Re: POLL on Strings - what's your preference... 9's, 10's, 11's or beyond

bobroberts on Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:47 pm

all kidding aside.. i only go heavier cos i'm a bit heavy handed and i tend to bend lighter guages out of tune.

i'm mainly a rhythm player, too..

anaerobe on Thu Feb 11, 2010 5:03 pm

Since this was first posted (uh, seven months ago)... I have begun to play around with strings. Currently I like the set of Ernie Ball skinny-top (10, 13, 17) -heavy bottom (30, 42, 52) strings that I have on the Vantage "Entertainar" VE 550.

I haven't posted much at all for a couple months, nice to be back.

Ian

Barry on Thu Feb 11, 2010 5:30 pm

Hi Ian, wondered where you got to. Good to see you again.

**Warrn** on Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:01 pm

Considering I bend bass strings without meaning to, I should probably get heavier strings on my guitar.

anaerobe on Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:24 pm

Thanks Barry! My gear acquistion has been modulated to just one new axe ('82 Aria Pro II Deluxe-V) in the last while. I've spent a lot of time actually torturing the strings.

caucajun on Mon Feb 15, 2010 5:03 am

on a fender scale i like 10s........they feel a l'il heavier on an LP. i may try 9s on my gibby.........10s are ok on my prestige, tho'. 10s just feel "normal" & "right"

grogg on Mon Dec 27, 2010 6:04 pm

Based on Corsair's recommendation I just tried some Dean Markley 10s on my Thunder1. I got the eliptical wound version though (Helix) and must say they feel and sound very good.

m-m-m on Wed Dec 29, 2010 4:18 pm

guess I need to chime in on this one too ...

I put Ernie Ball 10-46 on all my electrics. Don't use trems, so that doesn't factor in. All my electrics with trems are adjusted to be flushmount, or are blocked.

On acoustics I go Ernie Ball Phosphor bronze 12-54. I don't play acoustic much, but when I do I like it to be a bit of a workout. Cool

boutjp97 on Thu Dec 30, 2010 4:39 am

*UPDATED* I like 9's on my floating trem guitars and 10's on fixed bridge guitars. I am more of a finesse player at heart and have just recently switched to 10's on some guitars. My standard rhythm string is the GHS Boomer, but I bought several cases of Dean Markley Blue Steel both 9 and 10 gauge earlier this year (loved them in the early 1990's but couldn't afford them). I used to use special light where the G, B and high E were like 8 gauge back in the 80's.