8s vs 12s Electric Guitar String Challenge!!
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2017
- There's a lot of guitar folklore about players like Stevie Ray, Jimi Hendrix, Billy Gibbons & the like, as to whether or not the string gauge they used really contributed to their unique tones. So we took a Les Paul & a Strat, whacked some extra light/extra heavy strings on them & we compared the tones...
The Les Paul is a Les Paul Classic & the Strat is a modded Squier Classic Vibe.
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Do Ernie Ball have a string gauge set above the "Not Even Slinky"? I can imagine a heavier set being called "Are You F*in' Kidding" or "Dude Just Play Bass".
Ozzy Pete they have 13’s but market them as baritone strings.
Dean Markley makes some 13-56 , sturdy asf!
Not Even Slinky's G cable can suspend bridges by itself.
LOL
Yes, the mammoth set
The only thing thinner than an .8 guage string is my will to live.
don't listen to Harrison, Hank. This comment is gold and I will be stealing it so thx
Hank Dale here.
For me, only thing thinner is the toilet paper I used in the bathroom.
Hank Hill For me it's my penis.
that comment is almost as good as propane
Zach Black I'm sorry for you.
My doctor told me I have 8s.
omg🤦♂️😂😂
FeelsBadMan
HAHAHA, nice one XD
You sure it wasn't Walker that told you that?
Relax, you're probably just two tens
i've been using 0's and they play like air! not the best tone unfortunately
instantly recognizable tone
Ya might need to switch to active pickups
bro you should try -1s.
Should try air pods
SRV used bridge cables on his guitars for strings - The Captain 😂
I've only been studying guitar for a few years, but cannot get over the "hate" directed at Rob on other channels and here. I've never seen or heard the man say a negative thing about anyone; he's always positive, industrious, encouraging. Not looking to kiss-a**, but "green" seems to be the color of a lot of guitarist-UA-camrs. Thanks for the vids gents. Thoroughly enjoyable over the years.
northof50now The haters are always going to be there. Very sad.I guess it is a jealousy thing.
I always feel inspired to go grab an axe as soon as I finish watching a Chappers and Captain video
I guess everyone will have people that dislike them, but honestly how can anyone not like Rob? He's such a likeable guy.
On every Internet forum be it guitars, cars, football etc there are swarms of haters unfortunately. My conclusion is they are largely people who are disappointed with their own lot in life and how things have turned out so vent on everything and anything as an outlet. They should be pitied.
Everybody bases their opinions of people on the worst day in that person's life, when by shear chance the individual has mourning the loss of their most trusted canine companion, the break up of a long term relationship, or the loss of a job in a bleak economy. Frankly they just don't understand the back story behind the tone of the meeting. Relationships, even aquaintences take time to develop, and often need that momentary break through, where the two people find common ground and a degree of trust.
That said, I believe that people are jealous of the Andertons/Rabea/Chapman group, because of their Internet and product success. What they see is success in a sped up time frame provided by the UA-cam platform, and don't consider the time, back stories, and relationships it took to bring everything to where it is now.
it's incredible, isn't it? tbh he's kind of the opposite of everything i appreciate in a guitar player, but his technical knowledge, his ability, his 'ear' and his enthusiasm are first rate.
The great surf rocker Dick Dale uses 16-60 because of his tremolo technique.
jesus christ that is thicc
Dickdale is a beast. Glad he's still out there doing it
Dick Dale also compared his playing a show to him wrestling his strat for 2 1/2 hours. He didn't want to replace strings every other song.
Where can I get those (for F standard, low F)
But dick dale not doing many bemd
when I first saw the title of this video I thought it was going to be a competition between an 8 string and a 12 string guitar
Bass wins
So did I, and was wondering why they would randomly compare the two since they are no way similar, in that it's unlikely someone would be debating between the two of them.
I thought it was going to be speakers 🔊 lol
I somehow expected 8 String Guitar vs 12 String :-D
Glad to know i wasnt the only one
Same here lol
Exactly what I thought.
Thank god im not insane
#metoo
Mad respect for Rob coming out and saying SRV's tone isn't a gift from God. I'm a major SRV fanboy but find it so annoying when people salivate over his amp and string preference. He was the shit though.....I'll never forget seeing him in Nashville. Dude almost set the damn building on fire. He opened the show with crossfire and tightrope and I almost had a stroke.
Rob v SRV... just saying...
As a drummer, I feel the same way about Neil Peart as you do SRV.
Shilbo Shaggins Are you stupid?
Nick From Cleveland lucky
I admire Stevie as having been an amazing player but his tone was too abrasive and wiry for my liking. I love the Fender Stratocaster but personally I much prefer the tone that other guitarists have achieved rather than Stevie's tone.
The most important thing I learned from this video is that it sounds awesome when you guys mix in a bit more of the room sound/distance mics when you’re playing!!
SRV is instantly recognizable but i think it’s due more to how he actually uses an axe & less about his tone.
Oh you don’t think it’s about the fact that his amp costs more than your house?
@@johnnybrown9581 That's one cheap ass house.
his tone is pretty incredible
Srv has one tone...
@@cdreyes81 no
I've been playing for 8 years(roughly) and I've just been diagnosed with a neurological disease which severely limits my strength due to pain. I was playing 10s and 11s on teles and strats and now I have to play 8s on a Mustang. I don't seem to have noticed a change in tone that much. More just because of the way I play with them which I feel is the key difference.
As always, never let go of your video editor!
The edited Rob laugh killed me
Twimpy Boy pretty sure rabea said he does most of the video editing and the amp set ups in another video. Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo don't let rabea go!
justin nolan Rory edits the videos :)
Eclectic Music Discussion Club I
This is the best video I've seen yet from Chappers and the Captain. Such great information and examples. Don't agree with every single thought expressed, but that's the beauty of it, right? Nice work, gentlemen.
I use 3’s and they’re pretty good
SmokyHillTV breathes on strings and they break
@@gamesandguitars3901 LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
u use air.
Not great but pretty good
Spider webs?
Captain, Congratulations on Over 300,000 Subscribers! You guys really rock! Way to go Andertons!
Just play the gauge of strings you feel more comfortable with.
But Craig, we play guitar we have to argue tone wood, strings, pickups, amps, and who is the best ever it is in our nature. Plus what else are we going to talk about what people need to understand it is all in fun bullshitting with each other. But there our the 2 % that take things personal and take it to far and they are called trolls and losers.
Most comfortable = smallest diameter strings
@@airgliderz not if it means your fingers are slipping all over the fretboard throwing notes out of tune
@@eldritch6871 wrong again slick finger eld rich. Just because you have terrible control your own fingers, you need more practice. Your wrong again, you have far more and better control, far, far less finger slipping. Far better feel. Better yet, far better tone and tone inflections creating better music.
@@airgliderz you've said "wrong again" twice now. What was I wrong about in the first place? I don't recognize your name or remember having spoken to you before, but you sound like a real piece of work
How could you dislike this video or any of their videos. I laughed the whole way through. Thank you both for making these videos.
Surely it would also be interesting to have also tried using thicker strings on the shorter 24.75" scale length les paul, and thinner strings for the 25.5" strat as well?
As the longer scale length of the strat would cause higher tension, but thinner 8 strings require less tension to make the same note, how would this then compare to feel and tone with the les paul with a set of 10s, or even 12s...?
Obviously the tone would be different, but I'm intrigued to find out how it'd affect feel and whether the string tension would even out.
Shorter scale lengths are easier to bend, as are thinner strings...
I just got this jazzmaster and the strings feel sooooooo loose it’s crazy. I’m assuming it came with 9s (or even 8?) but now I’m wondering if the scale length is shorter
I clicked the video so fast, I thought I'm gonna see an 8 string vs 12 string video.
Regardless of string gauge, if you're not comfortable with what's on there your tone will suffer. Use whatever feels right. Playing with confidence and soul with a command of your instrument will have a much bigger effect on your tone that a few extra micrograms of nickel and steel.
I like 11 gauge strings because of the feel and tone I get from them, especially since Stevie Ray is probably my singular biggest influence at the end of the day. But also a big argument for using heavier gauge strings is you can get more sustain with less gain, which is why jazz players use them so much.
The disappearing strings in a puff of smoke was the best thing I've seen in any of your videos. Well done.
Peter green and pete townshend used 12s!!
Danish Pete is Pete too. So Pete and Jim make up all the good guitarists then :)
Pete Townshend uses a thinner G-string to help fingering A minor ^^
CyberChrist 🤣
I use 7” strings and I have the best tone and no I didn’t leave out a decimal point I play in triple drop brown note
Makes me happy to see lee still playing his awesome modded squier classic vibe
Dick Dale (Surf guitarist) played 16 - 60s.
DAMN
SYNTHS!! well he isn't really a bender now is he lol
3:30 And on his Strat, mind. It's not easy to find a reliable source for that exact figure or specific information on what the strings in between are, though. Still, that probably explains why he breaks picks left and right...
8's have a more articulate sound especially from string to string. 10's sound muddier and I think most guys who play heavier strings AKA SRV wasn't for pure tone it was based on his on his power and heavy handedness he played everyday and believe it or not if you play strong its harder to bend notes correctly with lighter strings you tend to over bend.
Vibrato final note .
This is true. Me being an acoustic player primarily, I use .011s with a wound 3rd, because when I pick up my electric, I find it harder to play in tune, being used to heavier acoustic strings.
@@andrewalderman Yep, that's why I prefer thicker strings as well. The lighter gauge feels like a slinky to me when playing electric. I can adjust, but I just don't like the feeling.
and i say...what's wrong with 9's????...
Yeah thats the reason I want to change to 10s. I can easily overbend 1,5 step bend with 9 gauge. Full step bend are becoming harder to hit for me haha!
Fwiw, I often get more compliments on my tone when I'm using 9s tuned down, especially with my vibrato technique. The way I see it the feel makes the player play in a certain way, and that's what you hear as the difference in tone:
IMO if you're playing more 'rhythm'/chordal stuff, especially clean, you may find that higher gauge strings suit you best. Think of the more piano-like tightness and resonance you get from an acoustic guitar's thicker strings.
If you're more of a 'lead' player for whom being able to manipulate the strings however you desire and as easily as possible is the most important thing, use lower gauge strings. The late Mike Casswell was a firm preacher of this idea, in fact it was one of the few things he ever taught me during my time at ACM.
There is also something to be said about the practicality of string gauge. Playing with 12s for instance have great snap back, which is really helpful when playing that Texas shuffle SRV loved so much!
I think it's more about what you like the feel of. I like the guitar to fight against me a bit. On a Les Paul that means 11s. Also thinner gauges tend to sound a little brighter and sustain a little better.
I use 5's. I sound incredible!
Purplehaze4291 I use 11s on electric and 13s on acoustic
I was considering becoming a complete tone monster and going so thin that i just remove the strings altogether and let the tone come from my fingers
Purplehaze4291 bitch please I use 1' s
Yuriy Ivanauvych Nice! Your tone must be god like!!
what a joke... I have 0's, yeah, that's right, I don't even have any string on my guitar anymore, and it never sounded as great as now! Go figure...
SRV is indeed “mind-blowingly amazing.” How dare you! 😂
Gratz on 300K Captn!!!
You guys are both the greatest guitar players around and love your videos so much I must visit andertons some timeeee greetings from CALIFORNIA
Malcolm Young used 12-56 (sometimes 58) and Angus used 9-42. Put those together and you get the most perfect Rhythm and Lead guitar tones ever
Regardless of gauge everything through Chappers rig sounded awesome!
Congrats on 300k subs, guys!
" Pete laughs saying its just fine..." made my day.
Shoulda done 7s vs 13s haha 13s would be scary to tune up
MusicalPhoenix I feel like Lee would have struggled with 13s
RIP the truss rod on that squier then
Zachary Williams I know that a lot of jazz guitarists use flatwound 13's in standard.
Danoe B-G Jazz guys don't bend strings. It's all about bending otherwise gauge doesn't really matter. It's the bending.
I haven't seen it done before, but it could be done definitely. Gotta have balls of steel to do that though, but the .7 string set could be cool.
intermediate player here. I use 10-46 on 25" and 24.75" scale length guitars and 9-42 on 25.5 length. I've watched 3 videos on string gauges and think 8s have more clarity. I might give them a try.
I moved to the 8 squad just a week ago and now I'm never going back. Took me a couple days to get used to the noodles I now play with, but now it sounds immaculate!
Awesome video Guys! Once more! Makes me want to have different guitars just to have different gauge strings sets for dem feeeelz ;)
Heavy Strings? Malcolm Young. I think he used strings that were so heavy, that even the g string was wound.
And of course Chuck Norris puts the Cables of the Golden Gate Bridge on his guitar
Haha Malcolm used 13's
Eric Burns ...but he can't remember ...
I'm not sure on which point in the past his memory loss starts, but it's probably late enough to be in the really early AC/DC time and I think he kind of already had the heavy rhythm/string stuff already down before he did this band...so he may still remember this
Chuck Norris memes died when he hated on the gays.
And when it stopped being funny.
chuck norris has metal rods on his guitar.
I do love it when people in the comments section or in forums get elitist about guitar strings. It makes me laugh. Ultimately, although guitar strings will make a difference (and I mean difference, not 'one sounds better than the other as a matter of fact'), you're going to sound best on whatever guitar strings feel most comfortable to you. SRV had a fat tone with 13-58s (I believe). Billy Gibbons has a fat tone with 7-38s. There's not really an argument to be made about which gauge is 'better'. It's like arguing about what's 'better' out of Gibsons and Fenders. Nobody is going to agree because everybody has their own personal preference, and rightly so.
Tone and feel are in the ears and hands of the beholder. I'm a fan of lighter strings and thinner picks as I feel those things increase the dynamics of my playing, but I could also be a complete tool. Cheers!
3:09 agree 100%, Lee. That is the sign of a great musician.
I skim read the title and thought this would be another of those "who is less comfortable" videos with Lee on an 8 string and Rob on a 12 string...
morodochable I like that idea
As a metal/rock player I’ve used medium-heavy gauge strings for the longest time. I always thought they would give me a moderate-heavy tone. Especially chugging on the low E. I’ve run every brand you can think of but always liked Dean Markley and D’addario best. But in the last few years I’ve really got to say, I was wrong on the thickness issue. Every new guitar I purchased sounded fantastic with factory strings. So I wondered what they were. So I went to the ESP website and found my guitar came with Elixir 9-42. My new Jackson came with 9-42 as well?! So now I run these light gauge strings on most of my guitars. I thought they would sound “thin” and wimpy. Oddly, they sound heavier but with bite and brightness, if that makes any sense? I do however tune 1/4 step down just to add punch. And the results are utterly amazing. And the lighter gauge strings just sound and play more dynamically then my mid-heavy gauge string equipped guitars. I do have one guitar in drop D with heavier top strings (actual physical top E,A,D) and light bottoms ( GBE) . Those work pretty well for that application. But I’ve got to say, light gauge strings are totally amazing and I’m embarrassed to admit it took me this long to figure that out. I guess it took me a while before I got to a place where I could afford “new” guitars regularly. That’s how I made the discovery. All my early guitars were used or just second hand stuff I picked up from a friend of a friend or whatever. It also took me a while to figure out I got more buzzing out of my heavier strings. I don’t know if this is a result of the nut getting chewed up by heavier strings, or the fact that most of my early guitars had more than one owner? Whatever the case, light gauge (9’s) are the way to go for me. If you haven’t tried them, you’re seriously missing out.
Like someone below said, Rob is awesome and NOT pretentious or condescending in any way. The internet sucks sometimes. Much ❤️ from 🇺🇸
Stepping aside for one moment, I recently put 11-54's on a short-scale Strat' and dropped it to baritone tuning. Sounds great, and they are still as easy to play as 9's, which is what I was used to! It's all in what makes you happy, and the strength of your fingers! (I'm now 73, so not bending strings as much as I used to, but happy still to be playing!!)
David GIlmour is one of the most distinctive guitar players of them all. He only has to bend one note and you know who it is. He uses 10s
Marcus Hogan He just has like the Midas Touch of the guitar world.
He can bend any note and you just hear that unique Gilmour tone.
Just, amazing. For sure one of my biggest influences.
Marcus Hogan In another Andertons video I think they said he used 9s.
He definitely uses 10s. It's a custom gauge set though 10-48. Just google David Gilmour GHS boomers
He has his own set it's 10.5-48 I think
Marcus Hogan 10-48 on strat and 10.5 to 50 on les Paul. Yeah custom gauges for middles
I used 13's in standard tuning on an RG for years, now I use a 9-46 hybrid set in all fourths. Both gave me very very different sounds and feel, neither were bad though :)
i also use the 9-46 hybrid slinky by ernie ball, but ngl the 8-38 extra slinky does sound intriguing lol
I totally agree with the verdict..... whatever that was! ;) Great vid guys :)
The tapping scene is amazing
From that moment on,
little Jimmy knew he was chosen.
I played 010's for the first 20 years or so, then 009's with the occasional set of 008's for a few years. I've played 007's for 3 years or so now and I have no intention of going back.
These guys make my day.
Nice little video, as always.
I've been using 11's for four month and I quite like them, I felt I had more clarity and brightness than with 10's but I can be wrong. I guess my next ones will be 9's to compare the extremes and make a decision
Umm, I guess to me the gauge is a comfort thing the more comfortable you are playing then better you would sound.
11:40 the look of envy on Lee’s face as he still reels from the pain in his fingers
I use a hybrid set 8, 10, 14 24, 32,42 I had a stroke advanced arthritis (left thumb joint all but gone...so my left hand is very weak.. but I get no loss of tone what ever amp I use. But then I am a very light player ...great video chaps
I thought this was going to be an 8 string vs 12 string guitar battle video. Please do that
The most important thing surely is that the guage strings you use have to be comfortable for you. No point having fat tone with 13s if it hinders your playing.
Absolutely correct!!!!
I value tuning stablility a lot so I go with 10-52s, light top heavy bottom NYXLs from D'Addario. Light enough to bend and all that on the bottom 3 strings and then a bit heaver on the top 3 for them not to do a flop-job when you're riffing heavy.
The Captan should solo more often. Love hearing his tone and precision.
I just recently switched from being a die hard heavy gauge string user to using 8's and even 7's and i think its the best thing I could've done for my playing and my sound hasn't changed at all
So in conclusion, those 8's sounded great.
I personally use 12's because for the longest time i played acoustic and when i decided to learn electric i found it distracting that the strings were lighter so i just always stuck on the heavier side
I think it all comes down to your style and preference. I have been playing 12-54 for drop c, but I'm going to drop it down to 11-53 that way it's a little easier on my hands especially for my practice sessions.
4:55 captain about to do a limp hand gesture but realised possibly non pc
What gesture?
Yeah just stated as banter, they wouldn't do anything purposefully offensive!
Tried loads of gauges over 30 years. I just find light top heavy bottoms, 9 - 46 perfect match of tone and playability ;0)
I also prefer fat & juicy bottoms myself. Mmm. ;)
I love muffin tops too haha but I think fenders bullet 10s work the best for the strats I use
So does Malmsteem - perfect for Strats!
I think Queen wrote a song about preferring a heavy bottom.
And Spinal Tap did as well
Exactly: 42 is the answer, spot on!
completely agree with Rob´s sentiments on SRV
At least up until 1969 Fender guitars shipped with 12s. Not that long before all you could buy was "Electric guitar strings" with no mention of gauge on the packet. All the iconic electric guitar designs of the 1950s were developed with heavy gauge pure nickel round wound strings, or heavy flat wounds (and wound thirds).
It seems that many professional guitarists were using a banjo top string to build a lighter string set long before the Ernie Ball Slinkys became commercially available, though.
Thank Terry thats why we argue and take in fun and I learned something never thought about what kind of strings they played in the 40s and 50s
I really Phil Collen of Def Leppard uses 12s or 13s on almost all of his guitars. Collen's tone today is one of the best tones I have ever heard.
This video is such a fever dream and I love it
Great banter.
Anyone watching this after Beato?
Seems to me that there is more tone "definition" with the 8's . Not sure if that is the correct term, but seems like you can hear more individual notes and overtones with the 8's.
I switched quite a few of my guitars over to Cobalt 8's a couple months ago and am loving them.
You're high.
Cobalt 10 when I pot them on a Jackson Soloist seymore Dunkin pick up it sounded uh. Yea. I am glad to here about the eights my sixty year old fingers and hands r not as strong as they were ...eights Cobalt yes
Cobalts sound rounder in tone off string . therefore is each string is rounder.the could big time whoose .
Those Ernie Ball 8s are the same ones I use and I love them :)
Rob, Lee, always a fun visit with great mates ... 42 ... and thanks for the fish
Yngwie uses 8's and he has INCREDIBLE tone
Captain, string tension and height above pickups will affect the sound. The thing that people say doesn't affect the sound is wood. Stop twisting the argument :D
The nut can obviously affect the tone as well, so you'd have to control for that too. Beyond that, no-one denies that the *neck* can influence the sound somewhat, though that also includes the fret material and levelling. About the only thing that almost certainly does not influence the sound at all is the body of a solid-body guitar: beyond a certain point the body is apparently just too big and rigid for the wood to make an audible difference over the pickup. But you certainly shouldn't take my word for it. Manfred Zollner, who is a real live doctor of physics, will tell you as much: gitec-forum.de/wp/en/gitec-community/the-book/content-physic-of-the-electric-guitar-with-links-to-the-chapters-pdf/
Mark Seymour the reason "tonewood" is bullshit is ONLY because you have a sample size of 1 so it's easy to find a particular piece of wood that doesn't fit in the normal characteristics it's supposed to have.
Cas van der Wal
I know this is an old comment, but just wanted to say that's the most sense I've seen on this topic in a long time.
The tone wood denying types often get caught up by comparing prices of USA/western made premium instruments with far eastern ones and assuming the price difference is the wood, not country of origin or the care taken in construction. A USA PRS is a pretty darn finely made instrument after all (although not really my style, before anyone screams "fanboy!!...")
and also, as you touch upon as well, that wood is often chosen for looks. A Burl maple top for example, it costs more because it looks fancy (and it costs more from the wood merchant btw guys....guitar manufacturers don't necessarily set the prices for this stuff) it's not going to sound better than a plain, boring looking maple top (if anything it might even be worse although I'd be surprised if you could hear that unless maybe LP thickness top) and I've never heard anybody suggest that a burl maple top would sound better than a plain one either
I didn't know thath the greats used such light gauge, but subcounciously I felt I was doing the right thing. I play 8-11-14-26-36-50 in D standard, use 2mm pick and have never felt more comfortable playing the guitar.
Yeah Rob and Cap together is a winning combination every time.
My trick is just to just buy 6 low e strings, I sound fat as f*ck
String gauges? The different tensions make you play differently, hence you sound different. You sound best on what you are most comfortable on. You set the amp to sound best, regardless of the strings on the guitar... People really over estimate the guitar side of all this.
could not agree more. I think the amp is more important than the guitar. Not that it doesnt matter, just that a great amp will make an okay guitar sound great but not the other way around. Pete Thorn said something along the line of guitar, amp, speaker and cab all have a huge impact not just the guitar and then I think he said arguably the speaker and cab are most important. or could be the amp and speaker lol dont remember izzackly but the point is it wasnt the guitar.
Thanks for continuing to use more affordable guitars Lee, very appreciative!!!
I know this comment is old AF but that's his custom strat that has more modifications than what a custom shop was worth 15 years ago
Just generalising here, but I thought the main reason for deciding on a particular string gauge was both dependent on feel / style of playing and the music.
As was pointed out, thinner strings are obviously easier on the fingers and also allow easier bending...good for blues / country / jazz players. The downside being they stretch & go out of tune easier.
Whereas rock / metal players tend to go for heavier strings to compensate for playing in lower tunings and use guitars with trem systems if they want any bendy action.
There obviously are exceptions to this.
My name is Jimi. I can confirm, it does not help. Or maybe it does and I'm just really bad to start with...
I'm also a Jimi even have the H in my middle name, but I'll never be confused with the Jims of yore!
Aren't you the guy requesting Rory Gallagher tunes on GOTD?
Fluro Flash you’ll get there soon
Well my name isn't Jimmi , and I am really bad with awful tone.?
Personally I absolutely hate jimi handrix's tone as well as jimmy page's, it hurts my ears when I hear them, however I love lil Wayne's tone and I would give anything for his rig and to play like him
Reubenswagseaton nice bait
Same here
Reubenswagseaton I too hate Jimi handrix's tone. But I really do like Jimi Hendrix's tone
oh my god. jimi handrix was such a bad player. yes i remember.
You are full of shit he was awesome
i like 12's with a 60 on the low e on a gibson-scale guitar. i've played like that for years, and fighting my strings gives me more control over my vibrato and picking. i don't have to search for the string, it's always in the same place. but when i go back to playing anything lighter, my picking attack and vibrato make my notes go sharp, flat, or wrong. it's really a hell of a learning curve once you're used to a certain string tension.
... the added fact that thicker strings sound bigger and boomier (stronger magnetic field, maybe?) is just a bonus to overload an amp and get a gritty tone.
I was playing 12-60s in E flat and Drop C# last year. Since then, I've moved to 11-52 for those tunings. And just straight up 10s for standard and Drop D. Just trying everything out
Rick Parfitt used 14s.
Brandon Gee he called them Tramlines!
Crazy dude
Was that in standard? 14s tuned to standard is roughly 210 lbs of tension. That would probably decimate the neck pretty quick. (For comparison 10s are about 100 lbs, 13s are about 180 lbs.)
I believe Slash uses 11's
I think he has 11 for down tunes
He uses ernie ball 11-14-18p-26-36-46 D# standard
Believe it or not!
He uses both 9s and 11s.
@@artwizardsam3238 I cant see slash using 9s. I've seen how hard the man plays in person (saw GnR on the not in this lifetime tour).
I like heavier gauges, especially thick bottom strings, mainly because they allow for more tone stability when hitting the strings hard. I tried the GHS Eric Johnson Nickel Rockers (R+EJM: 11/14/19/28/40/52), but both packs I received came with corrosion on the strings, and the ones I put on sounded very dull and lifeless. I replaced them with D'Addario XL Pro Steels Light Top/Heavy BTMs (10/13/17/30/42/52) and I'm very happy with those.
Loved 13-56s for many years