What strings for a 717 GP?

[shekie]

I just purchased a 2019 mint 717 GP  and the shop I purchased from had installed new strings on it prior to putting out on their sales floor. The salesperson I dealt with was unsure which strings had been installed, although he was pretty certain they were light gauge. They sound fine, but I'm curious if there is any consensus/preference for strings on 717's, lights, mediums, brand preference etc.?

[DennisG]

Taylor puts medium-gauge strings on them at the factory.

[Edward]

Congrats on a really nice guit!

Strings are not only a personal preference, it is the single most significant change you can make to an acoustic to nudge its tone this way and that.  So may I encourage you to experiment!

That said, Taylor was loading these with elixir nanoweb mediums when yours came out.  But Taylor has since gone to D'Addarios.  Big difference between coated and non-coated strings, and also tonal differences between different brands of coated strings like Elixir and D'addarios.  So it really is your call to try em.  But since you asked, I have long preferred the elixir phos bronze in nanowebs.  For a GP body, I'd personally go with mediums for the punch and volume.  Have at it

Edward

[shekie]

Question regarding the Elixir strings, I see in addition to offering lights and mediums, they also offer light-mediums and HD lights. The light-mediums come with traditional light gauge on the G,B, e strings and medium gauge on the E,A,D strings, where the HD lights come with medium gauge e and B strings, an in between gauge for the G string, and then traditional light gauge for the E,A and D strings.

Any thoughts if I didn't want to go full medium gauge (old hands that appreciate less string tension) as to whether the light-mediums or the HD lights would make more sense for the 717 GP?