Who here uses .009 gauge strings on their les paul or les paul copy?

[Jacew]

Re: Who here uses .009 gauge strings on their les paul or les paul copy?

I couldn't stand the 9's on my strat it had when I bought it. switched to 10 set first, which was huge improvement. Now using 10-48 sets exclusively.

On the other hand, I've played with my friends LP's with 9's and while I think those feel... Well I think doesn't really have "feel" so to speak, like it just plays fine, but I don't feel the same liveliness and responsivity I get with thicker strings.

 

[Securb]

Re: Who here uses .009 gauge strings on their les paul or les paul copy?

I was using 9s on the shreddier guitars and 10 on my blues or jazz focused axes. String management became a pain in the ass so now I just buy boxes of .09s to keep things simple.

 

[Phantasmagoria]

Re: Who here uses .009 gauge strings on their les paul or les paul copy?

I have 10's on my short scale guitar's & 9's on my 25.5's That way the string tension stays pretty much the same for both.

...just have 2 short scale axe's so it's not a problem managing/keeping track.

 

[ehdwuld]

Re: Who here uses .009 gauge strings on their les paul or les paul copy?

I was using 9s on the shreddier guitars and 10 on my blues or jazz focused axes. String management became a pain in the ass so now I just buy boxes of .09s to keep things simple.

This is my theory
One big box of strings
Not several packs scattered around

 

[GuitarStv]

Re: Who here uses .009 gauge strings on their les paul or les paul copy?

I've tried .10s, on Gibson scale length guitars but they felt kinda floppy in standard tuning. I don't play delicately enough to be comfortable with .09s. Going up to .12s with a wound third hurts my hands when banding.

Medium gauge .11s feel about right to me in standard tuning. You can set the action very low without fret buzz, and you can whack the strings hard when you need to without them flopping all over. The biggest downside is when you try out guitars at the shop though . . . they're all a bit to wiggly.

 

[greekdude]

Re: Who here uses .009 gauge strings on their les paul or les paul copy?

Its all psychology. After my "shredder" endeavours in my early 20s I decided that I should always use heavier gauge strings to make my fingers strong. BS. I once put 9s on my 25" single cut and loved it. Too bad my brain is still stuck to using 10's to be "correct".

 

[GuitarStv]

Re: Who here uses .009 gauge strings on their les paul or les paul copy?

It's not really about fingers being strong . . . I find bigger strings are easier to control. I feel like you get a slightly better sound through single coil pickups with 'em too . . . but it doesn't seem to matter with humbuckers.

 

[JB_From_Hell]

Re: Who here uses .009 gauge strings on their les paul or les paul copy?

Its all psychology. After my "shredder" endeavours in my early 20s I decided that I should always use heavier gauge strings to make my fingers strong. BS. I once put 9s on my 25" single cut and loved it. Too bad my brain is still stuck to using 10's to be "correct".

... but it does make your fingers/hands stronger. If I'm using 10s, then put on 11s, it's harder to play for awhile. After a few days of heavy playing, it's not hard anymore. If my fingers weren't getting stronger, they'd stay hard to play. If I go back to 10s, they feel really easy to play.

 

[Sirion]

Re: Who here uses .009 gauge strings on their les paul or les paul copy?

... but it does make your fingers/hands stronger. If I'm using 10s, then put on 11s, it's harder to play for awhile. After a few days of heavy playing, it's not hard anymore. If my fingers weren't getting stronger, they'd stay hard to play. If I go back to 10s, they feel really easy to play.

I agree, and for this reason I think it is not a bad idea to have a guitar strung up with heavier strings than you normally use. The benefits of playing lighter strings are less obvious, but it might help to increase ones dynamic range and overall control, since you have to play lighter.

 

[GuitarStv]

Re: Who here uses .009 gauge strings on their les paul or les paul copy?

I've experimented with different gauge strings on my acoustic, and find that lighter gauges (11s) seem to sustain for longer than 13s. Not sure if this holds true for electrics or not.

 

[Jacew]

Re: Who here uses .009 gauge strings on their les paul or les paul copy?

(easier to bend strings? lol...).

What's funny in that? It's obvious how I can make more accurate and much wider bends with my friends LP strung with 9's than with my own strats with 10's.

 

[Sirion]

Re: Who here uses .009 gauge strings on their les paul or les paul copy?

What's funny in that? It's obvious how I can make more accurate and much wider bends with my friends LP strung with 9's than with my own strats with 10's.

Don't feed the trolls.

 

[Securb]

Re: Who here uses .009 gauge strings on their les paul or les paul copy?

Why is this even a conversation? What is next an argument about which picks are best to use? What sneakers are best for stepping on a DS1?

 

[Gtrjunior]

Re: Who here uses .009 gauge strings on their les paul or les paul copy?

Why is this even a conversation? What is next an argument about which picks are best to use? What sneakers are best for stepping on a DS1?

Nope....tonewood.




Oh....wait.....

 

[GuitarStv]

Re: Who here uses .009 gauge strings on their les paul or les paul copy?

What's funny in that? It's obvious how I can make more accurate and much wider bends with my friends LP strung with 9's than with my own strats with 10's.

It's easier to do wider ones (doing a one and a half step bend on .11s is doable, but hard), but I feel like there's much less control with light strings.

 

[BriGuy1968]

Who here uses .009 gauge strings on their les paul or les paul copy?

Why is this even a conversation? What is next an argument about which picks are best to use? What sneakers are best for stepping on a DS1?

Sneakers for a DS1?

Bwahahahahahahaha!!!

REAL men use their bare feet and wouldn’t even think of using sneakers, or even socks, to soften the blow. You’d never see Paul Newman using sneakers to step on any pedal.


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[ehdwuld]

Re: Who here uses .009 gauge strings on their les paul or les paul copy?

Which pedal button is better for sock feet

Boss / Behringer
Or that pointy ole MXR headlight button

 

[Jacew]

Re: Who here uses .009 gauge strings on their les paul or les paul copy?

It's easier to do wider ones (doing a one and a half step bend on .11s is doable, but hard), but I feel like there's much less control with light strings.

A matter of playing style I guess. I feel my playng loses accuracy more forcefully I play with either hand, so I've practiced to play quite amicably in general.

 

[Jacew]

Re: Who here uses .009 gauge strings on their les paul or les paul copy?

Sneakers for a DS1?

Bwahahahahahahaha!!!

REAL men use their bare feet and wouldn’t even think of using sneakers, or even socks, to soften the blow. You’d never see Paul Newman using sneakers to step on any pedal.


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I'm a total fraud for playing with socks and using those Mooer buttons in all my pedals.

 

[Ascension]

Re: Who here uses .009 gauge strings on their les paul or les paul copy?

Just like cars with automatic transmission are for women, I always perceive light strings are for teen girls just starting out or sissy guys who are not physically strong. And actually from observation there is some element of truth to that assumption (easier to bend strings? lol...).

Weird I know, but really, Paul Newman would have never driven a car with automatic gears. Real men use 3 pedals.

What an arrogant statement here!
I'm 61 now have much more grip strength than most as work with my hands regularly to keep it and have played 9's for years.
I also have issues with my hands after beating myself up as a player for 45 + years and have to run lighter strings and lower action or loose feeling in my fretting hand on a long set. That is due to both my fight with AS and damage over the years in my wrist from over pressure from doing things like grabbing full bar cords and vibratoing them a big mistake. Now have scar tissue in my wrist. At this point have to run light strings and can't play a full set on acoustic anymore as it's this or just put it down forever.