I think I'm going to put 10's back on all of my guitars.

Mark Wein

Mark Wein

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I just realized that I barely play my Les Pauls anymore. Some of that is that I'm just not into the heavier string gauges right now.

* goes off to order strings *
 
nope. Gibson Vintage Reissues.

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mah favorites :)
 
lol.


I like what I like. I'mn sure if I really wanted to sniff corks they have something on TGP made of unobtanium with a kryptonite core.
 
I switched from 9's to 10's on all my non LP electrics a few years ago and was really liking them (LP's already had them) but then I started playing less and lost the finger and hand strength to manipulate them.

About 9 months ago, I started playing almost exclusively acoustic.

Now, since I changed back to 9's, they all feel very loose and sloppy, so I too am going back to the 10's.
 
i have all 4 of my main players home right now. two have 10s and two have 11s, but all feel very different because of the differing scale lengths.

PRS - 25" - 10s
Ibanez - 25.5" - 10s
Fender - 25.5" - 11s
Ric - 24.75" - 11s

these seem to be the gauges these guitars like best (though the tele feels great with 10s without the bigsby). what i need to decide right now, is which ONE i want to play for the next month. because practicing on random instruments just isn't working for me right now. the feel differences are great, but they're not allowing me to get any real consistency and i feel it's holding me back. i'm already doing most of my practicing on my Taylor and my Dano (which is in Open E for learning slide). so i need to just pick one and go with it. right now, it's between my Ric and my Ibanez.
 
I pretty much have 10s on all my guitars. I have 9s on the Wolfgangs, but 10s on everything else.
 
I go back and forth between 9s and 10s. Lately I've been using 10s. I still have to check out these Gibson Reissues that Mark has been talking about for years.
 
I am a 10-46 user however 2 of my guitars have 11's on them. Great for jazz and some Eb tuned blues!
 
After using 10s for over 25 years, I switched to heavier gauge strings, and have never looked back:

Gretsch Country Club 25.5" scale 11s w/wound G

Fender Thinline Jaguar 24" scale 12s w/wound G

Gretsch Synchromatic Jr. Jet 24.75" scale 11s w/wound G

I like the stiffer playing feel of heavier gauge strings.
 
I used 09's for many many years,but since about 2008 i have been using 10's and i like the feel of them. I'm not as shreddery as i once was,and i find i get more tone from 10's
 
because i know you're all riveted:

i actually decided to keep both my Ibanez and Ric out for this week. instead, i put my Taylor away. my Ibanez goes back to the music school on Saturday and the PRS will come back out.
 
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