Couldn’t live without a Strat

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Re: Couldn’t live without a Strat

Re: Couldn’t live without a Strat

Ding ding! Gold star for you. Many times I have said SRV used strings closer to an 11 set and people always want to argue. I had read where René Martinez was always trying to convince Stevie he did have to work so hard to get his desired tone.

*edit* The GHS set sold on René’s site as the SRV set are 011P, 015P, 019P, N28, N38, N58

Yes, the .013 E, even tuned down, is a bear, but the .058 isn’t any harder to bend than a lighter string. With that much material to grab onto, it doesn’t feel like as much tension as it is.

Look at how popular a 10-52 set is, and no one ever goes, “Man, that’s the low strings from a .012 set! How can you play those?”