comparing 0.09s Strings versus 0.10s on a Fender Strat - same setting A/B-Test.
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2024
- 0:00 = 0.09 Strings - changing to Darco 10-46 Strings -
2:39 = same amp setting - everything the same but 10s!
4:36 = Guitar with 0.09s Strings / Backing Track + Okko Diablo Overdr.
7:05 = same track, same setting, + Okko Diablo Overdr. - but 0.10s
I always tell my customers what piece of shit 0.09 strings are - some people do not believe - and yesterday - again - I 've got a guitar with these crappy strings. I tried to make a video - and started as you can see in the beginning - the guitar was sounding like SHIT - it makes "PLAK PLAK PLAK" if you pick a note a bit harder - no tone... thin and awful. I decided to change the strings live in front of the camera to 0.10s and show the difference. I think even on you tube it is clearly to hear what the difference is... ok, I have to say that later on, with the use of the overdrive pedal, the difference is not that drastic - but you can still feel it when playing.
guitar: 2001 Fender Strat Dlx with noiseless Pickups (just random choice, because the guitar came like this...)
Ich sage meinen Kunden immer, was für ein Haufen shice 0.09 Saiten sind - und gestern hatte ich wieder mal eine Gitarre mit diesen bekackten Saiten auf dem Shoß und wollte ein kleines Videolein machen. Ich fing an, wie man es am Anfang sehen kann - und die Gitarre klang: übelst - es macht "PLAK PLAK PLAK PLAK", wenn man eine Note etwas härter anschlägt - kein Ton... dünn, null Dynamik - schrecklich, das Grauen... Ich bekam durchaus die Wut und beschloss, die Saiten live vor der Kamera auf 0,10s zu wechseln um den Unterschied zu demonstrieren. Ich denke, selbst auf You Tube ist der ist es deutlich zu hören... ok, ich muss dazu sagen, dass später der Unterschied, mit dem Einsatz des Overdrive Pedals, nicht mehr ganz so drastisch ist - aber man merkt es beim Spielen immer noch gewaltig.
Heute spiele ich übrigens auf allen eigenen Gitarren, also die, die nicht im Verkauf sind, mindstens 0.11er - weil das noch besser klingt als 0.10er (und man gewöhnt sich da sehr schnell dran! Irgendwann spielt man die genau wie 0.10er und merkt es gar nicht mehr, dass es 0.11er sind)
Gitarre: 2001 Fender Strat Dlx mit Noiseless Pickups (nur eine zufällige Wahl, denn die Gitarre kam so...)
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Recording equipment:
- Clean amp sound: Fender Vibroverb amp (original 1963), plus additional:
- TC "Ditto" Looper
- Overdrive pedal: Okko Diablo "Gregor Hilden Signature Model" (available in my webshop)
- Delay pedal: Vahlbruch "Spacetime" Delay (available in my webshop)
other pedals:
- TC Polytune Tuner
-TC Ditto Looper
- AKG D 320 B mic into a Behringer Xendix 1002 FX mixing desk ( Reverb No. 7 from the Behringer).
I'm recording direct to the camera (Sony HDV 1080i or Zoom 200m sometimes). The live mix video/audio is ready on the camera card then and will be uploaded to You Tube.
I'm using - Dunlop Delrin 2.0 Picks
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From Brazil : what deception ! I was expecting to finally hear your Voice !!
I'm a Darco strings user ever since i was asked to 'Try them out' by our local Music store, waaay back when they 1st came on the market. I never used another brand ever since. Although they have a Twang to 'em which i personally really Like. They keep sounding 'Fresh' a lot longer compaired to "Well Known Brands". Only You should have started with first tuning your guitar after changing the strings and before playing Hahaha
Very interesting, I always use 10s . What’s your choice Gregg , and how do you get that beautiful sound?
Great blues playing. I have been trying to figure out how to do blues phasing like that.
It's a matter of taste but i like the 09 more ?
fully beneficial video!
Have used 9.5 lights w/decent results on longer scale necks. Kind of a compromise w/9's & 10s. Everything is relative. Strings, technique, electronics, amp, effects, etc.
It is possible to buy a combination of both: top (E.A.D) from the 0.10 set and for easy stretching below (G.b.e) from the 0.9 set
Yes if you buy 9-46 set. I recommend to try also 10-42 set, i think it's better balanced than 9-46 but you need to buy 9-42 and 10-46 sets both for that mix, or buy each strings separately. With 10-42 set those thinner strings (g,b,e) are not too thin and gonna last maybe longer than 9 size.
10-46 set is great for Fender strat cause it sounds a little bigger than 9- set, so not that thin than 9 set.
What about 9.5 primo slinky ?
Hi Gregg! On your Les Paul SL what tipe of string you use? 09 or 010? 😊
on my own guitars I play Elixier 11-49
Thank you for this! I love a good a/b test like this. Difference was very clear to me too, seemed more so with a pick than fingers. I think you managed to coax out more thickness with the fingers and compensate for the 9s thinness.
I did some A/Bing with .11s and .10s and the feel and the difference was every more pronounced than between 9s and 10s. Though I did miss some of the cut of the 10s on the upper strings. The 11s were too thick for what I was used to going for.
I lean towards 9 but in this video the 10's just opened up the sound a lot
In my opinion...On Strat for clean no doubt 050-011: for Overdrive and pushed amp 042-010...009 or 008 just for Metal ...could be the perfection 052-010: I need to try it
Great exercise, and yes, even through crappy laptop speakers the 10s are a big improvement.
Next we go for the 11s! Then full Robin Trower mode.
Now that's what I call a clear statement!
If you think about it, it's quite logical - the thinner the strings, the less they stimulate the instrument to sound, and the more only the oscillation of the string is transmitted (also, a thinner string will produce, due to its relatively less stiffness, more own oscillation). Some people might like that, but the character of a (good) instrument is definitely pushed into the background
in this style of music 10´s wins by far.
Absolutely true - I've not heard anyone get a great tone out of 9's with single coil pickups on a Stratocaster.
Lisent Yngwie Malmsteen please !!! Used 0.7 !!!!
@@pierinoraguso6795 or Jim Campilongo;)
Mark knopfler?
4:33-35...Gregor spricht! 😮😉
10’S Always!
The 09s were better for this music. More blues in them, the 10s lose some of the flavour and sound more samey.
Changing strings like a pro
Das ist sehr einleuchtend... spiele schon seit gefühlt 100 Jahren auf der Strat 11er (Nickel) und auf der Jazzmama 12 oder 13 (Thomastik Benson), das hört man oder frau ziemlich deutlich. Diese Insektensolos (dünn und nervig) mit den 9 ern sind grausam. Gut demonstriert und fein gespielt!
I find you really have to change technique and also how your tone is set on amp, etc. I usually use 10s, but have experimented with 9 and 9.5 sets. It all depends! I also went back to a lighter medium pick. Lighter strings require a lighter touch or it kind of chokes out the dynamics.
I have to admit that I hate changing strings !
@Der_Mantie lol
Mehr gain aber schriller .
More tone
Please, before giving your opinion, listen to the tone of Yngwie Malsteen !! The man uses 0.8 !!
One important aspect of Yngwies playing is he uses a good amount of overdrive, reverb and delay which masks some of the characteristics of thin strings
9's are for bummers