velorush Posted May 17, 2024 Posted May 17, 2024 38 minutes ago, Dave Scepter said: 10's again ARRRRRRGH! In the wake of the Rhett Shull / Rick Beato video on string gauges, I gave first 8's and then 9's a try. The 8's were a disaster. I couldn't play anything in tune at all. Certainly fun bending up a couple of whole steps but playing an actual chord in tune anywhere proved impossible. I gave away the other set. Moved on to the 9's and it was somewhat better. Strat-scale was okay, but Gibson scale was a sharp-fest kind of like the 8's. I couldn't play with my thumb on the low E string at all. Vibrato was certainly easier, but I just couldn't lighten up (a problem in most areas of life for me). I finally cried "uncle" and have bought a box of 10's. I suppose 1. my technique is terrible, coupled with 2. forty plus years of playing 10-46 has permitted the terrible technique (excessive fretting pressure?) to persist.
Drew816 Posted May 17, 2024 Posted May 17, 2024 Thanks, ordered! I switched to 10's decades okay, it ain't the strings that are my problem! 😉
Dave Scepter Posted May 17, 2024 Posted May 17, 2024 1 hour ago, velorush said: In the wake of the Rhett Shull / Rick Beato video on string gauges, I gave first 8's and then 9's a try. The 8's were a disaster. I couldn't play anything in tune at all. Certainly fun bending up a couple of whole steps but playing an actual chord in tune anywhere proved impossible. I gave away the other set. Moved on to the 9's and it was somewhat better. Strat-scale was okay, but Gibson scale was a sharp-fest kind of like the 8's. I couldn't play with my thumb on the low E string at all. Vibrato was certainly easier, but I just couldn't lighten up (a problem in most areas of life for me). I finally cried "uncle" and have bought a box of 10's. I suppose 1. my technique is terrible, coupled with 2. forty plus years of playing 10-46 has permitted the terrible technique (excessive fretting pressure?) to persist. 10's on short scale and 9's on Strat scale 🤘
hamerican gigolo Posted May 18, 2024 Posted May 18, 2024 I love 10s, but I'm already pretty much well stocked on strings at the moment.
BoogieMKIIA Posted May 20, 2024 Posted May 20, 2024 I placed an order. Looks like it will ship from my local Guitar Center. We are playing quite a bit this year, glad to have a stash on hand
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