What gauge string if tuning down a whole step?

[duodecim]

My singer prefers to tune down a whoel step. Begrudgingly, I've accepted this, but I don't want a lot of flub and strings hanging off my neck. What gauge strings do you guys have that tune down and can I get the tension similar to what it is in standard E 440?

 

I've asked the same question a while back somewhere, and the response was rather variable. I'd go for 11-52. I accidently pull strings off the fretboard rather easily.

 

For comparison, I use 10-48 in E and 10-50 in Eb on 25.5? scaled guitars (or something along those lines).

 

Maybe you throw up some cheap strings to try out different gauges (high and low E might be enough), and when you've got it figured out, you will probably have to do a little setup anyway.

 

Then, you come back and tell me which strings you picked so I don't have to go through that.

[tlbonehead]

I've asked the same question a while back somewhere, and the response was rather variable. I'd go for 11-52. I accidently pull strings off the fretboard rather easily. For comparison, I use 10-48 in E and 10-50 in Eb on 25.5? scaled guitars (or something along those lines). Maybe you throw up some cheap strings to try out different gauges (high and low E might be enough), and when you've got it figured out, you will probably have to do a little setup anyway. Then, you come back and tell me which strings you picked so I don't have to go through that.

Obviously the answer is going to be variable, especially w/o a starting point. Even at standard tuning people are all over the place for gauges, so it would only make sense that other tunings would be the same thing.

[NaturalBornBoy]

I'm using 46-10 for Eb and 42-9 for E standard on my 25.5 scale Jem.

 

On a shorter scale LP, i'd go for a .11 gauge or .12 gauge for a D tuning.