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)Doog wrote:"And every day after high school, the young Kurt would sit down with his soldering iron and oscilloscope, to work on what come to be known as the Boss DS-1, the world's first guitar distortion pedal."
I was afraid of this; I don't really want to touch the truss rod because I have very little idea what I'm doing. Maybe I'll just take it to the guitar shop, let them do it and get shafted out of £20.endsjustifymeans wrote:There'll be more tension. A truss adjustment may be necessary I'd imagine.
Doog wrote:"And every day after high school, the young Kurt would sit down with his soldering iron and oscilloscope, to work on what come to be known as the Boss DS-1, the world's first guitar distortion pedal."
Thanks James. I think I may just go to 12's.James wrote:Do you have a problem with 11s? Just try 12s and don't bother with the truss rod. You won't get any buzzing because all that will happen is that it will very very slightly pull the neck slight higher (increasing the action) but I doubt you'll even notice it. The difference in tension will be more obvious.
The one time I've had it be massively obvious was putting a very heavy set of flatwounds on a bass. With guitars it can definitely change the playability but one gauge won't do much.
Doog wrote:"And every day after high school, the young Kurt would sit down with his soldering iron and oscilloscope, to work on what come to be known as the Boss DS-1, the world's first guitar distortion pedal."
Consider combo sets? I use earnie ball heavy bottom skinny tops. .10-.52. I get everything I need out of them deep mean bass notes and squiggly bendy highs. I know everyone hates EB but me, but plenty of other manufacturers make similar sized sets.ohyeahfuzzbear wrote:Thanks James. I think I may just go to 12's.James wrote:Do you have a problem with 11s? Just try 12s and don't bother with the truss rod. You won't get any buzzing because all that will happen is that it will very very slightly pull the neck slight higher (increasing the action) but I doubt you'll even notice it. The difference in tension will be more obvious.
The one time I've had it be massively obvious was putting a very heavy set of flatwounds on a bass. With guitars it can definitely change the playability but one gauge won't do much.
I just wanted something a bit heavier as I've started playing in lower tunings more.
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I like Ernie Ball. I don't see the problem with them at all.endsjustifymeans wrote:Consider combo sets? I use earnie ball heavy bottom skinny tops. .10-.52. I get everything I need out of them deep mean bass notes and squiggly bendy highs. I know everyone hates EB but me, but plenty of other manufacturers make similar sized sets.ohyeahfuzzbear wrote:Thanks James. I think I may just go to 12's.James wrote:Do you have a problem with 11s? Just try 12s and don't bother with the truss rod. You won't get any buzzing because all that will happen is that it will very very slightly pull the neck slight higher (increasing the action) but I doubt you'll even notice it. The difference in tension will be more obvious.
The one time I've had it be massively obvious was putting a very heavy set of flatwounds on a bass. With guitars it can definitely change the playability but one gauge won't do much.
I just wanted something a bit heavier as I've started playing in lower tunings more.
Doog wrote:"And every day after high school, the young Kurt would sit down with his soldering iron and oscilloscope, to work on what come to be known as the Boss DS-1, the world's first guitar distortion pedal."
My wife's tele has .9's on it.Will wrote:I keep going down
I'm on 10s for everything now. Considering making a custom 9-46 set with a wound 3rd.
Is you're guitar old, cheap, or otherwise jacked somehow? If not, a truss rod adjustment is super easy.
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9's are unusable to everyone surely?endsjustifymeans wrote:My wife's tele has .9's on it.Will wrote:I keep going down
I'm on 10s for everything now. Considering making a custom 9-46 set with a wound 3rd.
Is you're guitar old, cheap, or otherwise jacked somehow? If not, a truss rod adjustment is super easy.
They're pretty much unusable to me. I bend everything accidentally.
Doog wrote:"And every day after high school, the young Kurt would sit down with his soldering iron and oscilloscope, to work on what come to be known as the Boss DS-1, the world's first guitar distortion pedal."
Just tell everyone you rocked too hard and DON'T mention your pussy strings.mrperson wrote:9s work for 5 or 6 fret bend awesomeness which make me look immense until I break the string
Doog wrote:"And every day after high school, the young Kurt would sit down with his soldering iron and oscilloscope, to work on what come to be known as the Boss DS-1, the world's first guitar distortion pedal."
Unless you have a really light touch. I like the 10s, but the high E seems to stick out in the sound and is at a slightly higher tension. I'm thinking 9-13-18w-26-36-46.ohyeahfuzzbear wrote:9's are unusable to everyone surely?endsjustifymeans wrote:My wife's tele has .9's on it.Will wrote:I keep going down
I'm on 10s for everything now. Considering making a custom 9-46 set with a wound 3rd.
Is you're guitar old, cheap, or otherwise jacked somehow? If not, a truss rod adjustment is super easy.
They're pretty much unusable to me. I bend everything accidentally.
I used to play 7s for years. Now I use 9s on the Strats, 10s on the V and the LP copy and IIRC 11s on the Swinger. If you're playing lower tunings e.g drop D down a full tone, the heavier strings probably need similar tension to lighter trings in a standard tuning (see an ancient post somewhere about tension, mass/unit length etc.) so you'll probably neeed no truss rod adjustment.Will wrote:Unless you have a really light touch. I like the 10s, but the high E seems to stick out in the sound and is at a slightly higher tension. I'm thinking 9-13-18w-26-36-46.
Or I could say fuck it and get a set of 7s.
