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do you use on your acoustic guitars?

and what kind?

i recently bought a very nice breedlove guitar from mickey and it has 13s. they feel way too heavy for me.

should this be in a guitar thread?

i always used 11s when i had an acoustic, but alot of people would probably say "thats too light." so your only option really is to go with 12s. you have to.

i use 11s.

fuck 12s my acoustic is dark enough already.

Zaphod wrote:i use 11s.

fuck 12s my acoustic is dark enough already.

thats how i felt!

plus, if its an acoustic (or any guitar) with no rod, i use string guage as kind of a way to adjust action by giving the neck relief/ letting it straighten a bit. so if 11s get me there, then thats what ill use one that guitar.

12's or 13's. I use 11's on my electrics and I prefer heavier gauges. If I get too light of a gauge my bends are wayyyyy off because they are too easy.

Ironically, i had the same question myself. I just bought that acoustic/electric ibanez dealie and it sounds sweet, but i think 13s are on there and it's a little heavy, so i bought some martin marquis 12s or 11s...hopefully they feel a tit bit better.

PenPen wrote:12's or 13's. I use 11's on my electrics and I prefer heavier gauges. If I get too light of a gauge my bends are wayyyyy off because they are too easy.

im like the opposite. i put 12s on my melody maker instead of my usual 10s, to get it to intonate correctly, and its fine except the few riffs i play that involve bends come out really unnaturally.

why doesnt someone make a retrofit wraparound tailpiece that just has the compensation in the right places for modern strings? all the current solutions probably work but you lose the elegance and simplicity. adding a few parts to my MM is like doubling the overall parts count.

I use 10's or 11's on my atr00stic.

13s

if i could find 14's i would use them


why does no one make 14's ?

FAGS

13's for murder, 11's for guitar

actually, i have no idea

moving this thread was stupid.

next time i walk into a pub, i'll have to remember that i'm not allowed to talk about guitar strings.

why does it go in here? surely all other guitars if you had to move it.

lame.

12s because that's the only gauge the store brand string from MGR come in. They're like $2.50 a set - just awesome.

is switching from 13s to 12s that noticeable?

certainly

i like a really light/bright sound so i use 10s

13s ngz. i agree with robroe, why dont they make 14s?!

i do like the sound of 13s but i like to bend strings a bit and 13s are too stiff.