What strings, gauge and brand you use and why?

this is what I've been using. I want heavier these are .13. I need .14 I think.

I use Ernie Ball Slinky's, 10-46. I used to use Diaddario because Tesla used them but then I tried Slinky's and it's been love ever since. I use the acoustic versions as well.

10-46 is my gauge, good tone and good feel. I can't play on 9's, they are just that little bit too thin and wispy.

Depends on the guitar but in general I prefer 9's

Genebaby wrote:I use Ernie Ball Slinky's, 10-46. I used to use Diaddario because Tesla used them but then I tried Slinky's and it's been love ever since. I use the acoustic versions as well.

10-46 is my gauge, good tone and good feel. I can't play on 9's, they are just that little bit too thin and wispy.

This is the same for me. I don't feel comfortable using 9s because their sound doesn't give me the push that I like. And also I have memories of playing 9s till my index finger bled, so its a bit of a nightmare also.

Free custom sets.I have a ton of singles that I package together.
I always snag some when I work for bands as well.

Usually something like this ... 9 -12-17- 28-38-50

poserboy71 wrote:Free custom sets.I have a ton of singles that I package together.
I always snag some when I work for bands as well.

Usually something like this ... 9 -12-17- 28-38-50

Light on top and on the bottom!

If you have to make a straining agony sound to bend the strings then that's my size.

SIT strings! Hands down longest lasting string I've ever used! I use 8-38 because I'm a wuss!!!



Actually I have big fingers and need ALL the space I can between the strings!!!

I used to use sit when I had solid bodies.. I agree the best. I used dean markley blue steal in 1989 and 90 but went back to SIT. Dogal are really good too http://www.dogalstrings.it/Strings_Mode ... gs_Moderno

shramiac wrote:SIT strings! Hands down longest lasting string I've ever used! I use 8-38 because I'm a wuss!!!



Actually I have big fingers and need ALL the space I can between the strings!!!

I'm a wuss too,,,but usually 9s to 42...I did try that mixed up set that Dimebag used...that was good.

...You know what they say shram,,big fingers...big finger nails.

metatron wrote:
...You know what they say shram,,big fingers...big finger nails.

Nah! They're short too!!!!

Also because I didn't play for nearly a year I went with the lightest strings I could get! If there were sevens in the shop I would have bought them!!! Funny thing is that after all that time I still had calluses on my finger tips!!!

I think KK Downing used sevens?? Maybe sixes???? Man, sixes!!! You could cut a steak with them!!!!

8-38? OMG! Where is the TONE????

And 7's and 6's, no way they exist!!!! They just can't!!!!!

the bigger the better sound for me but i like Joe Puma.

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I have 11 to 47s on my Les Paul hollowbody (not a gibson) and I can't feel shit.

as for 6s .. thats mad man. Can the human eye see that gauge size?

Genebaby wrote:8-38? OMG! Where is the TONE????

And 7's and 6's, no way they exist!!!! They just can't!!!!!

The Rev Willy G uses MOTHERFUCKING 7'S !!!
and he IS TONE.

7's are for the ladies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You will burn in Hell for defaming Billy F. Gibbons !!!

Genebaby wrote:8-38? OMG! Where is the TONE????

Tone is easy when you pick EVERY note!!!! Seriously!!! Legato is for girls!!!!

I kid, I kid!!! Legato can be cool! (if you're a girl!!!)

I have found reference to Billy using either 8's or 7's, and both are seriously wimpy, I am shocked he would use such a light gauge. They would flap so much I don't know how he does his pinch harmonics. I understand he uses a Mexican peso.

I'll tell Yngwie you said he's a wimp!!!!

He uses heavy bottom strings though!

Satriani uses Legato is he a Vagina? I think not. I don't know what string gauge that he uses but he has got TONE FOR DAYS!

I think that it is important to be capable of picking every note but I think that Legato is cool for accents as long as it's not over used.

K

My right hand has a mind of it's own and can't stop!!!!




Cue Rick.......

the 7 may as well not be there. Just play a 5 string.

I don't know how such light gauge strings can sound ok, I guess it's in the mix, cause even when I played 9's one night on a Charvel I had just got in and hadn't changed the strings, it was just sooo different. It was harder to hear me.

Each little .01 makes such a big difference!!!

i think its really hard to step down once you are used to it. 11s are where i would go on a solid and 13 or 14 on a semi.

shramiac wrote:My right hand has a mind of it's own and can't stop!!!!

Cue Rick.......

Sammy and I sleep next to this guy a lot.

i've tried many different brands over the years, from Dean markley to Ernie Ball, to galli to the GHS, and stayed within the 09-42 or 010 gauge.I've tried the 011-52 set and i've liked it, even if it makes it a bit more dificult..... you have to get used to it and then the thinner strings feel like they were a bunch of hairs.
On the variax i've chosen the elixir based on the fact that the piezo of the variax give the sound an attack that is too fast for my taste(if i use the emulations of the famous guitars, that is) so the goretex of the elixir deadens the attack a bit.

Tell us some for about the variex, in the gear section please, I wanted one when I got my XTL.

ankh i love your tech talk.

I use ernie ball hybrids or regulars I kinda just flip back and forth

The reverend Billy G. Used to use the thickest strings he could get now the lightest.. has something to do with age He dont do the peso thing anymore hasn't in a while uses regular old tortex orange picks