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- From: lee@Gwinnett.COM (Lee Reese)
- Subject: Re: String Guages [what to use?]
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.233133.5120@Gwinnett.COM>
- Organization: Gwinnett Computer Services, Atlanta(Duluth), GA
- References: <Lerxst.0p0a@qube.OCUnix.On.Ca>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 23:31:33 GMT
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- In article <Lerxst.0p0a@qube.OCUnix.On.Ca> Lerxst@qube.OCUnix.On.Ca (Lerxst) writes:
- >I personally use .09s. I find them very comfortable to play. I have 10s
- >on my acoustic and I sometimes wish that there were .09s for them, although
- >I'd imagin it would be way too thin.
- >
- >Otherwise I've had no problems. On my Strat is fine, although on my Gibson
- >ES-345 clone the high strings tend to break rather often. Good thing they
- >are not expensive to replace!! :-)
- >
- >Alex Lifeson from Rush and I believe David Gilmour from Pink Floyd use .09s
- >as well. I don't know how Stevie Ray Vaughan ever could play the 13s. It
- >would be like playing on electrical cable! :-)
- >
- >Anyway, I'd imagin that it really boils down to personal preference, I like
- >to use them. Try it out and see the difference.
- >
- >Later...
- >
- >_don
-
- I have .012's on my Strat right now, but earlier this year I was using
- .009's. I have nothing against the .009's, but .012's make a lot of
- difference. They have much better tone and I like the way the third
- string sounds compared to the unwound third on the .009's.
-
- As far as string bending goes, I can bend the .012's as well as the
- .009's. It just takes time to get used to the strings.
-
- Lee
-