Think you might have hit the nail on the head Les. I certainly found myself playing quite hard the other night and it was only a small session. I suppose that is why I was looking for further advice, seeing if the "best of both worlds does exist!"

Walking Eagle, thanks for the tip, have found several suppliers on the net and can wait for stuff to get shipped now I have the interim set of strings, its just what to order from the huge list of different makes and compositions of string types that are available, thats the remaining issue. Any futher thoughts anyone?