... for the first time in yonks... Normally I go with 11s.
I'm really satisfied with the results... I was worried about the lack of sustain and the string popping out of the saddles.... but quite the reverse really... because there's less plucking resistance with the lighter guage strings it hasn't popped out once. Seems to play effortlessly and more jaggle which is what I was after. I felt the guitar was being gagged from what it was like now hence the decision for the string change. It now sounds like how I perceive a jag should sound...
so yeh... all those theories about strings... tension blah blah.. I've now thrown out of the window.
Having said all this it could be the string brand.
I went from Dean Markley 11-52 (whihc I really like on the jazzy)
to EB Power Slinkys 10-48 which I had lying around. Which I generally don't like...
Will try a set of D'adarios next I think... 10s that is
Don't do bending, play heavy handedly. 12s on my jag, 11s on the jazzy.
I bought a weird little travel guitar and it came with like 7s, I could do 7 fret bends, it sounded like fucking mario jumping. Intonation was impossible though, 12s sorted that out a bit.
My Jag has the stock strings on it, which according to Fender are 10-46. They feel fine, whereas the Mustang strung with the same strings was a bag of spanners.
I'll put 11s on the Jag when I change and see how they feel.
i generally use those 11-48 ernie ball ones on my mustangs (and everything else to be honest..) although i've got 11-52s on the competition one which are nice and chunky. i just bought a set of 13-54s which i might put on the silvertone. they'd probably be far too hefty for me on a mustang.
I've been using super slinkys for ages, 9 - 42.
They are super bendy and I think Im gonna try different ones when I next change my strings. But they do feel nice to play, easy on the fingers.
As far as I'm aware it is just me and Aen using them and only me after he recommended them. They sound good, and lasting quite well. Not as smooth sounding as Rotosound or as bright as Ernie Balls.
Going from 10-48s on my Strat to 11-70 on the Tele is fun.
aphasiac wrote:p.s. I just restrung my Jag-Stang with these:
I hate them - bass strings are too heavy. going back to 10s next change..
I played those for years on my MIM strat. I liked them from what I remember, I switched to Regular slinkys and have used them for a while, don't really know why I switched. I used super slinkys very briefly and hated them... way way way too light... so I think I went with the regular slinkys cause they're sorta like an in between.
Now that I've been playing bass in my band, and spending the majority of my free time playing my Taylor acoustic, the regular slinkys feel way too light to me now. So I'll probably wind up switching to 11's or 12's next time I re-string one of my electrics.
I tried barbed wire on my CIJ Jag, awesome! Stays in tune, the bridge does'nt fall to bits.... winner! My fingers are a mess and i used to like using 9's but ya' know, i wanted a Jag.
othomas2 wrote:... for the first time in yonks... Normally I go with 11s.
I'm really satisfied with the results... I was worried about the lack of sustain and the string popping out of the saddles.... but quite the reverse really... because there's less plucking resistance with the lighter guage strings it hasn't popped out once. Seems to play effortlessly and more jaggle which is what I was after. I felt the guitar was being gagged from what it was like now hence the decision for the string change. It now sounds like how I perceive a jag should sound...
so yeh... all those theories about strings... tension blah blah.. I've now thrown out of the window.
Having said all this it could be the string brand.
I went from Dean Markley 11-52 (whihc I really like on the jazzy)
to EB Power Slinkys 10-48 which I had lying around. Which I generally don't like...
Will try a set of D'adarios next I think... 10s that is
