We do sponsor artists on a limited basis—we’re a small company and by definition, everyone who uses our product are artists, so we do have to be a bit selective around when it makes sense to have a more formalized relationship. Our Artist Relations team put together a fantastic guide that covers what we look for in an artist endorsement, when it makes sense, and how to reach out about it. Read that here: The Indefinite Guide to Artist Endorsements at Stringjoy

On electric and acoustic sets, all gauges lighter than .018 are always plain steel, all heavier than .026 are always wound. On gauges where we overlap (we make some both wound and plain strings between .018 and .026), a “p” signifies plain steel, a “w” signifies a wound string. So, if you see a .020w, that’s a wound string. A .020p is a plain string. 

If it doesn’t have either letter we only offer it as a wound string (if it’s heavier than .026) or a plain steel string (if it’s lighter than .018). Got it? Good. This doesn’t apply to our bass strings, since all of those are wound.

We make a lot of different string gauges—over 100 actually—and with all companies there are certain limitations in terms of how many gauges we can keep in stock, fulfill in a reasonable timeframe, and ensure that they aren’t sitting around our shop for too long before they ship out. As such, we’ve chosen the gauges we do make intentionally in order to satisfy the needs of as many players as possible. 

Unfortunately, we aren’t able to make any gauges that we don’t currently produce as a one-off, the costs of setting up a new gauge for manufacture are very high, and it only washes out when we produce enough of them—if we were to make a 6 string set all out of gauges we don’t regularly make, it would cost hundreds of dollars—for one set. Nobody wants that.

Plain Steel Strings (found in all electric or acoustic string sets): At least 43″ from ball-end to tail 

Wound Acoustic Strings: 46.5″ total length, 39.75″ of which is wound and 6.75″ of which is a core wire tail, which can be used to anchor the string around the tuning peg if extra length is needed. 

Wound Electric Strings: 46.5″ total length, 39.75″ of which is wound and 6.75″ of which is a core wire tail, which can be used to anchor the string around the tuning peg if extra length is needed. A few caveats to this:

• Strings .068-.074 and up have a taper at 35.5″ from the ball-end, since these fit through standard tuners the linger taper makes them fairly universal. 

• Strings .080-.095 have a taper at 32″ from the ball-end (great for most 27″ scale and under guitars), except for Bass VI .090 and .095s, which have a taper at 35.5″ 

• Strings .080 and up have a very slight taper at the ball-end to keep them from getting stuck in bridges. It does not affect performance. 

Bass Strings: All bass strings are 54″ in total length, roughly 48″ of which is wound (slightly less on short and medium scale lengths) Strings .065 and up have a taper at a certain length from the ball-end, depending on the scale. When installed, this taper should sit between the nut and the tuning peg, if you have picked the right scale strings for your bass. 

• Short Scale: 32.75″ 

• Medium Scale: 34.5″ 

• Long Scale: 37.1″ 

• Extra Long Scale: 38.5″ 

Strings .060 and under are “Universal Scale.” Since they have only one wrap they have no taper, so they can be cut to any length to work for any scale bass. Strings .125 and up have a very slight taper at the ball-end to keep them from getting stuck in bridges. It does not affect performance.

Absolutely! Just shoot a message over to [email protected] with any requirements you have. Be sure to mention what your your playing, the tuning you’re using, what you’ve played in the past, and what you’re looking for in your next set.

Both! A lot of companies show a clear bias to one type of core or the other, we use each core type in the situation that we think it works best. Everyone has an opinion on the round core vs. hex core debate—and everyone you ask will tell you different reasons for why they like either one. To us, hex cores hold tune better, break less often, and have a clearer, more natural top end. That’s why we use hex cores for our Signatures, Naturals, Brights, Foxwoods, Orbiters & Rangers lines. 

Where we do like round cores is on our pure nickel Broadways. Round core strings have a smoother, deeper bottom end and seem to resonate very well with the combination of pure nickel wrap alloy. As we develop new string lines, core geometry is always a key piece of the recipe we put together for a line, and we will certainly have more round core offerings down the line as they make sense.

Not yet, but we’ve been working hard on it for several years now. 

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