Strings thickness for your electric guitar / myLot

Italy

March 27, 2007 1:48am CST

Which strings thickness do you use for your electric guitar? Did you try a lot of different thicknesses or are you just going on to use just one thickness? I use mainly 009-042/046.

5 responses

Zalvor

@Zalvor (727)

• Turkey

2 Apr 07

I use Ernie Ball 009 strings. I think of switching to 010 though, as it really gives a tougher sound, especially if you like to tune your guitar something like a Drop D.

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layney

@layney (1053)

• Italy

2 Apr 07

Ok I understand what you're saying but think that changing strings would make you change your set-up too, on the bridge for example

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MasterTimer

@MasterTimer (102)

• Belgium

1 Apr 07

Yesterday i've put some .009 strings on my guitar.

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MasterTimer

@MasterTimer (102)

• Belgium

1 Apr 07

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that they are D'Addario strings. grtz

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miryam

@miryam (6505)

• Italy

27 Mar 07

I dont have a electric fguitar I have a pianoforte, but I learn to play it.are so hard...........

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luis96

@luis96 (2)

• United States

29 Mar 07

I've been playing for about a year and a half so I've mostly used .009 guage strings. A couple of months ago I started using .010 guage strings and I've noticed that I had to develop stronger callouses for the guage because my fingers would hurt after about 30 min. With 9 guage strings I can play for hours with no bother to my finger. Now the Im starting to get used to the .010 guage strings and they seem to handle string bending better than the .009s.

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ripley84

@ripley84 (34)

• Philippines

29 Apr 07

ernie ball super slinky for fast action, same thickness u use.

ripley84

@ripley84 (34)

• Philippines

29 Apr 07

and also you may have to adjust the bridge if ul change the string gauge, but you can do it yourself as long as you have a tuner.