My guitar's never sounded better

[Philosoful]

I've just fitted a milimeter riser for my nut (yes, 1mm) and oh my, the tonality is soooo much better, it's amazing. Combine that with my new found love for extremely tight strings (65-11 on a 27" 7 string, soon to be 75-11) = bell like tone, and running it all through a Diezel Herbert = Bliss, I just need some decent cables now :lol:

Anyone else a fan of huge strings or higher action?

[FernandoDuarte]

Anyone else a fan of huge strings or higher action?

Me :D
What did you use to rise the nut?

[Philly Q]

Anyone else a fan of huge strings or higher action?

No!  

I can hear that it "improves" the tone, I guess, but that's no good to me if I can't play it.  I have enough trouble playing with light strings and a low action, I don't want to be constantly fighting the guitar.

I glad you like 'em though, whatever floats your boat!  :)

[nfe]

Anyone else a fan of huge strings or higher action?

Me :D
What did you use to rise the nut?

And me. My action isn't THAT high, but I pick hard as hell if I'm playing aggressive riffing and it's buzz city if you've shredders type action.

I can't get on with anything lower than 12 in standard tuning. 11's at a push on strats and teles for some extra spankiness.

[FernandoDuarte]

I don't want to be constantly fighting the guitar.

I just LOVE :twisted:

[Philosoful]

Fernando, a single mm piece of stainless steel my friend machined for me! Check it out:



You can just about make it out...

Anyone else a fan of huge strings or higher action?

No!  

I can hear that it "improves" the tone, I guess, but that's no good to me if I can't play it.  I have enough trouble playing with light strings and a low action, I don't want to be constantly fighting the guitar. I appreciate how you worded your responce, seen too many forums where if it's not the same as the narrator of the post, you ARE wrong/can't appreciate it, etc. Rant over :lol:

I glad you like 'em though, whatever floats your boat!  :)

Haha, nah man, your spot on, I don't like the awkwardness! However sound over playability for me anyday.

[MDV]

Huge strings, yes, high action, no.

Has your intonation over the board held up after doing that?

[dave_mc]

I can hear that it "improves" the tone, I guess, but that's no good to me if I can't play it.  I have enough trouble playing with light strings and a low action, I don't want to be constantly fighting the guitar.

I glad you like 'em though, whatever floats your boat!  :)

same here. :lol:

EDIT: i don't use too low an action, though, i find bends etc. easier with a slightly higher action. not high, but higher than "as low as it goes". i definitely set my guitars up to be as easy to play as possible...

[Will]

Tried the huge strings, yeah they sound bell like, but I am thinking that I prefer all those classic guitar tones.
I have 10-52 on one of my guitars, and thats bell like enough that I am not actually playing it, far more fun with the 10-46 (kahler won't take larger guage without a bit of filing).

I prefer higher action for lead playing :?

[FernandoDuarte]

Fernando, a single mm piece of stainless steel my friend machined for me! Check it out:

You can just about make it out...

Thought it was on yours build (with no floyd, if I remember right) :)
Some FR bridge comes with a set of it, if I'm not wrong

[Philly Q]

EDIT: i don't use too low an action, though, i find bends etc. easier with a slightly higher action. not high, but higher than "as low as it goes". i definitely set my guitars up to be as easy to play as possible...

Yeah, I agree with that.  I said I like light strings and a low action, but I guess it's really low-"ish"- high enough that I can hit a string fairly hard without it buzzing.

And the strings are bog-standard 10-46 - light, but not rubber bands.  I like to be able to do bends and vibrato and feel like I'm controlling the strings, they're not going to pop out from under my fingers.

[_tom_]

Yeah I like higher action as well, low action feels weird to me. 11s on a Les Paul in Eb is just the right amount of tension as well, it feels solid yet somehow slinky at the same time.

[Roobubba]

Lowish action (but not too low!), and phat strings. Currently using 14s.

Roo

[Nolly]

I use 10-52s in standard, but the larger you go, the less brilliant harmonics you get coming off the string. Too large and you'll really dull down the sound of your instrument.
I set my guitars up so that the nut slot is cut as low as possible - literally can't fit a rizla between the first fret and the string, the neck is kept completely straight, and the action is controlled by the bridge. It's odd at first, because even with the action stupidly low, there is no fret buzz, and I pick pretty damn hard.

[Alex]

I use 10-52s in standard, but the larger you go, the less brilliant harmonics you get coming off the string. Too large and you'll really dull down the sound of your instrument.
I set my guitars up so that the nut slot is cut as low as possible - literally can't fit a rizla between the first fret and the string, the neck is kept completely straight, and the action is controlled by the bridge. It's odd at first, because even with the action stupidly low, there is no fret buzz, and I pick pretty damn hard.

Absolutely +1

Too thick strings are too stiff, they don't ring out right to my ears.