A guide to string gauges for guitars. How to choose the right ones for you.
Here’s to talk about strings for electric and acoustic guitars, which gauges to choose and why.
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Originally posted by UCNVWtigvyYjYJ5jM_dVDh7Q at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b28If_koFdA
I recently switched to 9s and I’m loving it. All of if not most of my guitars are strung with 9s
Thanks. A very useful explanation.
This should be lesson one for new guitarists. Light is medium, medium is heavy, and there is no bronze in your bronze guitar strings – they're made of brass.
"srv usees telephone wires" XDXD
Hy i have floyedrose is used 6543 different strings and 1and 2 is different strings i want to quarry my guitar neck or freat bord bend for this???
I just bought a Gretch G5655T. Do guitars with a Bigsby tremolo have any nuances that would impact the gage of the strings used?
I Broke the low e string. I'll be replacing all the strings. This was a helpful video. Thanks a bunch.????
I don't believe 10's on a Strat or Telecaster is harder on the guitar than 9's.
I have a set of Extra light, and hate how quiet it is but the bending is great
❤❤❤aa Excellent review.. I understand why you didn't get into the name brands. Being diplomatic was probably the best way to go. Lol. With that being said, have you ever heard of a str????ing company called. sIT? "Stay In Tune" . They are made in Akron, Ohio. This is not an ad and I am not being paid for this. I've been using these strings for many years. They are so popular.They make strings for other companies which basically put their name on the package. I know it's not the best thing in the world to do, but I left a guitar in a case for over 8 months. And did not downtune the strings. When I took it out and played it, it was perfectly in tune. I suggest you try them out. They are decently priced.❤❤❤ Thank you. jr
For a given weight of string the short-scale guitar requires less tension in the strings to bring them to pitch so, if anything, they can use heavier strings more easily.
Thank you…. really helpful and clear info. Appreciate it!
I think you were wrong at 3:20 when you said go extra light for a short scale guitar ? Short scales make strings looser, so you want to go heavy to make the strings have more tension, right ?
My impression that the biggest downside of the light strings, apart from the tone, is that they break easier
Thanks so much for your video Gary. I started playing a month ago and just snapped a string for the first time. Very helpful.
Like your vid. Question…so what about if I’m tuning acoustic guitars (Taylor DN3 and 814CE) a FULL STEP D down to possibly 1.5 steps down. I know…it sounds ridiculous but I have to due to my low voice w not such great range. I have to transpose most all of my cover song s cuz of my voice . But will it mess up my Taylor’s if I use heavier than 13-56s? Also…what about doing this to my fenders and gibsons? Thanks I appreciate your input.
8:30 Most people who play guitar don’t mind listening to longer videos. I will play the same riff for an hour to make sure I have it perfect so a 9 minute video is a piece of cake. ????????
Ive been using Ej26(0.11)
It feels hard af manh ????
I adjusted the truss rod and even sanded the saddle..
The tension still feels so hard..
Never felt like this before
I've been playing for over 50 years my rule is 9s for Strat 10s for Teles & Les Paul & tune my Fenders 1/2 step down once I turned 60 years old to make it easier on my hands I used to use Gibson ultra light in the 70s they would break all the time . I have only got one Jazzmaster Johnny Marr I got 10s on that .
There are guitars WITHOUT truss rods? ????
Welcome to the capitalist bullshit of maximizing profit margins.
Nice channel by the way.
What about tuning? If you get medium strings or hard you can tune on 432Hz to make less tension, and posibly hard string are good for down tunings of guitar , and if you use medium or hard string you should not tune as standart with 440hz because it will damage guitar. Ligt strings when downtuned has more resonance time, and heawier string has less resonanse time. Also I think for big volume guitar is better to have heavy strings to push big soundeck and volume
Thank you.
I like the lesson