what Gauge Strings Do you Use?

[megaroel]

9's

 

[Lax]

Always played with 10s, thinking each time I got to the shop "I have to try 9s for easier bends and tremolo", then I buy 10s and think once home "man that wasn't what I was supposed to do" XD

Saturday, I went to the store and bought accidentally hybrids 9-46 sets.
They are awesome !
But I have still never tried 9-42 !

 

[Hendog]

go with as sick as it gets.
11 and thicker.
harder pays...

huh?

 

[agt]

wooooo hoooo!!! First to vote for 10s lol. I like the sound of them better and for me I have more control playing. Anything lower than 10s seems to be way too loose, plus with 10s your fingers get stronger and you can play faster more effortlessly .

Ditto. I played 11s for many years. These days I use 10s. 9s are too squirrelly feeling for my clumsy fingers.

 

[danny-79]

11s all the way on guitar ! (power slinkys)

 

[D.K.]

9s on all guitars. 9-54 on 7-Strings

 

[five7]

45s

 

[B2D]

.010-.052 for me.

 

[danny-79]

But on Bass ..... 45s (Super slinky coated) an 50s (Regular slinky coated) on the other.

 

[sirshack]

.011 is my go-to, but I've found that each one of my guitars seems to "like" a variety of gauges. I switch around between .010s and .011s on one particular Telecaster I own, depending on my mood.

I have second Telecaster that I'm going to try a set of .012s and a wound G on. It has never liked plain Gs.

 

[jvanhorn]

I use sxtra slinkys 8's, but I take out the 8 and the 38 and put on a 9 and 40, so I don't know ezactly what you would call them, LOL. I like the 40 for a little more bass and the 9 for solo work, and the others are really good for rhythm. As you might guess I am more into playability than tone. I find I can always fix the tone with the amp.

Same with my acoutic/electric strings. I use slinky extra phosopher bronze, but I throw out everything but the 10 and 20. I put in a 13, 22, 32 and 42. Once again it's all about playability. I admit my nex body Takamine leaves a lot to be desired when played strictly acoustically beause of this, but plug it into an amp and it is good to go.

Feel free to tell me what an idiot I am, LOL.

I have just become a big, big believer in playabiity over anything else. It is kind of like baseball. You can have the best curve ball in the world but if you can't throw it over the plate for strikes, what good is it? You have to be able to play the thing first, before you can do anything else.

 

[gtrman66]

Used 9's for years on electric.I switched to hybrid 9-46 on my strat,and have since switched to 10-46 on my ballstuned 1/2 step down.They feel almost identical to 9's at standard tuning.I like custom light11's on acoustics.

 

[threeminutesboy]

9's on all my electric guitars except the Albert that i keep with 10's

 

[Sweat]

LOL love these thread ressurections at least this one has a purpose

9's for me in different flavors, will string an AL with Hybrids sometimes though

 

[jcm900]

I use 10s on guitars that are tuned half step down.

 

[isaactmeyer]

Depends on the guitar.. but mostly 10s

 

[boardwlk17]

Super Slinky's 009's for over 20yrs now

 

[st2012]

Skinny top heavy bottom 10's. With a .068 for my low B.

 

[DTJPPR]

Skinny Top Heavy Bottom's For me on my Tele and Fender Talon, which are strung in C Major (You can thank Devin Townsend for that one), and Not Even's for my Silo Special, which is in Drop C.

 

[telema50c]

12s

I' telling you, 12s are the way to go. They honestly aren't terribly hard to bend, and sound just amazing for classic rock played on a Tele.