Anyone put 10s on their Luke???

[jptortor]

I am thinking about switching, cause all of my other guitars have 10s. I am in love with how well it stays in tune right now though and don't want to screw it up. WHen you switched did you need to have the nut grooves cut to keep the tuning stable? If so I think I'd rather keep it with 9s the way nature intended!

Jason

 

[brasco68]

I switched to 10's on my Luke a couple months ago...and it works better for me on that particular guitar. I always had a slight buzz issue on the low E when it had 9's on it and no matter what I did...I couldn't tweak it enough to get rid of it....so the 10's solved that problem. I also like the added crunch I get with the 10's...especially in drop D tuning.

I didn't do anything to the nut in case I wanted to go back to 9's for any reason.

 

[robelinda2]

10's, always.

 

[jptortor]

No tuning problems or issue with the strings getting caught in the nut when using the trem?

 

[phatduckk]

ive got 10's on mine. no problems at all.

 

[dwells]

10s or 10.5s are mad
i also put 10-52 on my Luke 1 works well

 

[DrGonzo5150]

10's, always.

+1

 

[jptortor]

I'm really glad to hear this! Usually when I change gauge it causes all sorts of tuning problems and I usually end of getting the nut cut.

 

[THE_EB_KID]

10's are the only thing i use on both of my luke's

 

[luke2joey]

I put 10's on my Luke two months ago. Same experience: the Luke really rocks now.
No problems with the nut, maybe you have to adjust the bridge for the thicker strings for the intonation may be different. (otherwise your Luke goes out of tune when you play higher on the neck).

Good luck and rock on.