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Re: String gauge - does size matter?
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 2:21 pm
by Rog
I can’t stand trebly strings, so these are on all of my guitars now:
Re: String gauge - does size matter?
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 2:29 pm
by jeremyb
I found boomers really trebley, so haven't gone back to GHS, I find elixirs quite neutral, have you tried them Rog?
Re: String gauge - does size matter?
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 2:35 pm
by Rog
Yes I have, but they didn’t float my boat
Re: String gauge - does size matter?
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 3:25 pm
by jeremyb
Rog wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 2:35 pm
Yes I have, but they didn’t float my boat
Maybe you should have tried them on a guitar?
Re: String gauge - does size matter?
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2020 4:51 pm
by GrantB
jeremyb wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 12:48 pm
Is anyone running a hybrid set, like 9-46? I quite like the thicker low end from the usual 10-46s, but could do with a bit of an easier time now I'm trying to do more bending... lack of practice yeah... but...
I’m running 10-52 on everything. I tried some 9-48,s the other day on a Tele might my caveman hands squeezed them all out of tune and I overbent each note.
This gauge on a Gibson scale is great for my style.
Makes it easy I guess when buying....”if” the order ever arrives (stuck Japan like my Supro pedal).
Re: String gauge - does size matter?
Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 2:05 pm
by jeremyb
Decided to finally install one of the Stringjoy wound 3rd sets I have in my strat today, normally run 10-46 elixirs, these are a balanced set with: .010 – .0135 – .018w – .026w – .036 – .048.
First impressions are they sound brighter than the elixirs so had to wind the treble back a smidge on the amp, but play nice, will see how they go after some more bedding in, the G is a little harder to bend than the .017 I had on there before but despite evidence to the contrary I'm not much of a bender.