Black Diamond steel guitar strings.

[Jimmy Gibson]

Sorry for the long post .But I am getting very frustrated because sets of steel guitar strings are very expensive in the UK So Could someone maybe help me out please? It's for some reason i have been having problems with a few sets of certain popular brands of strings, when i put a new set on each of my necks of my steel, they sounded terrible and would not stay in tune , so i thought maybe i have got a bad couple of sets of strings so i replaced them again with a couple of new sets same problem ,i have been playing steel for a very long time and never had any problems before using the brands before , Another steel player i know told me to try some Black Diamond i know they make normal electric guitar strings ,but i have never ever heard of the brand making steel guitar sets , so i thought i would ask if any one had used them and what was their opinion?


Thanks in advance for any help.

[Brad Bechtel]

I haven't used them myself, but here's their web page:

https://blackdiamondstrings.com/shop-ou ... dal-steel/

What type of pedal steel are you using? Are you having the tuning problems with just a specific string (for example, the high G# or the low F#)? Have you tried just changing the gauges for the specific strings that bother you, or is this an overall issue?

[Jerry Overstreet]

https://steelguitarshopper.com/10-string-sets/

The Black Diamond name was revived and back in production a few years back at which time they started offering pedal steel sets. I have their guitar strings, but never used the pedal steel sets. I don't find much difference in the guitar sets compared to D'Addarios that I normally use.

They are available here in the forum store it appears if you want to try some. I assume they ship internationally.

[Per Berner]

Amazon UK sells GHS pedal steel sets for just over 10 GBP, Thomann has them for less than 12 GBP (plus several other brands). Doesn't sound "very expensive" to me.

[Jimmy Gibson]

The SIT i have always used are over £40 a set on the UK Amazon site , That isn't cheap.


Jimmy,,,,,,

[C. D. Maclean]

John Davi’s sells SIT strings on the UK forum at unbeatable prices. Better than paying for the Amazon Guy’s spaceship!

[Dan Chroninger]

I have an endorsement from black

diamond .never had a problem. Make sure you order the nickle and not stainless way to bright for my liken