The Golden Boy
Fleecy Sweaterologist
Re: What Strings For Your Les Paul???
D'Addario
10-46
No Top Wrap
High
Rock
You're welcome!
D'Addario
10-46
No Top Wrap
High
Rock
You're welcome!
What Strings For Your Les Paul???
- Thread starter Boogie Bill
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Jeff_H
Dean Hardtail Fanologist
Re: What Strings For Your Les Paul???
Snake Oil Strings (www.sobstrings.net) Only brand I will use on ANY of my guitars.
Yes, I top wrap. I believe it makes the strings feel slinkier, and I like the tone with the tailpiece all the way down
I like my action low to medium. Too low, and bends are difficult. Too high, and it takes too much pressure to chord and fret notes.
Classic Rock, Blues, Classic Metal (Judas Priest, Kiss, Scorpions, the like), 80's Rock/Metal.
Snake Oil Strings (www.sobstrings.net) Only brand I will use on ANY of my guitars.
Yes, I top wrap. I believe it makes the strings feel slinkier, and I like the tone with the tailpiece all the way down
I like my action low to medium. Too low, and bends are difficult. Too high, and it takes too much pressure to chord and fret notes.
Classic Rock, Blues, Classic Metal (Judas Priest, Kiss, Scorpions, the like), 80's Rock/Metal.
spacecaptain21
New member
Re: What Strings For Your Les Paul???
DR Titefit
.11-.50
Topwrapped for the first time when I changed the strings a few weeks ago...so far, so good.
Low action
Blues/Rock (Black Crowes, Allmans, Gov't Mule) and some "jam" (if that's even a genre now), jazz, pop, rock...whatever. Most things, except metal.
DR Titefit
.11-.50
Topwrapped for the first time when I changed the strings a few weeks ago...so far, so good.
Low action
Blues/Rock (Black Crowes, Allmans, Gov't Mule) and some "jam" (if that's even a genre now), jazz, pop, rock...whatever. Most things, except metal.
Gearjoneser
Gear Ho
Re: What Strings For Your Les Paul???
D'Addario XL 11-49, tuned half step down to Eb.
Not top wrapped, and setup low/medium for a good balance of playability and bold tone.
Blues, Bluesrock, and Heavy Rock.....Mark Knopfler, David Grissom, Andy Timmons......my style is somewhere in that ballpark.
D'Addario XL 11-49, tuned half step down to Eb.
Not top wrapped, and setup low/medium for a good balance of playability and bold tone.
Blues, Bluesrock, and Heavy Rock.....Mark Knopfler, David Grissom, Andy Timmons......my style is somewhere in that ballpark.
Re: What Strings For Your Les Paul???
i buy either D'Addario or local store brand for all my guitars.... I don't see/hear any difference between the Name brands and my local shops brand... and they are a few bucks cheaper... on my LP i use the same size as my strats..... 10-46.. i never top warp my strings..
i buy either D'Addario or local store brand for all my guitars.... I don't see/hear any difference between the Name brands and my local shops brand... and they are a few bucks cheaper... on my LP i use the same size as my strats..... 10-46.. i never top warp my strings..
BigAlTheBird
Guest
Re: What Strings For Your Les Paul???
Ernie Ball.
9-46 or 10-52.
No, top wrapping is ridiculous.
Medium, at the moment (too low and my frets buzz, problem with my truss rod at the moment).
Rockabilly, punk, rock.
Ernie Ball.
9-46 or 10-52.
No, top wrapping is ridiculous.
Medium, at the moment (too low and my frets buzz, problem with my truss rod at the moment).
Rockabilly, punk, rock.
Sludgenutz
New member
Re: What Strings For Your Les Paul???
Boogie Bill, I am a bastard! I have an Epi Les Paul (8.5 lbs), use a TP-6 tail piece, and tune to D-standard...with a 10-52 nominal gauge.
After three days, with the guitar left out on the stand (I do not have "acid hands"), I cannot really tell what brand I use, be it Ernie Ball, D'Addario, or DR.
I can tell the softer tone of pure Nickel wound strings in a heartbeat.
I play a low action, and am not obsessive about having the lowest possible height at the nut. A slightly higher than "optimum" nut gives me be better tension for open string pull-off down-runs near the nut.
I play high gain, un-scooped mids, stoner metal...and avoid Zakk Wylde pinch harmonics, simply because that is not my thing.
Boogie Bill, I am a bastard! I have an Epi Les Paul (8.5 lbs), use a TP-6 tail piece, and tune to D-standard...with a 10-52 nominal gauge.
After three days, with the guitar left out on the stand (I do not have "acid hands"), I cannot really tell what brand I use, be it Ernie Ball, D'Addario, or DR.
I can tell the softer tone of pure Nickel wound strings in a heartbeat.
I play a low action, and am not obsessive about having the lowest possible height at the nut. A slightly higher than "optimum" nut gives me be better tension for open string pull-off down-runs near the nut.
I play high gain, un-scooped mids, stoner metal...and avoid Zakk Wylde pinch harmonics, simply because that is not my thing.
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Boogie Bill
New member
Re: What Strings For Your Les Paul???
Thanks for all the great posts, guys! (You guys that have Epiphone LPs are totally forgiven for responding, by the way! LOL! So if you have an Epi Les Paul, feel free to jump into the fray!)
I use D'Addario XL strings, in the 9-46 gauge. On my two LP Classics, this gauge seemed to work best for proper setting of the truss rod and intonation.
I don't top wrap any of my Pauls. And my action, I would guess, would be medium-to-high. Over the years, I have seem some LP players use 8-38 strings that are just right down on the frets! You'd need a really light touch for that!
I play in a Classic Rock cover band--though we play more than just Classic Rock--there's lots of Blues and Jazz, and a bit of Country thrown in, too.
I'm thinking about trying a couple of sets of 10-46 strings--sometimes I seem to "overbend" the strings; but these hands are getting kinda old, and they do get stiff after a long session--even with the 9's.
Thanks again for all the responses!
Bill
Thanks for all the great posts, guys! (You guys that have Epiphone LPs are totally forgiven for responding, by the way! LOL! So if you have an Epi Les Paul, feel free to jump into the fray!)
I use D'Addario XL strings, in the 9-46 gauge. On my two LP Classics, this gauge seemed to work best for proper setting of the truss rod and intonation.
I don't top wrap any of my Pauls. And my action, I would guess, would be medium-to-high. Over the years, I have seem some LP players use 8-38 strings that are just right down on the frets! You'd need a really light touch for that!
I play in a Classic Rock cover band--though we play more than just Classic Rock--there's lots of Blues and Jazz, and a bit of Country thrown in, too.
I'm thinking about trying a couple of sets of 10-46 strings--sometimes I seem to "overbend" the strings; but these hands are getting kinda old, and they do get stiff after a long session--even with the 9's.
Thanks again for all the responses!
Bill
Zerberus
Baron Von Shred
Re: What Strings For Your Les Paul???
DR
Tite-Fit 12-52
No, nor do I string "normally"... I honestly "bottom wrap"
As low as I can go
Predominantly Hard rock and Metal :headbang:
