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Post by Steelpriest on Aug 25, 2004 13:43:01 GMT -5
 Today I strung my Strat with a fresh set of Dean Markley 009 - 042 strings. I bought the guitar on Ebay and the previous owner had 010-046 on it, but the strings were almost brand new and I kept them until today. Wooohoo, now with this thinner gauge the guitar plays like butter, hehe. The effect that the lighter strings have on that long Fender scale is even more amazing than on the short Gibson scale. The guitar feels completely different now, this is not what I expected, but I appreciate it.  Just had to set up the action and intonation a little, but it was worthwhile.
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Post by RB on Aug 25, 2004 15:48:46 GMT -5
Cool, play on Dude. |
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Post by Ol Geezer on Aug 25, 2004 20:00:43 GMT -5
The effect that the lighter strings have on that long Fender scale is even more amazing than on the short Gibson scale. The guitar feels completely different now, this is not what I expected, but I appreciate it. Just had to set up the action and intonation a little, but it was worthwhile. Welcome to my world.... ;D |
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Post by ZacAttack on Aug 26, 2004 18:32:02 GMT -5
I have also found that the right guage string depends on both the guitar and the player. When Geez sold me the quilt top, it had 9s on it. I liked the way it played, but personaly I seem to over power that guage of string. I put Dean Markley 10s on it and WOW. It made a huge difference. Fatter tone, more solid feel and fit my playing perfectly. But 10s on my Dad's strat just didn't seem to work. ( I bought him the wrong guage for fathers day) After the first set was on I could tell he was not happy so I returned them and got him his beloved Ernie Ball Super Slinky 9s and the strat felt as it should. But now preference comes in to play. I have been told that Clapton uses a heavy guage on all his strats and I know Stevie Ray Vaughn used a really heavy jazz guage on his. Watching them play you would swear that they were bending 8s as easily as they make it look. But I have it on good athority that Clapton uses 10s, or bigger and SRV used 11s or bigger. Go figure.
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Post by JoMan on Aug 28, 2004 15:07:05 GMT -5
well, it really depends on the guitar i guess. i use D'Addario 10s on my LP and it plays sooooo easily, i'm even thinking about trying 11s for it....
on the other my strat has the same 10s and i'm not that happy about it...
you know, in the local music store the guys often talk about strings and so on and when someone say he's thinking about changing to a lighter gauge, everybody's going like "oh, a baby gauge" (i can't think of a good translation, for steelpriest: "ah, eine warmduschersaitenstärke für dich?" oder "ah, warmduschersaitenlage").
always makes me laugh...
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Post by CAFeathers on Aug 28, 2004 15:25:25 GMT -5
Whenever I get a new guitar I have to guess at what guage strings will "FIT" that particular guitar. Each guitar has it's own personality so you have find what compliments that personality. The strings on my guitars currently run between 9's and 13's depending on the guitar.
I prefer Dean Markley strings over all others. I have found that I love the feel and sound of Flatwounds so I am in the process of making up some custom sets of Flatwounds in 8's, 9's and 10's (Dean Markley makes 11's, 12's, and 13's Flatwound) by adding a smaller Blue Steel string and dropping off the heaviest Flatwound string.
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Post by jeje on Aug 28, 2004 15:42:53 GMT -5
I put a set of .11 D'Addarios on my LP last week, and she got a new life.. I have been using .009 Ernies, but I'll stick to .011s from now on  |
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Post by Steelpriest on Aug 28, 2004 23:47:33 GMT -5
I can't think of a good translation, for steelpriest: "ah, eine warmduschersaitenstärke für dich?" oder "ah, warmduschersaitenlage"). always makes me laugh... Oh yes... lol  ...and now for the english speaking friends: A warm showering person´s string action! ;D But yes, I like slinky strings. When I was a beginner I used very heavy gauges, even had a wound G string, lol... later, with more experience my string gauges went lighter and lighter... I even used 008 - 038 until I finally found 009 - 042 or 009 - 046 to suit me fine. Yes, it depends really on personal taste, once I read in a guitar magazine Gary Moore would use a 012 - 056 gauge. Yikes! And this was at a time when he was still playing hard rock music. And if someone remembers Gary at this point in his career... he was not what is considered as a "slowhand" ;D |
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Post by chrisgrimes on Sept 12, 2004 4:10:26 GMT -5
Hi all
For me it's 11's on the Dot, any archtop sounds better and stays in tune better with at least 10's but for me 11.
Strat has 9's and tele 10's
no golden rule on strings you have to find what suits you and the particular guitar in question.
Best Regards
Chris
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Today I strung my Strat with a fresh set of Dean Markley 009 - 042 strings. I bought the guitar on Ebay and the previous owner had 010-046 on it, but the strings were almost brand new and I kept them until today. Wooohoo, now with this thinner gauge the guitar plays like butter, hehe. The effect that the lighter strings have on that long Fender scale is even more amazing than on the short Gibson scale. The guitar feels completely different now, this is not what I expected, but I appreciate it. 
Just had to set up the action and intonation a little, but it was worthwhile. 
