New/Old JF-30 BLD 1988 Acoustic; Best Strings?

[Boneman]

Oh man, yea, maple is so good to look at. Sounds awesome too

 

[adorshki]

Make mine maple, too! ‘94 JF-30:

Perfect picture of water moving through wood.

 

[Christopher Cozad]

Perfect picture of water moving through wood.

This, too:

 

[Sgt Pepper]

 

[Boneman]

^^^^ that is gorgeous

 

[adorshki]

This, too:

No, that's after the flood waters have receded.

 

[Boomstick]

My dad has a GF-30 from that same era. I recently put a set of DR Veritas 12s on it, which usually are great with maple guitars. I found the mids were a little too loud and the higher notes on the B and E were a little quiet.

I would probably try D'Addario XT Phosphor Bronze 12s if it was me. They are rather bright and should add extra volume to those higher notes nicely (also a great choice to remove the boxy sound from smaller guitars).

 

[General Dreedle]

I have a 93 JF 30, my favorites so far are DR Rares, bluegrass gauge