4Hayden Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 When I started out with my Sear guitar and amp combo , my teachers told us to use 12's. Now I use 8's , time and guitars have changed and so has my fingers. So do you use 7,8,9,10,11,or 12's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Bill Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I have used 10s for the last 40+ years on my electrics. I use 12s on some of my acoustics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cody78 Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 For many years I used 11's, but the last 4 years or so I have switched to 10's for solid body electrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the dog Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 I use 10's on all my guitars..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I used 12's for years. Now I use 9's on everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis G Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I use 10-46 on most of my electrics. I have 11-s on a Gretsch hollowbody and a PRS setup for slide. On my acoustics and acoustic/elec's I use D'Addario EXP 16 12-53 They all work for me. BTW, the PRS once came setup with 9's. I just couldn't get used to them. Too thin. YMMV and I'm sure it will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 10s on the solid bodies and semi hollows, 11s on the archtops... 12s on the acoustics.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MississippiBlue Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Les Paul Traditional - 12's Stratocasters - 11on one and 13's on the other. Action higher than normal on all 3. MississippiBlue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drog Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 Gibsons , Ibanez guitars 10-46, except the Gibson ES-175 which has 11-52 (tried lighter but it did not play well). Fender Strats, EVH guitars 9-42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimi Mac Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 9's on all my Les Pauls and Les Paul style guitars... I use a Hybrid set (a mixture of 9's and 10's) on my ES335 style guitar; a Peavey JF1-EX. I love 9's on a Les Paul! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pauly Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 10's on everything electric except one Tele that get's 9's Accoustic/electric 11's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 12-52 roundwounds on the solids and semis, 14-67 flats on the archtops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edlo Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 When I started out with my Sear guitar and amp combo , my teachers told us to use 12's. Now I use 8's , time and guitars have changed and so has my fingers. So do you use 7,8,9,10,11,or 12's I use 10's on my Rics and 11/s on Gretsch, Epi and Gibby they work well for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StRanger7032 Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I use 9-42 on my Gibson/Epiphone electrics. I may experiment with 8s on my new Tele, due to the longer scale length. My ESP gets 10-52 for more aggressive styles and drop-D tuning. Most of my acoustics get 10s, with the exception of my Fender F-210 which gets Rotosound acoustic 9s. That one is set up with super low action for fast picking/lead stuff and it can handle the acoustic 9s due to the 25.5" scale length. They're too floppy on anything with a shorter scale unless you tune up to F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deeman Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 10s on my electrics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MississippiBlue Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 12-52 roundwounds on the solids and semis, 14-67 flats on the archtops. L5Larry, I LOVE your taste in strings. Right On Man. Regards, MississippiBlue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I used to play .009s for years but now I mostly use .010-.046 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Hayden Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share Posted January 6, 2015 12-52 roundwounds on the solids and semis, 14-67 flats on the archtops. Have you ever tried 9 or 10's ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 9's on my Strat, 10's on Gibsons. 11's if I tune down half step Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I think it's a matter of how you play what. All but two of my electrics wear 9-42. The '70s Guild "SG" type wears 8-38. The Gretsch archtop is a string experiment platform. Technically all my "acoustics" are AE. 9-42 on the fingerpickers and 10-46 on the flatpickers. The AE 12s... haven't really found anything I like. Right now 10s on the one I'm playing more, but 10-48 and tuned down to D-standard. I'll add that preferences have changed a lot over the past 50+ years, as well as types of strings available. Overall, though, I'm the last to claim that my choices should be emulated by others. It'a a matter of what and how I play that "fits" me and may be truly horrid choices for someone else. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4Hayden Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share Posted January 6, 2015 I think it's a matter of how you play what. All but two of my electrics wear 9-42. The '70s Guild "SG" type wears 8-38. The Gretsch archtop is a string experiment platform. Technically all my "acoustics" are AE. 9-42 on the fingerpickers and 10-46 on the flatpickers. The AE 12s... haven't really found anything I like. Right now 10s on the one I'm playing more, but 10-48 and tuned down to D-standard. I'll add that preferences have changed a lot over the past 50+ years, as well as types of strings available. Overall, though, I'm the last to claim that my choices should be emulated by others. It'a a matter of what and how I play that "fits" me and may be truly horrid choices for someone else. m Just found that 8's & 9's are easier to bend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 It's like anything else - you gain something you lose something. You can't stomp on the 8s. You really can't stomp on the 9s, either. Nor the 10s on the AEs. I guess I can't help but bring up Mother Maybelle's "Mapes Extra Heavy" strings back in the'60s that she let me attempt to play. She'd capo up and play that old Gibson archtop like an autoharp - scratching across the strings. It worked quite well for her. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Paul Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 All electrics I use 8-38's with the exception of my slide LP which has 9-42's. All either Ernie's or D'Addario's. Accoustics get Martin Phosphor Bronze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awel Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 10-46 on Gibson and since not so long 9-46 on long scale neck, Strat and Tele, now that I have to play often and as lead guitar, playing comfortably numb solo is way much easy with 9-46. Standard tuning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'Scales Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I was the same until recently - 10's on Gibson/Epi scale length and 9's on the Strat scale length. Now I'm mainly using the latter in Eb tuning I've gone to 10's there too. So its 10-46 all round now. (Elixir Polyweb) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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