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Dec 7 2017, 08:29 PM
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I've Flatwound 12s on my Epiphone Dot, 11s on my Burny LP, 10's on my Tyler Burning Water and 9s on my RG and Tele.
My acoustics, 13s on my Bourgeois Slope D and 12s on my Martin D42 copy -------------------- My SoundCloud
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Dec 9 2017, 10:21 AM
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I use 10s on all of my electrics but I really want to buy a USA Sunburst Strat and have it set up with 15s just for the hell of it as my little piece of SRV
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Dec 10 2017, 06:24 PM
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Interesting. It would be good for training the muscles in the hands/fingers though
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Dec 10 2017, 06:29 PM
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QUOTE (Phil66 @ Dec 10 2017, 10:24 AM)  Interesting. It would be good for training the muscles in the hands/fingers though You can actually fuck your hands and wrists up pretty good if you play too hard (a lot of bending) on a set of 13s or bigger. SRV just didn't live long enough for that to happen. He also tuned down a 1/2 step. Playing on big strings doesn't help your technique. It's not about strength, it's about control. -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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Dec 10 2017, 08:52 PM
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Don't you need strength to be able to control though?
I always find that if I play the acoustic for a while the electric with 10s on after that feels so easy. -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Dec 10 2017, 09:48 PM
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You only need to build up your strength in the beginning or after an injury or if you've stopped playing completely for several months/years. After you've played consistently for a couple of years, your hands aren't getting any stronger and they are strong enough. Strong enough to stretch a piece of skinny wire a couple of centimeters. Yeah, playing a steel string for a couple of hours and then switching to an electric with 10s or 9s on it will of course 'feel' easier but really, when you switch, are you playing 'better'?
I'm an .11 gauge player on my solid bodies. Not super heavy but def not 'light'. I like .12s on my steel string and my jazz archtop. The reason I like the heavier gauges is because of the resistance in my right (picking) hand. I can bend the shit out a set of 11s or 12s. My hand is as strong as it's gonna get. It has been since I was probably 19. Speed, accuracy, groove, shifting, etc. - that's the hard stuff. This post has been edited by klasaine: Dec 10 2017, 10:16 PM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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Dec 10 2017, 10:15 PM
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A good point well made Ken.
Thank you
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