Guy L

The AGB-205 comes strung low B,E,A,D,G and the stock strings are D'Addario NIckelplated Round Wounds LONG Scale XLB series - an EXL230 set plus a single XLB145. The reason long scale strings are used is that there is a distance of rather more than four inches from the bridge saddles to the tailpiece. I calculated the actual tensions from the D'Addario charts adjusting for a 30.3" scale rather than a 34" scale and they are (in lbf) :- XLB 145 33.0 XLB 110 36.6 XLB 090 43.2 XLB 075 51.3 XLB 055 50.0 Certainly the low B didn't feel obviously flabby but I didn't really spend any time with it. I wanted to change the tuning to E,A,D,G,high B (guitarist influence!) and so I replaced the strings with D'Addario Long Scale Chrome Flatwounds - CB110,CB085,CB065,CB045,CB032 which gives pretty even tensions across the strings. The fact that this instrument requires long scale strings is a big bonus as there are plenty to choose from. I also have a 28.6" scale Ibanez MIkro and there is only one D'Addario set of chrome flatwounds available for that which is the ECB81S set - 100,080,065,045 - and the 100 is definitely on the light side.