I play a Gibson Les Paul and the stings i found best were elixirs. They last long, they have a lot of playability and they are good for changing from jamming around heavy chords and soloing. They also require less cleaning due to the polyweb/nanoweb coating which keeps the oil and dirt out from bewtween the coils. If the strings are too bright then try buy the next highest guage. I use superlights and they are perfect but i also like doing a lot of soloing. If you are looking for more tone then try buy lights to mediums