Members AlexMC Posted February 16, 2010 Members Share Posted February 16, 2010 After years of experimenting (9s to 12s) I finally settled on 10-56 (regular top, heavy bottom) on all my guitars. Unfortunately I've just discovered that my new Yammie Strat's Sperzel locking tuners won't take anything bigger than a 52, so I'm stuck at regular 10s on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members idhindsight Posted February 16, 2010 Members Share Posted February 16, 2010 11 on the Schecter10 on the RickGonna try 10-52 on the CV Tele that's in the mail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cassette Posted February 16, 2010 Members Share Posted February 16, 2010 10's all around, regardless of scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted February 16, 2010 Members Share Posted February 16, 2010 I have always used 9s on my Fenders and 10s on Gibsons. Thinking about trying 10s on my Tele. Good move or not? Discuss. I think the opposite way around makes a bit more sense. 10s to get the thicker tone out of SC p'ups and HBs don't really need it. But I tend to use 10-46 on most all of my guitars. 9s on some of the tremolo guitars with HBs (like shred guitars) maybe 11s on a Fender or two if I want da phat, especially if they're short scale, and then most of the rest get 10s (to 46). Except I do like to use heavy bottom light top on my 335, but that's still a 10 at the top. But there's always all this talk here about gauge - Nobody ever wants to talk about materials. You got your pure nickel wrap, your nickel plated, and your stainless steel. You really can't talk about tone and gauge without including a discussion on the materials - not to mention round wound, roller wound or flat wound options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Oldskool Texas Posted February 16, 2010 Members Share Posted February 16, 2010 11s on everything except acoustics. They get 12s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brianeharmonjr Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 9s on strat/tele/jazzmaster10s on jaguar/mustang/duo-sonic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cephus Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 To me, these make every guitar sound better: This is my experience as well. I started using them on my Epi ES-295 and was using 10-46 on everything else. I put the 11s on an old peavey t-60 I had that I didn't like and it made it one of my favorites. Slowly, I have just migrated to all 11-48 except my 62 RI strat. That guitar has had a hard life and I paid alot of money for a set up a while back with 10s. Once that setup starts to go, I'll throw 11s on there. The trem stays in tune really well now and I don't want to screw it up. I thought 11s would be tough to get used to, but the sound blew me away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hshaitan Posted February 17, 2010 Members Share Posted February 17, 2010 11's or you're not a man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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