My F50 plays great and has an installed DTAR system which is possibly the best acoustic pickup system I have used.
However I haven't been completely thrilled by it's acoustic sound. A lot of heft but the little D15 next to it sounds more pleasing to my ear.
So I decided to experiment with strings. First I got Elixir Nanoweb PB 12's, not bright enough. Next up Kurt Mangan round core PB 12s, ok but not great. Then I put on a set of DR Dragonskin PB 11's, nope. Then DR Sunbeams 12s, no special improvement and hard to play. Next D'Addario 80/20 11's, better but kinda back to square 1. Two days later Amazon had D'Addario XS strings on sale I ordered a set of PB 12s and a set of ebony bridge pins with abalone dots th match the fretboard.
The XS strings sound great, lots more highs which is what I was missing on this guitar. To be fair the bridge pins may have helped, the old ones are brass which I thought was supposed to brighten things up, but I'm no expert. Also regular D'Addario PB 12s may work just as well, but for now I am an XS boy. My only concern is they are a little hard to play (not as bad as the Sunbeams) so after a while I may switch to 11s if I can't acclimate .
Strings can work on one guitar and not another, my D15 did fine with the first set of strings I put on it, D'Addario PB 12s.
One note, the new bridge pins are really tight. I had to really work to get them seated properly, perhaps I should sand them a bit next string change.
However I haven't been completely thrilled by it's acoustic sound. A lot of heft but the little D15 next to it sounds more pleasing to my ear.
So I decided to experiment with strings. First I got Elixir Nanoweb PB 12's, not bright enough. Next up Kurt Mangan round core PB 12s, ok but not great. Then I put on a set of DR Dragonskin PB 11's, nope. Then DR Sunbeams 12s, no special improvement and hard to play. Next D'Addario 80/20 11's, better but kinda back to square 1. Two days later Amazon had D'Addario XS strings on sale I ordered a set of PB 12s and a set of ebony bridge pins with abalone dots th match the fretboard.
The XS strings sound great, lots more highs which is what I was missing on this guitar. To be fair the bridge pins may have helped, the old ones are brass which I thought was supposed to brighten things up, but I'm no expert. Also regular D'Addario PB 12s may work just as well, but for now I am an XS boy. My only concern is they are a little hard to play (not as bad as the Sunbeams) so after a while I may switch to 11s if I can't acclimate .
Strings can work on one guitar and not another, my D15 did fine with the first set of strings I put on it, D'Addario PB 12s.
One note, the new bridge pins are really tight. I had to really work to get them seated properly, perhaps I should sand them a bit next string change.