.10 - .52 floppy in drop C?
I'm only a half step above that and tension isn't flop at all but could the Floyd account for that?
I'm only a half step above that and tension isn't flop at all but could the Floyd account for that?
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Yeah those gauges were for a 25.5" scale guitar.MAYBE I WILL
Seriously though, I'm sure my string gauges would get STUPID if I owned a standard scale 7, hah.
Praise the guitar world for extended scale and fanned fret axes.
You could have Garry Goodman make you a few sets with massive cores.I would really enjoy some extremely thin and tight strings on a standard scale length, but I'm not sure how I can go about doing that... hah
I like my lows to be brutally tight but I like my higher strings to feel like a set of 9's.I'm more of a light top/heavy bottom kind of guy, usually use 09/46 hybrid sets in standard, add a .56 for my seven string and I'm happy. I do prefer a little bit higher tension on the low strings for my downtuned 6ers as I tend to pick fairly hard for rhythm work but I still need .09 equivelant strings for lead work. I have a light touch with my fretting hand but I'm heavy handed with my picking hand, can get interesting at times!! LOL
I just found out my 7 string in Drop G with a .58 is 30.8lbs. I had no idea it was that tight, seems a little loose to me.
You're not the only one that likes tension, apparently
heavier strings sound better (louder, clearer, punchier, more sustain)
ONE OF USIm thinking of trying 56s in drop c. im currently using 54s and they feel good but i just wanna try bigger!
I don't try to press really hard or anything, but it seems like I do so unintentionally. It seems when it comes to lower guitar strings I'm a big brute whether I like it or not.I'm still waiting for somebody to prove that one.
I like very low tension. I prefer playing to be as effortless as possible, especially since I have mild tendonitis in both wrists. One of my 9-strings right now has a .056 tuned down to a low E at 27.5" and it's perfectly playable.
I like my strings like I like my women: thin and loose.
/secondHigh-Tension club anyone?
My ex-girlfriend is an indie-rock type; she plays a Tele with .009s in E standard and I could barely play the thing. I'd be bending off the fretboard half the time. Plus, I have a pretty heavy touch - okay, I kind of have a death grip - so I'd have strings all out of tune just because they'd bend under my apparently immense fretting pressure.30 pounds? That's more than double the tension of my strings. I like the tension around 18 pounds or so, but I like the sound of thinner strings, so they're usually around 14 pounds.