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Man, color me surprised to see the amount of people running 11s for little ol' drop C; apparently I'm the only one besides Masoo likes a bit of extra slink with a 10-52 set for D standard/drop C.
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11-52 is god mode for D standard and Drop C on 25.5" scale guitars.
Man, color me surprised to see the amount of people running 11s for little ol' drop C; apparently I'm the only one besides Masoo likes a bit of extra slink with a 10-52 set for D standard/drop C.
Man, color me surprised to see the amount of people running 11s for little ol' drop C; apparently I'm the only one besides Masoo likes a bit of extra slink with a 10-52 set for D standard/drop C.
step 1, google string tension calculator.
step 2. play around with one til you find the gauges in the tension range you want (most people go from 17-20lbs).
step 3. ignore people recommending random gauges. It's all personal preference and you won't know what you like until you've tried a few different tensions/brands.
I’ve been using 10-52’s for Drop C for close to 20 years now. I dig the lack of tension on the lower strings because I can get those pinch harmonics into Zakk Wylde territory with little effort. I do occasionally have to pay more attention when soloing though, because I’ll bend the strings out of tune.
As far as pickups, I put the Devin Townsend set in my Ibanez SZ (my main drop-C guitar and overall main guitar these days) and really dig them. I haven’t played active pickups since I was in high school so it was a pretty big change and I had to re-dial in all my main tones as a result. On the modern setting, they can be a bit much with the high output (my other ‘main’ guitar is a JEM with Dimarzio Evolutions, hi output but totally different EQ curve) and it’s really a lot like putting a boost in front of an amp.
They really shine for me when it comes to layering guitars. A lot of times, instead of touching any amp settings or using a different amp all together, I’ll just switch to the Classic setting and it’s enough of a difference that it does the trick. I get pretty much equal use out of both the Modern and Classic settings. The single coil + classic is also really great. It doesn’t get me in Strat territory, but it’s does help create a wonderful clean/break up tone and it’s not shrill in any way.
If I were able to tweak them, I’d probably dial the output and higher frequencies of the Modern setting back a bit. Not much, a couple dB. For the most part, all I’ve had to do is remove the Input boost/drives from my signal chains in my AxeFX and I was good to go.
Actually, I’ve got a small clip of a cover of “Man In The Box” my buds and I did, the left side is all on the Modern setting and the right side is the Classic setting. If you listen with some decent headphones you can surely pick it out. The solo was also split, first half being the Modern setting with the 2nd half on the Classic setting. Same amp (preset) settings.
https://soundcloud.com/strokeface/mitbclip?ref=clipboard&p=i&c=1
Man, color me surprised to see the amount of people running 11s for little ol' drop C; apparently I'm the only one besides Masoo likes a bit of extra slink with a 10-52 set for D standard/drop C.