Changing to Heavier Guitar String Gauges? Keep These Things in Mind.
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Many of us have at one point or another picked up a guitar that was set up for a super light gauge, and decided to string it up with something a little bit heavier. But there are a few key things you’ll want to keep in mind when you do so, to ensure that your guitar stays playing, sounding, and performing its best.
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Originally posted by UCcRoigxoCNBOkx_j9ZEs0EA at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2ooPMHqSrU
The information is helpful. Thanks
Why do I feel like Carey Elwes is talking to me about guitar strings?
Man , how can you like high action !? Sometimes the tastes are amazing…
When did jay get glasses?
Also if you have a tremolo system or vibrato
Hope you'll be able to expand your business here in the EU. We have only 1 store that sells a few of your gauges. I use your light 9-72 8-string set for drop G / G on my 7 string, so seeing them sold out always makes me panic
what about the effect on the tremolo?
.10s action can never be equal to .9s or is it that I need to learn how to setup a .10s?
Wow, job well done, young man. Very interesting. I thumbed and subscribed
i have the problem that my bridge is standing up
the only thing I noticed when switching from 9 to 10 was my floating trem was sitting a bit higher on my strat. not a huge deal to me because after my strings get done stretching I'm gonna drop to Eb standard tuning anyway.
Guys, My guitar has a low E string with gauge 46, if I want to replace it with gauge 42, will there be buzzing/fret buzzing????
String gauges matters less than the tuning they get. Drop tuning make heavy strings feel like light ones. Really light gauges are hard to keep tuned, with some limp fingered idiots, even playing on .008's.Their guitars sound crappy, with those gauges, and their playing is not better.
Do U play
Honestly, might just be a better idea to have a second guitar set up specifically for heavy strings. I may buy a second strat and keep it at Eb.
One thing I usually change that you didn't mention (I think) is the string height if the string height was originally set pretty close to the fretboard with lighter strings. Heavier strings usually causes me to hit the string a little heavier, causing them to vibrate a little harder, causing in turn fret buzz… in my experience.
I'd like to tune one of my acoustics to standard D- one step down. What gauge would you recommend?
I put some heavier gauge strings on my friends Strat and his tremolo seems to be doing a wheelie in the back raising up maybe an eighth of an inch from the body of the guitar. Is it just a matter of tightening up springs inside the body of the guitar or do I need to add another spring?
Sounds like if I go up on my Tele then The only way I could come back down is to change the nut, don’t know if I wanna do that. I was thinking 10 would be a little better than 9s ????
I went from 9s to 11s and the intonation went slightly sharp. Just a tip for people in the comments.
what if i change the 42 gauge on a 6 string to a 136 gauge?
I changed from 11-54 to 12-62 for drop b – a# on my Les Paul Custom and the lowest string doesn't sit 100 percent on the nut. Would that mess with intonation if it's not sitting ????? All the other strings I've been able to intonate without problems just that low string.
When you file the slots in the nut to accommodate heavier gauge strings, what happens if you put "normal" gauges back on later? Will they ever work properly after the slots have been filed wider? Thank you.
Will I need to have any different setup if I go from the factory 9’s on my affinity strat to Ernie 10’s? New to electric and hope to get some help.
Just ordered a set of 13-58s from Stringjoy after reading some very positive reviews from their customers. I'm ooking forward to trying them out.
I jumped from standard to mammoths without doing any of this a few months ago (still using mammoths rn, I'm on my third set) and I'm not sure if I did an oof by doing none of this
Edit: wait no I used slightly heavier strings before the switch
Lengthen by 3 hundreds ish or shorten dude what's up.
You talk too much bro. This video should have lasted 2 min less
I must have got lucky I normally play 10 through 52 but I wanted a really low tune guitar so I bought another guitar for standard I used my Ibanez Gio which was the first brand name my guitar I ever had 13 through 62 I use it for drop A and B standard love it
After you spoke about the nut slots I was waiting for you to say, “the last thing you wanna do is bust a nut on your guitar…”
Thanks for the help based upon your video you are brilliant