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Which gauge strings do you use

1) 9's
21 (26.3%)
2) 10's
36 (45%)
3) 11's
20 (25%)
4) 12's
3 (3.8%)

Total Members Voted: 65

Voting closed: December 14, 2006, 10:56:25 AM

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sgmypod

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« on: December 14, 2006, 10:56:25 AM »
What gauge do you use and why
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« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2006, 10:57:13 AM »
Me personally mainly 9-42's...because I ain't that good
Am going to try elixer 10's on my guild and gretsch
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« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2006, 11:09:55 AM »
None of the above. On my superstrat I use 9-46 for quick legato and bending while maintaining a decent rhythm tone, and on my SG I use 10-52 for extra tuning stability with drop tunings, and a fat rhythm tone.
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« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2006, 11:10:28 AM »
i'm using 11s with standard tuning, because i like the feeling of fighting thick strings.

i play faster stuff alot better with 10s though ;) thinking of switching...
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« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2006, 11:16:00 AM »
Depends on the guitar
I will use 9-42 on some , 9-46 for extra chunk on chords, 10-46 on Gibson scale guitars and occaisionally 10-52

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« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2006, 12:13:59 PM »
There isn't one answer for me either:

.0095-.044s or .009-.046s on Jacksons & Warmoths
.010-.046s on PRS
.010-.052s on Gibsons

The main reason for choosing a particular gauge is getting stability & a feel that I like for the scale length and/or tuning of that guitar.
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« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2006, 12:15:01 PM »
I use an in-between

0.095 - 0.44 from DR

They are tight fit roundcore, so they don't have a hexagon inside like others. In my opinion all, feel, sound and durability are awesome on these strings and the 0.095 works both on the long- and short scale guitars (unless you wanna bend 2 full notes on your strat with the pinky:)

The DR strings are a bit softer it seems in terms of the steel being used.
Some people say German steel would be easier to bend than american as it was more elastic. Well, whatever, I stick with the DRs...
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« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2006, 12:30:43 PM »
10-46 on everything.

Because - I'm old and boring.
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« Reply #8 on: December 14, 2006, 12:59:21 PM »
9's on my Ibanez, 10's on my Pacifica, 11's on my LP custom and junior...

I like light strings on the superstrat, classic standard size strings on the standard Pacifica, and big fat strings on my big fat LPs (one of which is tuned down a semitone)
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« Reply #9 on: December 14, 2006, 01:36:14 PM »
0.10 to 0.46 on everything, for that extra bit of chunk on the rythym side, while leaving bends attainable.

Plus, some guitars sound wrong with anything thinner - my Tele came with 009s, sounded thin and weedy, no twang. Put a set of 10s on, and the tone showed up.
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« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2006, 01:42:02 PM »
DR 10 - 52 on my PRS and Mockingbird
D'addario 9 - 46 on Ibanez RG and Strat
D'addario 13 - 56 + an extra 70 for my 7 string tuned to F#
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« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2006, 02:03:36 PM »
10-46    > No name
10-50    > Fender Strat
10-52    > Guild S-100
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« Reply #12 on: December 14, 2006, 02:14:24 PM »
Canadian steve...nice guitar....(S 100) just missed out on one of them a while ago...now have a blusbird(with BKP's of course)
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« Reply #13 on: December 14, 2006, 02:14:55 PM »
D'Addario EXL110 10-46 on everything currently.

Possibly going to try some 11s or 12s on my SG soon though to hopefully give it a bit more stability in Dropped-Db which it's currently tuned to.
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« Reply #14 on: December 14, 2006, 02:21:25 PM »
10-46-I just prefer them to other guages.
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