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Strings Dilemma

Hello fellas, Forgive me for posting this question here, but I'm kinda lazy to register at different site since I know many of ya play some musical instrument. I recently decided to jazzify my Takamine EG544SC purchasing light action strings and practice jazz sequences.012-.053.
After replacing my medium action strings I noticed that my action haven't become any 'lighter' vs. the one before.
Does it make an action difference between brands even if the gauge is the same? I've always bought strings 'on sale' and changed them pretty often 'cos I love the fresh crispy sound of new strings and they all sounded AWESOME on this guitar without even paying attention to a brand purchased... Please also read the next my follow-up...
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marakanetz OP
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this 'brand' of strings is all over the stores with all different model numbers that are really hard to trace... previously buying a set of new strings for low $3 range would suffice until i hit this bummer.
i've never asked recommendation although have a few brands written down they were mostly for medium action strings that more for rock'n'roll and folk rock hard strumming now i need ones that sound nice and light for most of the time finger picking.
martykl
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Mara,

My experience is with archtops, so I don't know if it's really applicable to your situation. I've never had a problem with d'Adarios, but...

Are your new d'Adarios strings bronze (like my d'Adario strings are)? If so, have you played bronze strings before? They have their sound - and like most things guitar related - some love it, some hate it.

Can't help you on the action issue. For me, 12s are 12s, and they require some effort. For your effort you get more acoutic output. I never really payed much attention to the "action" label on strings, so, sorry, can't help there.

Marty
tiggerfc
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I'm a violinist, not a guitarist, but a buddy of mine plays mostly blues. All he talks about is "action". Everytime he changes his strings he adjusts the neck on his guitar to suit the action of the strings. Maybe that may help a bit. Or like Lrsky said, they may just suck.
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synthfreek
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Are you sure you know what "action" means"? That has nothing to do with how "lighter" a string plays but how high it is from the fretboard. Higher action means the string is further away from the fretboard and lower action is the opposite.
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marakanetz OP
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action has two meanings one of them is the distance between fretboard and string which is almost lowest to the point i could strum without having strings bounced to the unwanted frets.
another meaning makes me believe that strings themselves have also meaning of action in addition to gauges.
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