 7string. right now i think i have a 56 on it. i may try a 60 or a bit higher.

[Vegetta]

they are damn near indestructable The windings dont get all deformed and they resist crud buildup

As for sound You know when you typically change strings and the tone is bright as hell 'til the strings stretch a bit? then as your strings get older the tone gets worse and worse?
With blue steels the tone starts off bright but there is not a whole lot of tonal difference after you put them on. get really good harmonics and really punchy sound from em...Shit I even use the acoustic ones on my Wasburn.


The only DAddarios I use use is a .56 for the 7th string on my 7's (thats the brand my dealer sells for loose strings...)

I used to use boomers and IMO blue steels kick the living crap out of them

I like a .56 for my 7th I use 9 11 16 26 36 46 56 (bluesteel custom lights with an added string for the 7) tho the D'Addario sounds crappy compared to the rest of the set...not overly but enough for me to tell the difference

[Drache713]

yeah, dean markley sure does make blue steel 7 sets. They've carried them around the shops here for a while, infact i use blue steel 11-60's (wound g as well)

[Digital Black]

I prefer Ernie Ball's .10's with a .58 for the low B. They seem to be the most consistent strings for teh money.

[Vegetta]

Originally Posted by Drache713

yeah, dean markley sure does make blue steel 7 sets. They've carried them around the shops here for a while, infact i use blue steel 11-60's (wound g as well)

schweet ill prolly go for 10's unless by some stroke of luck they make customlights for the 7

I dont really like wound g strings (even on my acoustic...) but i live with em on that ...

[Drew]

http://www.juststrings.com/deanmarkl...ingguitar.html

Looks like you have a few options- a regular light 9-54 set or a custom 9-56, for 9's, then a 10-56.

I might give e'm a try, I've heard good things about them, and they sure come in a pretty package... Been using GHS Boomers of late, 9-58- how do they compare? tone/durability?

-D

[Vegetta]

oh man you rock nicelinkage
Schweet i CAN get custom lights

[darren]

I tried Blue Steels once and found them to be a little sterile sounding. In fact, most strings i've tried sound kind of toneless to my ear, with the exception of GHS Boomers, which seem to have a rich, lively "sponginess" to their tone that other strings don't seem to have. I guess that's why i keep using them.

But that's just my opinion.

[Vegetta]

Originally Posted by Drew

http://www.juststrings.com/deanmarkl...ingguitar.html

Looks like you have a few options- a regular light 9-54 set or a custom 9-56, for 9's, then a 10-56.

I might give e'm a try, I've heard good things about them, and they sure come in a pretty package... Been using GHS Boomers of late, 9-58- how do they compare? tone/durability?

-D

IMO they have way better tone and durability than any other strings i have ever tried..

boomers sound really good when you first put them on then a few days of hard playing later they tend to start sounding bad plus the windings tend to get all deformed around the frets (tho not as much as cheap strings do..)... steels keep their tone for a lot longer and dont deform...

steels come shrink wraped in the box and the stings are in another sealed plastic bag so no air can get to em til you open the package



try a set..ya got nothing to loose I think you will like 'em