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TEB

(13,689 posts) Sat Dec 22, 2018, 12:59 PM Dec 2018

WHAT Gauge strings are you using ,kids today no respect

Absolutely NO you will not be putting 8’s on that guitar son do you want it to sound like anything.
Am teaching him how do a set up on Orville by Gibson les Paul I love japan guitars.

Child - but dad I was gonna do 8’s and top wrap them I think 10’s I don’t know dad

Father - son when I was a kid we used 10 to 12’s and we walked uphill both ways to the mailbox on the farm. Come on you been using 10’s on strat and other Lester’s you were this close to having me come down on you.

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WHAT Gauge strings are you using ,kids today no respect (Original Post) TEB Dec 2018 OP

Old fogey voice: Ohiogal Dec 2018 #1

9's work great on my PRS semi-acoustic electric. I still manage to snap the E string and I'm JoeOtterbein Dec 2018 #2

10's on my Les Pauls, 9's on my Tele and Electra, 11s on my Martin. nt Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2018 #3

It's just personal choice dr TEB Dec 2018 #4

My fingers don't like 10s with the longer scale... Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2018 #6

I Use Both ProfessorGAC Dec 2018 #12

Look up what his favorite guitarist use. That should do it. Hoyt Dec 2018 #5

Make good choices about what to argue over and Ink Addict Dec 2018 #7

Don't take my 9's away!!!! stevil Dec 2018 #8

They're will be no 8's in my house young man TEB Dec 2018 #9

I got ya. stevil Dec 2018 #10

Friggin cobwebs. Iggo Dec 2018 #14

Depends On The Guitar ProfessorGAC Dec 2018 #11

10's. Iggo Dec 2018 #13

Ohiogal

(34,620 posts)

1. Old fogey voice:

Reply to TEB (Original post)

Sat Dec 22, 2018, 01:02 PM

Dec 2018

KIDS TODAY!

JoeOtterbein

(7,788 posts)

2. 9's work great on my PRS semi-acoustic electric. I still manage to snap the E string and I'm

Reply to TEB (Original post)

Sat Dec 22, 2018, 01:06 PM

Dec 2018

62!

Dr Hobbitstein

(6,568 posts)

3. 10's on my Les Pauls, 9's on my Tele and Electra, 11s on my Martin. nt

Reply to TEB (Original post)

Sat Dec 22, 2018, 01:07 PM

Dec 2018

TEB

(13,689 posts)

4. It's just personal choice dr

Reply to Dr Hobbitstein (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 22, 2018, 01:12 PM

Dec 2018

I like 10’s on my strats as well

Dr Hobbitstein

(6,568 posts)

6. My fingers don't like 10s with the longer scale...

Reply to TEB (Reply #4)

Sat Dec 22, 2018, 01:37 PM

Dec 2018

My bends aren’t as consistent.

But yeah, all a personal preference.

ProfessorGAC

(69,867 posts)

12. I Use Both

Reply to TEB (Reply #4)

Tue Dec 25, 2018, 09:28 AM

Dec 2018

One Strat has 9s the other 10s

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

5. Look up what his favorite guitarist use. That should do it.

Reply to TEB (Original post)

Sat Dec 22, 2018, 01:19 PM

Dec 2018

Ink Addict

(36 posts)

7. Make good choices about what to argue over and

Reply to TEB (Original post)

Sat Dec 22, 2018, 02:01 PM

Dec 2018

watch out for that generational discrimination bias though I did notice the emoji chuckle.

stevil

(1,537 posts)

8. Don't take my 9's away!!!!

Reply to TEB (Original post)

Sat Dec 22, 2018, 02:31 PM

Dec 2018

I use Super Slinky's, Ernie Ball makes a RPS (reinforced plain string) set of Super Slinky's and the unwrapped strings bend nicely but they feel a tad bit thicker than regular 9's. They also don't break.

TEB

(13,689 posts)

9. They're will be no 8's in my house young man

Reply to stevil (Reply #8)

Sat Dec 22, 2018, 02:55 PM

Dec 2018

On any les kids uuugh you can put em on those Ibanez rg but we have standards

stevil

(1,537 posts)

10. I got ya.

Reply to TEB (Reply #9)

Sat Dec 22, 2018, 03:09 PM

Dec 2018

8's feel like playing a severely detuned guitar.

Iggo

(48,262 posts)

14. Friggin cobwebs.

Reply to stevil (Reply #10)

Mon Dec 31, 2018, 08:26 PM

Dec 2018

ProfessorGAC

(69,867 posts)

11. Depends On The Guitar

Reply to TEB (Original post)

Tue Dec 25, 2018, 09:26 AM

Dec 2018

9's on 4 electrics and 10s on 3 others
Then 11s on an old Dan Armstrong set up for slide.
On acoustic, they're all medium gauge, but the 12 string mediums are different tan the 6 strings

Iggo

(48,262 posts)

13. 10's.

Reply to TEB (Original post)

Mon Dec 31, 2018, 08:25 PM

Dec 2018

9's are for noodlers.

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