9-72 seem really loose on my Agile 828..

[Riffmagus]

Iv'e now got the recommended guage of strings from Rondo's page on my Agile - and I have to say - they feel rather spongy on the B, E and A strings respectively - even with the action brought up to compensate. I also hit the strings pretty hard so the B and E are bouncing off the frets causing a little buzz.

It's also worth noting that at this tension, both truss rods are completely flat and appear to have no tension on them...

So, currently I have..
.009, .012, .015, .022, .030, .040, .054, .072

Would I have any problems jumping up to either -

.032 , .044 and .056 for B,E and A.

Or even -

.038, .048 and .058 from the Power Slinky 7 Set. Heck, I might even then go for a .074 on the low F#.

One more thing, when measuring scale length - do you go from behind the bridge, or the front of it to the end of the neck??

Appreciate anyone's comments and feedback as to what strings they use...

Cheers,

-Riff

 

[ra1der2]

I don't think it's the recommended gauge, it's supposed to be what strings the guitars ship with but they are more like a set of 9's with a .064 or so for the F#.

Judging from that tension gauge app:

len 28.6"

E .009 PL == 16.52#
B, .012 PL == 16.49#
G, .015 PL == 16.23#
D, .022 NW == 16.78#
A,, .030 NW == 17.68#
E,, .040 NW == 16.91#
B,,, .054 NW == 17.07#
F,,,# .072 NW == 17.06#

total == 134.73#

Looks pretty even, ironically the A has the highest tension or so the app says, but you probably could beef up the low end a little more without truss adjustments.

len 28.6"

E .009 PL == 16.52#
B, .012 PL == 16.49#
G, .015 PL == 16.23#
D, .022 NW == 16.78#
A,, .032 NW == 19.84#
E,, .042 NW == 18.58#
B,,, .056 NW == 18.6#
F,,,# .072 NW == 17.06#

total == 140.1#

 

[Apophis]

if you can try 009 012 016 024 032 044 060 080, you will have nor problems at all

 

[Riffmagus]

Will the Grover tuner take an 080? I had to have it bored out for the 072 to fit!

 

[Apophis]

you can unwind some winding from the end and it will be just fine

 

[TomAwesome]

To measure scale length, you measure from the nut to the 12th fret and double that measurement.

 

[chimpinatux]

Im filing down the inside of my tuners to take an 80, upping the guage from a 70, even that barely fitted in the intrepid grovers