Have you ever thought to try 11-52's?
The 10's feel like rubber bands to me now
Yeah, Misha definitely goes for a lighter tension than I do, but it's a big part of his sound, and fwiw, light strings picked lightly will sound just as huge as big strings picked hard when recorded, perhaps even huger as a result of the richer harmonic overtones you get.
I use the same 10-52 gauges a whole step higher, in E standard and drop D. Even with the tuning dropped to compensate, I simply don't like the feeling of unwound strings much bigger than 10s. I'd rather deal with floppy thinner strings.
holy shitee.. this clip blew my mind away :shock: awesome dude!
Glad you liked it!