How do you string your classical guitar?

I use Ernie Ball concerts and cut the ball ends off, and knot them instead.

Ernie Ball? OMG you loose 20 points.

I find they sound fuller recorded. I used to use Yamaha's, and then once at the music store, they had run out and only had the Ernie Ball's left.

/me steals points back from DogS and eats his catloaf.

:-/ People sure like to eat my loaf.

Ernie Balls never stay in tune for me. I'd rather play with only 5 strings than replace with Earnie Ball.

ROLF...

Anyway, my acoustic (close enough) still has 5 strings that were from the 70's. It's a really old but wicked awesome guitar. I replaced the high E with an ernie ball and it broke, so I switched it with a yamaha.

Leftover 70's stuff >*

Ernie Ball's work fine for me. Never have this tuning problem you keep talking about.

As long as the temp of the room/enviroment is consistent, and if you have a floating bridge you should have the nuts down tight, then they should stay in tune pretty good.

Don't know though. And I play metal too, so I'll work the strings in bending and everything else - so I do abuse them and they hold.

I don't have tuning problems either. In fact, my classical strings stretched out in about a half-hour. Classical strings are notorious for detuning constantly after being put on.

If those factors had anything to do with it, I would have the same problem with other brands.
These things would detune in a matter of minutes for me, as my band could confirm. Never had that problem with Fender, Martin, or D'Addario.

I was going to say that maybe your knots weren't tight enough, but you voted for ball-ends. :p

weird. I love Ernie Ball's electric strings. Never bothered to use their acoustic because I used Martin until I bought my first pack of Elixirs. Are you sure you're stretching them well and that they're the right gauge and everything that you're used to?

I love my Ernie Ball bass strings. They slap/pop a lot better than D'Addarios.

Ball end!:p

Yup. 10's forevah (on electric). I'm not sure of th guage I use on my acoustic. "Medium," as distributed and packaged by Martin. I don't like light acoustic strings because they lack decent bass tone (and thus lack attack in strums).
I'd used Earnie Ball longer than any other string set, then tried Fender (since they came with the last guitar I bought). I had assumed stretching was natural, except I realized the Fenders weren't doing it. But I didn't like the guage of the Fenders I put on (too light), so I went back to Ernie Ball, and they kept stretching. So I go back to Fender, and went through almost two complete sets in a couple months. Now I'm on D'Addario. They stay in tune, and they don't break so easy.

What do you people do to break your strings? I play very often and I play rock and metal, but I've only broken two strings. How hard are you strumming?

Not very.