BKP meet - London 14th March - confirmed!

[Johnny Mac]

Both with 9's though  :P

Lucky for you I can't make it - I'd rust/bend through those in minutes :lol:

Hope it goes well (or at least well enough to do it again when my parents aren't visiting!)...

Kill two birds with one stone Andy and bring them along!  :lol:

Two step bends is why I use 9's. I generally pull them around a lot and just got used to them really.

[AndyR]

I get confused by "two step bend" - do people mean "2 frets worth" (ie one tone) or do they mean two tones? I always assume the first...

Anyway (assuming the first), I think I'd be doing 4 step bends if I tried a guitar with 9s on!!

I'm quite happily bending a full tone (even down on the second fret) with 11s, in places I even use a tone and a half... at the moment I'm working on trying to keep 2-string full tone bends in tune. Eg 2nd/3rd string at the 7th fret (D/F#), bend them both to obtain E/G# in tune...

Some people might be thinking "why?" (the neighbours probably are) :lol:

[Philly Q]

I get confused by "two step bend" - do people mean "2 frets worth" (ie one tone) or do they mean two tones? I always assume the first...

I think the latter - Americans always call a semitone a half step and a tone a (full) step.  Not that Johnny's American, o'course.

So 4 frets.  I think.  I'm confusing myself now.  :?

[AndyR]

I get confused by "two step bend" - do people mean "2 frets worth" (ie one tone) or do they mean two tones? I always assume the first...

I think the latter - Americans always call a semitone a half step and a tone a (full) step.  Not that Johnny's American, o'course.

So 4 frets.  I think.  I'm confusing myself now.  :?

Ah... mebbe I'm not as manly as I thought then? :lol:

[Johnny Mac]

Well I meant two frets. Anyway doing that with 11's is Sadomachocism! It must work against you playing for long periods of time?

[MrBump]

Go for the middle ground - 10s. 

[Johnny Mac]

Go for the middle ground - 10s. 

I've got them on my Feline Lion. In another thread they were saying 10's suit a Les Paul better and think thats right.

[AndyR]

Well I meant two frets. Anyway doing that with 11's is Sadomachocism! It must work against you playing for long periods of time?

I don't know, doesn't seem to affect me. Anything less now seems somewhat floppy. I can cope with 10s, but I suspect 9s would be crazy for me. Still, you do seem to get used to whatever you've got after a an hour or so (this is based on switching between fender/gibson scale lengths and high/low actions).

But I much prefer the sound/feel of bends with 11s - seems to be more meat to it...

Anyway, over my, er, "career" I've always been told I have very strong fingers in comparison to other men :lol: One lady described me as "violently gentle" in that department - this was a good thing apparently... :roll: (and I was only using 10s back in those days :lol:)

[FernandoDuarte]

Well I meant two frets. Anyway doing that with 11's is Sadomachocism! It must work against you playing for long periods of time?

:o Oh lord...

[Philly Q]

Anyway, over my, er, "career" I've always been told I have very strong fingers in comparison to other men :lol: One lady described me as "violently gentle" in that department - this was a good thing apparently... :roll: (and I was only using 10s back in those days :lol:)

Showoff.  And are you still talking about strings?  :P

[Johnny Mac]

Anyway, over my, er, "career" I've always been told I have very strong fingers in comparison to other men :lol: One lady described me as "violently gentle" in that department - this was a good thing apparently... :roll: (and I was only using 10s back in those days :lol:)

Showoff.  And are you still talking about strings?  :P

No!

I know what you mean though Andy those vibrato techniques can ...ahem.  :lol:

[Johnny Mac]

Well I meant two frets. Anyway doing that with 11's is Sadomachocism! It must work against you playing for long periods of time?

:o Oh lord...

What happened Fernando?  :lol:

[FernandoDuarte]

Well I meant two frets. Anyway doing that with 11's is Sadomachocism! It must work against you playing for long periods of time?

:o Oh lord...

What happened Fernando?  :lol:

You look to big and wild to play that sissy 9's :lol:
How big are you???

[Johnny Mac]

Well I meant two frets. Anyway doing that with 11's is Sadomachocism! It must work against you playing for long periods of time?

:o Oh lord...

What happened Fernando?  :lol:

You look to big and wild to play that sissy 9's :lol:
How big are you???

Well i can get them to do what I want and give them massive vibrato.
I'm not that big, you make me sound like Goliath! I'm 6'1" gwEm is taller than me  :lol:

[FernandoDuarte]

I thought you were like 1m90 (think shall be 6' 4")