They go sharp for me with 9s. God knows what it would be like with 8s. I'm not a delicate player - I wish I was.
I didn't think you were a particularly heavy handed player from what I recall.
You see some guys that strum aggressively from the forearm. I'm sure The Hives guitarist emphasized it just for effect.
I use my wrist, or pivot my hand on the bridge.
Didn't Proggy Rob use heavy strings, 13's I think, for that woman tone.
More inaccurate left hand than heavy handed right - my right hand is similar to yours. I end up bending strings too far and pulling chords out of tune with light strings, although it may have a lot to do with what I'm used to.
Joined: 10 Nov 2009 Posts: 2952 Location: Nova Scotia
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2017 10:49 pm Post subject:
11s everywhere... they're a little bit stiff on Strat and Tele, but great elsewhere for how I play.
Testing guitars in-store always feels a little gross _________________
ekwatts wrote:
That's American cinema, that is. Fucking sparkles.
I think it really depends on your playing style; one of the biggest differences between light and heavy strings is how sharp they go on the initial attack, especially if you really dig in. Was watching this earlier, a bit waffley but interesting
In the above video, there's some differences for sure, but nothing an EQ knob wouldn't readdress. I think so much of this stuff is about what feels right to you. That shit is gonna have an effect on your playing, which will have an instant effect on the whole shebang. We're nae robots, capn.
Quite interesting. I didn't know Billy Gibbons uses 7's
Thinking about it, I'm quite a delicate player, which is maybe why the strings don't go sharp for me.
Was going to mention Billy when you posted about 8s. _________________
Hurb wrote:
I don't want to live in a world where Fran doesn't play guitar.
I think it really depends on your playing style; one of the biggest differences between light and heavy strings is how sharp they go on the initial attack, especially if you really dig in. Was watching this earlier, a bit waffley but interesting
In the above video, there's some differences for sure, but nothing an EQ knob wouldn't readdress. I think so much of this stuff is about what feels right to you. That shit is gonna have an effect on your playing, which will have an instant effect on the whole shebang. We're nae robots, capn.
Quite interesting. I didn't know Billy Gibbons uses 7's
Thinking about it, I'm quite a delicate player, which is maybe why the strings don't go sharp for me.
Was going to mention Billy when you posted about 8s.
wow i really want to try 7s, i've noticed the lighter gauge strings the more i enjoy playing the guitar
Seeing as two local guitar shops have just closed it looks like I'll be buying strings online in the future. Obviously bulk is the way to go so maybe gone are the days of spontaneously just trying some of these on this.
I think it really depends on your playing style; one of the biggest differences between light and heavy strings is how sharp they go on the initial attack, especially if you really dig in. Was watching this earlier, a bit waffley but interesting
In the above video, there's some differences for sure, but nothing an EQ knob wouldn't readdress. I think so much of this stuff is about what feels right to you. That shit is gonna have an effect on your playing, which will have an instant effect on the whole shebang. We're nae robots, capn.
Quite interesting. I didn't know Billy Gibbons uses 7's
Thinking about it, I'm quite a delicate player, which is maybe why the strings don't go sharp for me.
Was going to mention Billy when you posted about 8s.
wow i really want to try 7s, i've noticed the lighter gauge strings the more i enjoy playing the guitar
Joined: 30 Aug 2011 Posts: 6010 Location: Strung up to the lemons
Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2017 3:15 pm Post subject:
It's more my fretting hand than my right hand that's a bit over enthusiastic. Maybe I'd be able to adapt but I'm just used to much heavier strings and so when I play anything strung with very light strings I find myself being too heavy handed and sending everything sharp. _________________
Fran wrote:
I love how this place is basic as fuck.
ekwatts wrote:
I'm just going to smash it in with a hammer and hope it works. Tone is all in the fingers anyway.
Seeing as two local guitar shops have just closed it looks like I'll be buying strings online in the future. Obviously bulk is the way to go so maybe gone are the days of spontaneously just trying some of these on this.
Do most folk on here buy strings in bulk online?
Yeah, dem 3 or 5 set-in-a-pack of D'Addarios have always been my go-to for years. Although I've busted like 3 high E's in a row so have a load of 'Keith Richard' sets to look forward to..
The only reliable 9 or 10 sets to work on my Bratomaster's Jazzmaster trem are Fender Bullets. Every other brand I've tried has unwound at the bottom of the high E string at some point. Sadly my local music shop doesn't sell them but they perform really well. No windings round the tailpiece means they look quite dapper, too.
Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 1913 Location: East London
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 11:21 am Post subject:
George wrote:
The only reliable 9 or 10 sets to work on my Bratomaster's Jazzmaster trem are Fender Bullets. Every other brand I've tried has unwound at the bottom of the high E string at some point. Sadly my local music shop doesn't sell them but they perform really well. No windings round the tailpiece means they look quite dapper, too.
I had this problem when I used D'Addarios. I always tin the e & b strings with solder before I string up. It stops them unwinding.
I had experimented with soldering the windings before switching to Bullets. I found it didn't really help, and there's an additional amount of work involved with soldering. If I didn't like the Bullet sound and feel, or they were very much more expensive than Ernie Ball or D'addarios (they're about the same price), I'd probably suck it up and solder them, though.
Seeing as two local guitar shops have just closed it looks like I'll be buying strings online in the future. Obviously bulk is the way to go so maybe gone are the days of spontaneously just trying some of these on this.
Do most folk on here buy strings in bulk online?
Yeah, dem 3 or 5 set-in-a-pack of D'Addarios have always been my go-to for years..
This^ _________________
Hurb wrote:
I don't want to live in a world where Fran doesn't play guitar.
Joined: 21 Aug 2010 Posts: 1258 Location: Houston, Texas
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2017 2:58 am Post subject:
9s on my Strat and Tele for no particular reason other than I've had carpal in both hands in the past and don't ever want that to become an issue again.
10s on my Jag and Epi LP Special (and I think my acoustic)
I had this problem when I used D'Addarios. I always tin the e & b strings with solder before I string up. It stops them unwinding.
I've used D'Addarios for years. Never tinned the windings, though. I'd be concerned that it would weaken things, rather than making it stronger. I've haven't problems with strings coming apart there, either. _________________
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