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geetarman	Date: November 15, 2004 @ 8:07 PM Ernie Ball - SlinkyTop Heavy Bottom Low E - 52 A - 42 D - 30 G - 17 B - 13 E - 10 Sounds great on the G&L! I use a Medium Fender Pick.
GTLive	Date: November 15, 2004 @ 10:04 PM I go for the same guages you listed, on my accoustic I prefer a white bronze string. I use a thin pick for rapid fire strumming, but I also break 'em by the bushel too.
imemine	Date: November 16, 2004 @ 12:08 AM 11, mine goes to eleven! (louder than ten) Yep!
geetarman	Date: November 16, 2004 @ 8:22 AM Gary, that white bronze is excellent! Bright sound. I use the Martin brand. Imemine1, it's gotten harder to stretch an 11 gauge all night! My knuckles started to ache, getting too old I guess
furiousBall	Date: November 16, 2004 @ 3:27 PM 11's too. I like those Dunlop Tortex picks (mediums - .74mm).
Distilled1	Date: November 16, 2004 @ 6:59 PM 9-42 D'addario EXL120 on the kramer 10-52 on the jackson the acoustics....I haven't changed in so long me I can't remeber Agree with furiousball the tortex picks I like the yellow (thats the .74 I think) but use the red super thins at times to but they do wear fast
tossom	Date: November 17, 2004 @ 6:36 AM DR "Tite fit" 11-50's on the strat. Custom made set on the SG: 13-60 (she's always dropped to C# or lower) Picks are always 1mm Dunlop tortex
Droquen	Date: November 28, 2004 @ 10:41 PM Elixir 9's Gotta love that Polyweb Coating
mdearing	Date: November 28, 2004 @ 11:10 PM Blue Steel 10's. Which by the way I will be restringing my guitar with tonight, since I broke my b string about 3 hrs ago.
victorsskull	Date: November 29, 2004 @ 9:42 AM 9 8 is to light but 9 is just right
victorsskull	Date: November 29, 2004 @ 9:43 AM boomers
imemine	Date: November 29, 2004 @ 10:03 AM After playing the bass for 100 years even an 11 seems “lite” to me! And I don’t break as many!
8111	Date: November 29, 2004 @ 10:06 AM 12 gauge...er, wait! no...I think I got 10 thru 46, Ernie Ball...yeah, that's it
8111	Date: November 29, 2004 @ 10:11 AM oh, picks? I use yhose heavy purple fuckers, file 'em down a mite before they work the way I like 'em
chazcountry	Date: November 29, 2004 @ 3:19 PM I have been using Earnie Ball Earthwoods, Extra-light guage, for over 15 years now. They are great for feel... but they are touchy.
craiglab	Date: November 29, 2004 @ 10:20 PM For years, I've been using D'Addario Phosphor-Bronze medium guage (13-56) on my Martin D-35. I just recently tried D'Addario's EXP coated strings and I love how long they last. The picks are always run-of-the-mill Fender medium guage celluloid in the tortoise shell color.
victorsskull	Date: November 30, 2004 @ 10:56 AM I useheavey dunlop picks
victorsskull	Date: November 30, 2004 @ 10:57 AM and they are purple
mystery-machine	Date: December 1, 2004 @ 12:19 PM Ernie Ball Super slinkys. lightest guage I can find...I like 'em because I can bend the hell out them. Sometimes I use a thin pick. Sometimes medium...all depends on what guitar I'm playin' and what sound I'm trying to get.
Droquen	Date: December 1, 2004 @ 3:58 PM Oh...as for picks, I use Dunlop's. .75 and 1.00mm picks. I also use one with an alien on the back
mdearing	Date: December 1, 2004 @ 4:06 PM fender heavy
gothian	Date: December 2, 2004 @ 4:51 PM 0.10
killoFunk	Date: December 4, 2004 @ 7:58 AM Earnie Ball Stainless Steel Super Slinky(09-42) Dunlop Tortex .73 sharp(pointed, yellow and double arched)
billhudson	Date: December 4, 2004 @ 9:07 AM For me I use the heavy strings, the heaver the better because I am basically a rhythm player. A guitar Tec guy who was off the road work on my ax and he put on some Martin Sp’s .013’.056. He waa working with Tom Petty’s band and he knows his stuff. I break string all the time and I am very hard on my strings. So when I do break’em I get time to talk to the audience. Still Pickin' Bill H.
gothian	Date: December 4, 2004 @ 12:30 PM 0.13 !!!... just like Stevie Ray Vaughan ..... very heavy, but you know the tone you get is good
danielsmall	Date: December 5, 2004 @ 8:26 AM Hi, I'm new here. I am well into guitar moosic and have done a load of track myself. i have listened to a lot and there are some sine musicians out there! I use Ernie Ball Regulars on my Dean but the Floyd Rose trashes them after a month. On my Ovation I use Martin String (012E) strictly for the tone. Anyone want to check out my tracks search for Daniel Small or visit my site danielsmall.com. Check out Shadows Of Orion and Nightflower and drop me an email. I will be back later. Wife is gettin'impatient... Cool!
zedsalt	Date: December 5, 2004 @ 5:43 PM Tens or elevens on the electrics, elevens or twelves on the acoustics. I could probably go heavier and still bend all the way across the 'board, because I almost always tune slacker than standard (I don't go higher than F# on my first string, but I often get down into A or A# on my sixth). Oh, and I always boil new strings before I put 'em on. I don't have any use for "live" strings. I used a Quarter as a pick the first ten years or so that I played; I haven't used a pick at all in the ensuing nineteen.
jeddak	Date: December 6, 2004 @ 10:17 PM 0.010-0.46 d'Addario on 25.5"-scale electrics (0.96mm Dunlop Gator or 1.0mm Dunlop Tortex for blues/fusion) 0.012 d'Addario Bronze on acoustic, (1.0mm Dunlop Nylon pick). d'Addario J29 Moderate Tension Rectified Nylon on classical. (Fingers or 1.0mm Dunlop nylon).
buckyXcore	Date: December 8, 2004 @ 10:48 AM Medium gage strings for me.
woodhead	Date: December 11, 2004 @ 12:36 AM I use heavey dunlop picks I use these also, only real metal heads would admit this, any way I use 0.11 thinkg of changing to a set of 0.12 with the 3rd string wound, just a thought.
pog	Date: December 11, 2004 @ 12:50 AM My favorite strings of all time are ghs boomers, but I don't mind the old blue steels I'm currently using the 009-046 gauge, but maybe be going back up to standard 010's in the near future. As far as plectrums go, I always go heavy, and prefer the smaller ones like the dunlop stumpy's.
BedroomSessions	Date: December 11, 2004 @ 12:47 PM .11 ernie ball slinkies on my SG. Oh baby. martin strings on acoustic...i agree.
tsand19151	Date: December 11, 2004 @ 12:52 PM ernie ball super slinkies!! !!
daneikanger	Date: December 12, 2004 @ 12:33 AM d'addario EXL 10's baby.
woodhead	Date: December 12, 2004 @ 11:57 AM Oh and the brand I use are Dean Markley
jazzyhair	Date: December 12, 2004 @ 2:36 PM d'addario extra light I think
jazzyhair	Date: December 12, 2004 @ 2:37 PM d'addario extra light I think
chrismacmanus	Date: December 12, 2004 @ 5:23 PM Super Slinkies on electric and either D'Addario or Martin mediums on the Acoustic - can't afford those Elixers!
johnnygnote	Date: December 12, 2004 @ 7:10 PM Medium Gauge Bronze on my acoustics and 9-10's on my electrics depending on how I feel that day
Traf	Date: December 15, 2004 @ 2:12 PM I use a hybrid mix.. heavy on the bottom 3.. 48, 38, 28.. I find they don't have that inititial sharpening when you whack them a bit hard.. and 16, 11, 9 on the top.. for bendy bits..
bakesnake	Date: January 1, 2005 @ 2:16 PM Ernie ball 10-46's
gothian	Date: January 3, 2005 @ 11:41 AM I just tryed the 0.10 - 0.52 !!... they are insane (the first 3 strings are regular, the last 3 are really heavy)
GreatGooglyM...	Date: January 3, 2005 @ 12:53 PM d'addario 9's. I heard that Yngwie used once something like 7's!
gothian	Date: January 4, 2005 @ 1:18 PM Yeah..... though now he uses 8's ... take a look at the "famous musicians you have met" thread in the general forum, I posted a pic when I met Yngwie
GreatGooglyM...	Date: January 4, 2005 @ 3:03 PM OK, cool!
Spott	Date: January 4, 2005 @ 3:39 PM I've been using Blue Steel lights (9 - 42) for the past 10 years. Main picks are Dunlops 1 mm, but sometimes I'll use Dunlops .88 mm (I get better bitchin' effect with those).
gothian	Date: January 4, 2005 @ 7:59 PM Hey !!... I use 1 mm picks also !!... in the past I used 1.21 or 1.5 ... I have a hard time finding the right material though.... in the local stores they never have the same picks, they change like I change undewear (not everyday, but often enough )
dheely	Date: January 14, 2005 @ 1:22 PM i thought stevie ray vaughan used 14s gothian? i guess either way he was crazy as are you for doing it.
tossom	Date: January 14, 2005 @ 1:32 PM I have 14-60 on my SG, but it never gets tuned up past C# though so its not really that impressive. SRV must have had incredibly strong fingers...
gothian	Date: January 14, 2005 @ 3:16 PM dheely: He might've used both calipers, but I'm not sure about that. I can't put in my guitar more than 11's because I always use floating tremolos (it can be done, but I don't like to go that far... I might screw the tremolo seting it up) For me the problem are the first 3 strings, it just doesn't feel right for me
scottlaned	Date: January 14, 2005 @ 7:24 PM I use .10 on my 2003 Strat and .13 on my 1995 strat. I mainly use the .10 guitar, but I like my old one to play blues tunes. I use a .73 Dunlop Tortex pick (yellow one).
rapidhopeloss	Date: January 31, 2005 @ 3:33 AM 9-guage. Should really use heavier ones, but won't it bend my neck if I change guage?
rapidhopeloss	Date: January 31, 2005 @ 3:37 AM ^that's my electric by the way. I use 11s on my acoustic, I think....
zedsalt	Date: January 31, 2005 @ 11:22 AM If your truss rod is snug, changing string size shouldn't mess with your neck relief. If your truss rod is just hanging there, even light strings would've probably warped your neck by now. Have fun! Experiment away!
livinalie1	Date: February 14, 2005 @ 5:37 PM i use 11's on my gitbox
Etheracide	Date: February 14, 2005 @ 10:29 PM The set on my previous guitar were mixed...extra heavy on the lower three strings and medium on the higher strings. I realized in my previous band that I needed a thicker set on the lowend or else I kept snapping my low E and A strings. My new guitar still has the factory strings on it and I don't know what they are. But I haven't had the money to replace them yet. And they sound much better than the reviews gave them credit for. These are actually pretty good manufacturer-set strings. But when I have/want to, I will most likely switch to the same set that I used on my previous guitar...I'd gotten used to it that way.
Mshort813	Date: February 15, 2005 @ 4:05 PM 10 for electric. Bronze 13 for acoustic. Medium or hard picks. Jazz picks occasionally also.
gothian	Date: February 17, 2005 @ 1:16 PM Etheracide, most guitar manufacturers include the strings info of their newly shiped guitars in their websites
stratmanstl	Date: March 18, 2005 @ 4:51 PM I've been using D'Addario 11's on my strat and tele for years. 13's on the acoustic.
mos	Date: March 20, 2005 @ 3:38 PM I like my D'Addario's 10's
SilentDeftone	Date: March 20, 2005 @ 7:43 PM GHS Boomers. 11s. When I upgraded from 9s to 11s there was an infinite difference in the tone. Most factory strings are not great quality strings.
guitarjunkie	Date: March 31, 2005 @ 11:52 AM super light .009
happyhappyhappy	Date: April 4, 2005 @ 1:37 AM I always use the heaviest strings I can find.
AnoxiaNobody	Date: April 4, 2005 @ 10:33 AM Ernie Ball Regular Slinky
Paul182	Date: April 9, 2005 @ 5:46 AM Ernie Ball Regular Slinky 11s.
Shredman135	Date: April 9, 2005 @ 6:22 PM ernie ball 10's. i use those small super-thick picks that say "cool" on them in gold writing i like the comba so i can pick super-fast but still bend really high
guitarjunkie	Date: April 12, 2005 @ 10:14 PM super lights...009's
pinheadslts75	Date: April 15, 2005 @ 7:46 PM ernie ball 11-48's