no_dice
a very bad old bear
Those strings seem awefully thin to be used in G# to me. Especially on a 25" scale
I would get a .10-.52 set with a .72 for the lowest.
I know you want that thin string tone but on that short of a scale length, you'll have to EQ your amp differently to get it. Because too thin of strings will vibrate out of tune every time you hit them. Then your guitar will never be in tune.
And I don't know about you, but I'd much rather have a guitar that stays in tune well and doesn't sound perfect than a guitar that sounds perfect and is never in tune.
The solution to that would be a longer scale length. 27" would be GREAT for this! Then you could do a .10-.46 set with a .65 for the G# and stay in tune a lot better while still getting that tone you're looking for.
Sound advice here.
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I've all but given up on trying to preach the benefits of extended scales in low tuning, because for everyone that recommends a longer scale, it seems like 3 more people come in with "I tune to drop G with a .045 and it's great!" For all I know, maybe it works great for them, but in my experience, it just doesn't make sense.
I've owned guitars at probably every interval between 24.75" and 30" and the longer ones perform infinitely better at lower tunings. Just for reference, I use a CK .073" for G# at 27.7" and that's not even that high of tension. Somewhere around 18# IIRC.