Hey AL owners! What gauge and why?

[Norrin Radd]

Guys -

What gauge strings do you put on your ALs? Have you tried other gauges? What were your experiences with them? Thanks for the info.

 

[fsmith]

When I had mine I put 10's on it first thing, but ended up going back to 9's on all of my guitars.

I like the ease of bending with the 9's especially with the hardtail, there wasn't a lot of give with the 10's. I didn't notice any change in tone going from the 10's to 9's. Just personal "playability" preference.

 

[kompressaur]

EB skinny top heavy bottom 10-52 were on the guitar when i got it from Dr.Bob and I've no reason to change gauge. I use the same strings on my Axis.
Komp

 

[uvacom]

I don't do a lot of bends or anything so I like 11s. But as my technique evolves I may eventually go down, because it really is more difficult (and more importantly, hard on the joints) to bend with big strings.

 

[DrBob]

Like Komp says. Skinny top, Heavy Bottom, especially on a hardtail. The heavy bass end just chimes when you strike a chord and yet the 10 gauge high end means you can still pull on the bends and vibrato stuff..

 

[wolfbone07]

I like 10s. They seem to strike a good balance between bend-ability and solid tone.

 

[Spudmurphy]

I liked these stainless ones but have RPS back on at the mo.

I was kinda worried about the hard stainless steel wearing out the nickel frets.
I switch between 9's and 10's.

 

[mark_tampa]

10-13-16(all RPS)-26-36-46 Just as it came from the factory.

I always wanted to try a stright set of 10's (kind of a pain to order the strings individually, wish there was a factory set), but didn't want to worry about having to file the nut to fit and re-intoneate.

Besides, the 10-13-16-26-36-46 setup feels good to me, don't see a reason to change...

 

[mbgreene]

RPS 10's
just beacause

 

[robelinda2]

9's or 10's, i keep the 10's on the AL that come with it, but when they get old i go for 9's.

 

[beej]

I'm pretty much a Super Slinky's guy, including my AL.