What string gauge ?

[Johnny Mac]

I voted 9's as I use them on my Charvel and Strat. Mind ou I don't play them much at the moment as I'm always playing my Custom which has 10's.

[Philly Q]

10s because I like to be able to bend the strings easily, any lighter than that and it's too easy.

On some guitars I'm tempted to try 11s, but I don't believe in the old "the heavier the better" adage.  Playing guitar's difficult enough without having to fight it all the time.

[AndyR]

10s because I like to be able to bend the strings easily, any lighter than that and it's too easy.

On some guitars I'm tempted to try 11s, but I don't believe in the old "the heavier the better" adage.  Playing guitar's difficult enough without having to fight it all the time.

I like my girls to fight back a bit (not too much mind) :lol:

I voted 11s some time ago...

[_tom_]

11s because anything else feels too flimsy on a Les Paul/24.75" scale guitar. However, SRV is not my hero and I do bend strings, so the poll choices are somewhat flawed :P

I do like my guitars to "fight back" a bit, I've recently raised the action on my Pearl a bit as it was just too easy to bend the strings before. Even with 11s its really bendy, feels like 10s on my other guitar. I actually found it harder to play with the lighter string tension, just doesnt feel right to me.

[Keven]

11's here as well on my 24.75 scale. i recently changed to 10-68 on my 7 string because 11's felt really tight on a 26.5 scale, so that's pretty much the only culprit. it's pretty much 11-50 everywhere. I like the tight feel and have enough callouses to go up a minor third on a bend :D

[Oli]

Used to be 9s (or sometimes 8.5 on the top!), but since i've started using halfwound strings on the LP, i've been using 11's there- all they had in the shop. Generally using 10s on strat scale guitars, but i think i'm gonna up it to 11s at some point.

[AdamB]

I use 11's all the time, went down from 12's about a year ago though.

I tune to D standard mainly, but would still use 11's in E standard

[Sifu Ben]

Depends on the guitar. I use 9-46 on my superstrats, 10-46 on my LP and 10-52 on my strat. I like the tone of the 10-52, but I like the slinkiness of the 9-46.

[Simon D]

10s on everything - they work for me feel and tone wise. Tempted to try a set of 11s on me SC245 though - found myself overbending a few times cos of the shorter scale length.

[Mr. Air]

I use 10's on all my guitars. Have never tried anything thicker and 10's suit me just fine. When I from time to time pick up a guitar with 9's I'm always overwhelmed at how light and "weak" they feel.

[Lew]

I've used 10-46 since forever but I'm using 9-46 atm as thats what my new guitar came with and I don't want to change the set-up - great for bending 3 tones   :lol:

[horsehead]

11's with a heavy bottom (54)  just makes it feel a lot easier to play to me. 9's & 10's feel like toy strings to me. 

[Roobubba]

I recently re-strung an old backup guitar I had with 9s for my nephew who's learning to play. Good God! They just didn't feel right. I'd end up bending up to a fourth before realising I was bunching a whole load of strings together.

Quite happy with 14-68s at the moment (in Drop A, admittedly).

Roo

[bucketshred]

54-11 - tuned to Eb

[Philosoful]

85 is in the post :lol: B standard upon a 27" scale 7 string, mwahahaaa, me likes tight strings tone.