Alexi's choice !

[The Child Of Bodom]

I just wonder what string size ( I dunno the exact word ) do use Alexi ?
He's tuned DGCFAD, and sometimes lower !

 

[Yetti]

the word you're looking for is gauge. string gauge refers to its thickness.


they had a write-up in guitar world a few months back about him and they said he uses 11s. the brand it listed was DR if you were wondering about that, too.

 

[The Child Of Bodom]

As I thought ..
Thank you very much, "gauge", I got that !
But what's your DR thing ?

 

[BodomiC]

DR is a string brand name, not so good imo, but i used them only for acoustic...

 

[The Child Of Bodom]

Just that, "DR" ?
IMO Elexir and d'Adarion rocks, what's your choice Bodomic ?

 

[The Child Of Bodom]

d'Adario*

 

[CadalMord]

Ain't it "D'Addario"?


edit: I just love correcting everyone else's spelling mistakes...

 

[The Child Of Bodom]

sure it is !
:Spin: :Spin:

 

[Alexi Laiho's Bro]

i use D'addario 0.10 too and the totally rocks but they get rusted too early.

 

[bobvex]

I use either Ernie Ball 11's or 9's, and Gibson Vintage Reissue 10's

 

[BodomiC]

D'Addario XL 0.09-0.46, the yellow ones usre rock this planet And La Bella is quite good brand aso

 

[RockBodom]

DR is ....well I dunno . to each his own. Dean Markley owns...i use all guages depending on my mood...usually 9's or 12's in E tho....

 

[The Child Of Bodom]

But how are u tuned dudes ?
Coz id u're in DGCFAD, it can't be 0.09 I guess, that's why Alexi uses 0.11 ..
Yeah D'addario r my favorits ones, but I gonna test some DR ...
How do u do to change your gauge everytime guys, don't u have any Floyd tremolo system ?

 

[The_Children_of_Decadence]

BEADGHE, i am using 0.10 usually D' addario Seven string XL

 

[Silver Incubus]

Well with the floyd rose bridge, if you change the guage you probbably need to add another spring if you are usaully playing in E. Also you would need to adjust your intonation so that it sounds right as well.

 

[SilentNightThrobbongNight]

usually i find 9's or 10's the way to go although i have been known to use 8's

 

[bobvex]

8's - jesus man.

i just switched to 9's and i dont like them, so im goin back to 10's i use 11's for C tuning.

 

[FatMrCrab]

ÄÄÄ,

I have 12-56 on my ESP EC-1000 (tuned ½-step lower) and I'm planning to change them to 13-56 with replaced G-string (.022).

And on my Ibanez RG-7 (normal tuning) I have 10-62 and I'm planning to change top three strings to 11-18. So it would custom 7-string set 11-62.

Lady Hamer (tuned ½-step lower): 11-49, the low string are too wobbly and that sucks. Planning to change them to 12-52 with replaced G-string (.020).

Yes, I know I'm on a planning phase and light string gauges are for pussies

 

[BodomiC]

hey guys, how can u bend 0.11 string for two tones?? You must have awesomly strong hands....

 

[bobvex]

Hey fatmrcrab, mixing string sizes ona FR guitar will fuck it up bad, you won't be able to intoneate it for shit, at least that what happened with my buddies RG-7.