Members catscurlyear Posted May 29, 2019 Members Share Posted May 29, 2019 The plains are 14, 18, 22. The wounds are standard 12 set 32, 42, 52. I never liked wound thirds except on Classical guitars. Reason being they'll break before you can get a reasonable bend out of 'em. Strat thirds were originally wound. That's the reason for that dumb magnet stagger. . i want to get out of the habit of bending like a blues player so i may try a wound any way thanks for the tips . i didn`t know about the Strat thirds were originally wound. That's the reason for that dumb magnet stagger. . you learn something every day ,cheers . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members catscurlyear Posted May 29, 2019 Members Share Posted May 29, 2019 I never liked wound thirds except on Classical guitars. . are you mixing up classical with a steel strung acoustic, both my classicals have plain nylon strings for the top 3 and wound strings for the bottom 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted May 29, 2019 Members Share Posted May 29, 2019 One important thing and I'm sure Freeman will agree here. You'll have to widen the nut slots and there's no going back. Actually, typically you won't. There's usually enough "slop" (for want of a better word) in nut slots to go up a gauge or two. I'd try it first and only mess with the nut if necessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted May 30, 2019 Author Members Share Posted May 30, 2019 Actually, typically you won't. There's usually enough "slop" (for want of a better word) in nut slots to go up a gauge or two. I'd try it first and only mess with the nut if necessary. trust me. I had to use a doubled sandpaper just to get to 11s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted May 30, 2019 Author Members Share Posted May 30, 2019 are you mixing up classical with a steel strung acoustic, both my classicals have plain nylon strings for the top 3 and wound strings for the bottom 3 No. Look into Savarez. They have nylon wound thirds AND seconds. No more dead third string. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members catscurlyear Posted May 30, 2019 Members Share Posted May 30, 2019 Savarez look a bit expensive ,ithe strings i use are a third the price and work good Every time this geezer taps the guitar with his finger it winds me up ,great player but [video=youtube;EgR-9fGKXPs] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted May 30, 2019 Author Members Share Posted May 30, 2019 Never heard those. Way on the bright side. Their site sucks too. Can't find the set I mentioned. I have one on my Epiphone; not that I can play... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 going of track a bit here ' date='11`s feel nice for bending on my jaguar ,little bit tough on strats though [/quote'] I tend to run my 24" scale guitars with one string gauge higher / thicker than I put on my standard scale (24.75" / 25.5") guitars too. I find that if I use the same gauges on them that I use on everything else, they tend to feel a little too loose and floppy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted May 30, 2019 Members Share Posted May 30, 2019 trust me. I had to use a doubled sandpaper just to get to 11s. Never had a problem on multiple guitars. I'm using 10-52's at the moment and I could easily go heavier without modifying the slots. I'll trust my own experience thanks. The takeaway is try it first before you modify with the nut. YMMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted May 30, 2019 Author Members Share Posted May 30, 2019 Never had a problem on multiple guitars. I'm using 10-52's at the moment and I could easily go heavier without modifying the slots. I'll trust my own experience thanks. The takeaway is try it first before you modify with the nut. YMMV. The gauges in question are 14, 18, 22, 32, 42, 52 on a Strat type electric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DeepEnd Posted May 30, 2019 Members Share Posted May 30, 2019 The gauges in question are 14' date=' 18, 22, 32, 42, 52 on a Strat type electric.[/quote'] It doesn't matter what the gauges are or, for that matter, what the guitar is. The takeaway is the same: Test before you start modifying the nut. My B (second) string is a 13. It fits in the E (first) string slot easily. I know because I've tried it. I have no doubt a 14 would fit as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted May 31, 2019 Author Members Share Posted May 31, 2019 Wutevuh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members catscurlyear Posted May 31, 2019 Members Share Posted May 31, 2019 I tend to run my 24" scale guitars with one string gauge higher / thicker than I put on my standard scale (24.75" / 25.5") guitars too. I find that if I use the same gauges on them that I use on everything else, they tend to feel a little too loose and floppy. i don`t mind the looser feel of some guitars, surprisingly my jag has come up with some of my best rock/blues recordings of live gigs and studio stuff . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 i don`t mind the looser feel of some guitars, surprisingly my jag has come up with some of my best rock/blues recordings of live gigs and studio stuff . The issue I have with it is that it makes me have to adjust my playing touch and how hard I fret - if I don't and the strings are too light, I tend to push things out of tune and mess up intonation on chords too easily. That's why I generally run 9's on my longer-scale guitars (and occasionally 10's) but always use 10's on my 24" scale Fenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gardo Posted May 31, 2019 Members Share Posted May 31, 2019 I’ve been using 10’s on everything ,but I have one Tele that sounds too good with 9’s to change I do have to adjust my playing but it’s worth it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members catscurlyear Posted May 31, 2019 Members Share Posted May 31, 2019 The issue I have with it is that it makes me have to adjust my playing touch and how hard I fret - if I don't and the strings are too light, I tend to push things out of tune and mess up intonation on chords too easily. That's why I generally run 9's on my longer-scale guitars (and occasionally 10's) but always use 10's on my 24" scale Fenders. i think 9`s/ 10`s at concert pitch are in the range of being a bit unstable for the reasons you `ve given. i moved up to 11`s to calm my vibrato down ,when i listened back to recordings with 10`s the vibrato was too big and very cliche a bit like malmsteens vibrato ,yuk! and with 11`s the strings stay where they`re supposed too be and feel very positive, i`m looking forward to trying 14`s out when i get round to it,no bending ere ha ha ,to think when i first started i used 7`s and 8`s lol, i think Billy Gibbons is 7`s ,think i might rig one of my guitars up with 7`s and see what it`s like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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