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Location: Brighty in Blighty | Probably left Mother with 12s.
Yuk I thought, stuck some 10s on there, nice!
Then after a while I felt that the strings were too light (weedy volume and the strings just didn't seem to fight back enuff).
So on some 11s went, ah nice!
After a few more days I'm finding that I want even more 'resistance' so 12s will go back on there tomorrow.
And the moral?
Mother knows best! ;) |
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Location: East Tennessee | Leave the 11's on and send it to me. :D |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Bloody 1680! Whew, ya had me worried there for a moment! :eek:
Since Mike didn't include his address, you DO have mine, right? ;) |
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Location: PDX | 10's??!!! WTF are you thinking -- that it's an electric guitar. Sheesh, i put 11's on my electrics.
Well, whatever works i guess.
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I thought you were talking about the bloody battle of 1680...
Y'know, the Battle of Altimarlach that was fought on 13th July, 1680 between Sir John Campbell of Glenorchy and George Sinclair of Keiss over the ownership of the Girnigoe Estates.
Little bit of Old Country history... |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Wow,...now we have OMA giving history lessons. What's next?
BTW Dweez, what's up with 10's? That's a manly guitar with a manly neck, at least you could put 12's on it, minimum. Cliff!!! |
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Location: NJ | must have cheese that needs slicing . . . |
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Location: South of most, North of few | :D Well, that's one thing 10's would be good for. |
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Location: seattle | REAL men use 13s :)
Originally posted by gh1:
10's??!!! WTF are you thinking -- that it's an electric guitar. Sheesh, i put 11's on my electrics.
Well, whatever works i guess.
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Location: NJ | My LongNeck's got 14's on it . . . |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | wha' eeever |
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Location: Nashville TN. | I use 10's on my T-bolt
12's on everything else.
I used to use 13s after a while necks don't like those |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I use 10's (EJ15's) on my 1121, but that is cuz the headstock was broken-off,
And I don't want it to happen again. |
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | I'm not interested in the manly aspect of this, I am more concerned about tone and the ability to actually play the guitar hopefully without injurying myself in the process, I'm just trying to constantly improve as a musician/composer and find my sound. So experiementing with different gauge strings is all part of that.
There does seem to be a weird my strings are heavier than your strings sillyness that I just don't get. Some players use light strings and get fantastic results, that's all I'm after, good tone, good technique, good music, the guitar is merely the tool.
I am not too concerned either about acoustic volume as I'm mainly interested in recording and performing with amplification. |
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Location: Alagoas, Brazil | Originally posted by PEZ:
I use 10's on my T-bolt
12's on everything else.
I used to use 13s after a while necks don't like those I´m thinking of using 13´s on mine, but I checked everywhere and there´s no official position from the factory about it. What happened to you?
Oh yes, mine has 11´s and it is ok, but the sound is a bit wimpy, especially on the bass side.
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Location: Brighty in Blighty | 12s on the 1680, yee-hah, boy that's one bad arse guitar! 
Really helps with the various tunings I use...
DADGBE
DADGBD
DADGAD
DADF#AD
DGDGA#D
DGDGBD
CGCGCE
CGDGCD
EBEG#BE
Damn now I remember why I have so many guitars! |
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Bloody 1680!
