9-46 Strings in Standard on 24.75”

[Silence Kid]

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Re: 9-46 Strings in Standard on 24.75”

9s are fine on 24" . So why not.

 

[BriGuy1968]

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Re: 9-46 Strings in Standard on 24.75”

9-42 on everything here, and I have both 25.5” and 24.75” scale guitars. IMO there’s not enough tone difference to shake a fist at between gauges... at least nothing that a quick twist of a knob or two on the amp can’t fix.

I like the light ones because my fingers have gotten wimpier over the years, and I like the easy bends. It’s also very convenient to only keep one style of strings in stock for breakage/replacement.

 

[ehdwuld]

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Re: 9-46 Strings in Standard on 24.75”

9-42 on everything here, and I have both 25.5” and 24.75” scale guitars. IMO there’s not enough tone difference to shake a fist at between gauges... at least nothing that a quick twist of a knob or two on the amp can’t fix.

I like the light ones because my fingers have gotten wimpier over the years, and I like the easy bends. It’s also very convenient to only keep one style of strings in stock for breakage/replacement.

This is my thought process
On an acoustic the string gauge makes a dramatic volume difference
Not so much on an electric

 

[BriGuy1968]

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Re: 9-46 Strings in Standard on 24.75”

This is my thought process
On an acoustic the string gauge makes a dramatic volume difference
Not so much on an electric

Yeah, I’d agree with that about acoustics. I used to play 12s on mine, but in more recent years, as my fingers have gotten more used to playing electric, I’ve gravitated to 10s on them.

Yes... I admit it.

I have wussy fingers! [emoji20]

 

[Clint 55]

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Re: 9-46 Strings in Standard on 24.75”

I like the sound of thin strings with distortion, they sound really articulate. For clean, 9s sound pretty good. 8s... errr... kinda wack tone but you can finesse the crap out of them.

 

[BloodRose]

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Re: 9-46 Strings in Standard on 24.75”

its preference of course and individuality. someone who strums hard may need thicker strings.. I used to use 009s on everything, then I went to .10s. then I had a revelation (for me) and started using .009s on my 25.5s and .10s on my shorter scale guitars.
seems to balance out and is comfy for me. I cant imagine running .008s on a shorter scale guitar, but if its someone else's cup of tea. Just like I couldnt play some of the cables some guys use..

 

[Jeff5]

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Re: 9-46 Strings in Standard on 24.75”

I used this gauge for years on my Hamer. It is awesome. I've gone back to 10-46 a few times, and end up going back to 9-46. (I've done this again recently and may go back again....) I use that for all standard tunings, regardless of scale.

 

[blueman335]

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Yes... I admit it.

I have wussy fingers! [emoji20]

I knew it!

 

[blueman335]

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Re: 9-46 Strings in Standard on 24.75”

He had Pearly setup like a "Man's guitar", until BB talked him into going light.

On an episode of Daryl's House, Billy G said he asked BB King decades ago about what string gauge he should use (thinking he should go heavier), and BB told him he used 8's. Billy said he decided to go even lighter and went to 7's. That's right out of Billy's mouth, on camera.

I'm thinking I read an EVH quote where he said that he used 8's ("Why make it harder than it has to be?"), but I'm not 100% sure, as I'm not an EVH fan.

 

[Kenny821]

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Re: 9-46 Strings in Standard on 24.75”

Kahler makes heavy duty springs for their guitar bridges and I'm not sure if they're the same as the bass tremolo springs; I suspect they're different. I have a set of the heavy duty springs in my 2320 because I used to use 11s on that guitar; it's currently strung with 10-46 in E-flat and I find I prefer the heavier springs with these as well. The parts are cheap and it only takes a few minutes to swap the springs.

When using 11s or higher, yes I would use the Bass or Heavy Duty springs, but 10s or lower I don't think the heavier springs are really necessary since the Kahler 2320 is geared for 10s that came installed from G&L...unless you're mainly looking for more tension when using 10-46, I can understand the heavier springs being needed to support thicker strings though.

 

[Kenny821]

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Generally speaking:

With the right equipment & know-how, any gauge of strings can be made to sound the way you like.

Use the gauge that is most comfortable to you.

Take for instance Tony Iommi, who created some of the heaviest sounding riffage ever:

D# Standard: .008 – .008 – .011 – .018w – .024 – .032

C# Standard: .009 – .010 – .012 – .020w – .032 – .042

Tony mainly used the lighter guage strings to make bending easier on the 2 fingertips he lost, and detuned his guitars sometimes as far as Drop C tuning, the plastic/leather thimbles he made himself are worn simply because he couldn't feel or grip the strings.

 

[Little Pigbacon]

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Re: 9-46 Strings in Standard on 24.75”

ROFLCOPTER.

I just took my dial caliper to the strings that are on there. It’s a standard set of 9-42.

 

[metalchurch79]

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Tony mainly used the lighter guage strings to make bending easier on the 2 fingertips he lost, and detuned his guitars sometimes as far as Drop C tuning,.....

Im not aware of Tony using Drop-C on anything. Can you tell me a song he used that tuning on?

 

[Kenny821]

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Im not aware of Tony using Drop-C on anything. Can you tell me a song he used that tuning on?

I apologize, I meant C# tuning  "Children of the Grave", "Lord of This World", and "Into the Void" from Master of Reality were tuned down to C# and in this article Tony told Vintage Guitar Magazine that they detuned 3 steps to Bb or A# on Master of Reality

 

[Little Pigbacon]

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Re: 9-46 Strings in Standard on 24.75”

Guess we’re about to find out, aren’t we?

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