String gauge

[Alucard21]

Hi! I bought my guitar 5 or 6 months ago. It is a JP6 in stealth black version. I decided to change strings today but when i started (from the 6th string)... I felt that the new string was "bigger" than the old one so i stopped immediately. This guitar should come with 10-13-17-26-36-46 right? I used ernie ball regular slinky 2221. music man web site says that it comes with 10p-13p-17p-26-36-46 (RPS 10 Slinkys #2240). Is there any difference between the strings I used and the ones that the guitar have from factory? Thank you very much for your help!

 

[dt89]

The only difference with the RPS strings is they have extra winding near the ball of the plain strings. This is meant to reduce slippage and breakage.

EDIT: It's also possible that your guitar shipped with RPS 9-42 strings. JP changes gauges somewhat often and I know he went from 9s to 10s earlier this year. Personally, I use 9-46 hybrid.

 

[Alucard21]

Thank you dt89! I will try with 9-42 then!