Best Strings Gauge For Dropped D |
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Jun 10 2013, 03:12 AM
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Hello guys! I'm having some jams and working on songs with two friends (a drummer and a bass player) and we are creating tunes around modern metal and metalcore. I'm using dropped D tuning and I'm not feeling comfortable with standard 010 d'adario strings. I'm playing strongly and my current strings gauge doesn't support it. My tuning and tone isn't stable. I was planning to try some of these:
http://www.ernieball.com/products/electric...om-nickel-wound Any other suggestion? -------------------- My lessons
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Jun 10 2013, 03:29 AM
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i bought nothing but ernie ball since i started playing cause thats what a friend suggested, theve been great....but i picked up some daddario string cuz they came on sale for 6us. for pack of three and i like them better they seem brighter. and on one of my fenders i keep in drop D i put on some cleartones heavy bottom, same gauge you posted on the ernie balls, i like the cleartones i changed a while ago and they are still like when i strung it about 2 months ago, but i also have not been playing alot of drop d.
heres a link http://www.guitarcenter.com/Cleartone-Elec...767-i1507097.gc |
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Jun 10 2013, 03:55 AM
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QUOTE (dcz702 @ Jun 9 2013, 11:29 PM)  i bought nothing but ernie ball since i started playing cause thats what a friend suggested, theve been great....but i picked up some daddario string cuz they came on sale for 6us. for pack of three and i like them better they seem brighter. and on one of my fenders i keep in drop D i put on some cleartones heavy bottom, same gauge you posted on the ernie balls, i like the cleartones i changed a while ago and they are still like when i strung it about 2 months ago, but i also have not been playing alot of drop d. heres a link http://www.guitarcenter.com/Cleartone-Elec...767-i1507097.gc Thanks mate, I didn't know the Cleartone strings, I will check them. -------------------- My lessons
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Jun 10 2013, 09:41 AM
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QUOTE (Gabriel Leopardi @ Jun 10 2013, 02:12 AM) Hello guys! I'm having some jams and working on songs with two friends (a drummer and a bass player) and we are creating tunes around modern metal and metalcore. I'm using dropped D tuning and I'm not feeling comfortable with standard 010 d'adario strings. I'm playing strongly and my current strings gauge doesn't support it. My tuning and tone isn't stable. I was planning to try some of these: http://www.ernieball.com/products/electric...om-nickel-wound Any other suggestion? Gabee, I tried this gauge in Standard D as well and they were just fine on my PRS - the Elixir ones, tho! |
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Jun 10 2013, 04:21 PM
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I use the EB gauge you posted for drop D and it's fine (24.75” scale).
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Jun 10 2013, 04:50 PM
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I use the Ernie Ball beefy slinky 54-11 gauge...I went as low as drop C on my Ibanez with these and they worked well!
http://www.ernieball.com/products/electric...ky-nickel-wound -------------------- |
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Jun 10 2013, 08:26 PM
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Thanks for the comments guys! I'll try with the ones that I shared and then I'll tell you how it feels.
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Jun 12 2013, 10:07 PM
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I used to use 10-52 ernie ball's for drop D tuning, worked out pretty well!
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