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cajunman831

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I ordered me the 9-42 sets and the 10-46.I been playing for years with Ernie Ball 9-42.What strings you guys

use or do you use just Gibson? I like the light strings,cause on my strats and teles, that is all I use.Never could

adjust to 10,s.But i,ll give the 10,s a try when I get home ,on my new Les Pauls.I know Gibsons are good with

10,s due to the shorter scale as compared to 25.5 scale.

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I use WebStrings on all of my guitars; they sound good, they feel good and they're very inexpensive. I used GHS for over 20 years until another player told me about WebStrings and I haven't looked back.

 

The only brand that I think sucks is Dean Markley. They claim their strings hold their tone for a long time (don't oxidize as fast) but I never got to find out because they broke like crazy.

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Hey cajunman, I also prefer light gauge strings (9s). Have you ever tried Ernie Ball Hybrid strings? I've been using them for years, (9-46). The treble strings are 9s, and the bass strings are 10s. Easy as pie bends with the 9s, and nice thick bass with the 10s. Give them a try.

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I tried a few before getting back to where I started, with the Brite 10s.

 

Ernie Ball Slinkies, I didn't like, but couldn't really say why. I stuck for a while with the Gibson Vintage Reissues, which I liked, but they last about a third of the time the brites last. I guess being Vintage strings, you're supposed to boil them or something, but I went back to Brites.

 

Each to their own, and all that.

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Billy Gibbons plays with 8's.

 

Yeah so does Jimmy Page

And EVH and Clapton use 9's

Unfortunatley that doesn't make them cool

I don't understand the idea behind thin strings, they don't sound as good IMO and I can bend 11's and even 12's just fine

So I've deduced that they are just for lazy people.

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