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Garland,

That sounded great fun, but it's surprising how we change our minds.
Medium Elixir strings, give them a go, you never know.

I've got 9 guitars (I think), ask me which is my favourite, it changes about every two weeks, I even started looking what the local guitar shop had in stock, luckily for me, they were expensive electric guitars or acoustic guitars that were not as good as what I already have.

Garland,

If you visit the Guitar shop not to far off, the real beauty is you can actually play them and compare for sound and playability, you can't beat trying before buying.

Derick , recently I started lookin at bridge plates when I change strings. In another thread I even mentioned how trashy they look with ragged holes and uneven exposed areas. It seems to me, such an important part of the sound telephoning is in the bridge plate yet it seems to be mostly ignored by manufacturers.... until... I forgot to mention, the bridge plate on the Epiphone is the cleanest I've encountered since I started lookin.... it was even stained brown and smooth to the touch

I just use 80 grit sand paper...

Garland,

 Yes sand paper works fine until you have no bridge plate left.