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Medium Strings on a Blackbird Steel String Rider?

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August 22, 2010 - 9:24am
dave_elliott
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Anyone have one?  Use or tried Medium Strings on it?  Did it break? :)   How did it sound?

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September 9, 2010 - 3:58am
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I have one but I've only used 12-53's on it so far (D'Addario EJ16).  It sounds so good now I don't want to experiment. 

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September 9, 2010 - 5:42am
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Volsr1,

I broke down and got a BB Rider recently because my daughter took my Cargo to Europe for the year and I needed a travel guitar.  The owner of the Music Gallery called Joe at BlackBird who said the guitar had been designed with light gauge strings in mind, but, especially if I was using a lot of alternate tunings, he wasn't (too) worried. . .

So, with some trepidation, I switched the strings on the Rider to Martin Lifespan SP mediums, and I think it sounds better.  I can play them harder, they don't seem to break up or sound as dulcimer-like as the lights - and after a couple of weeks, the Rider shows no sign of bending, breaking, melting, bowing etc. :)  So, so far, so good, even in regular tuning.

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September 17, 2010 - 8:11am
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Dave,  I just re-strung mine with Martin SP Custom Lights.  I can't tell a difference in them and the EJ16's. 

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