best guitar string guage for soloing?

[.Carnage]

I use 9's... but some people tell me that a bigger size would be better.... in refrence to sound quality


Any thoughts?

 

[Consuming Impulse]

go to the musican's disscussion thread

 

[unknown]

depends on what type of soloing you're doing. 9s are good for shredding and what have you. If you're doing bluesy soloing or going to be bending a lot, I'd go with 10s or 11s.

 

[Ender Rises]

I always have liked the sound of 11s

 

[vampyré]

any

 

[Ender Rises]

any

Yeah, stringe gauges are more for your hand's sake, they make little effect on tone except, obyiously, for clean tone. If you have heavy enough distortion, it doesn't matter.

 

[sumairetsu]

I use 9's... but some people tell me that a bigger size would be better.... in refrence to sound quality


Any thoughts?

9's and 8's are usually faster. Your guitar's scale length will also be a factor to consider when doing bends - a longer scale length will cause more tension when you bend strings. A thicker string will put more fundamental tones through your pickup, as well as adding still more tension.

Personally, I prefer something I can grab hold of without breaking immediately, so I use 10's or higher because I started with 13s and I'm used to using heavier gauge strings. The heavy gauge strings don't bother me because I still have a pretty fast vibrato.

 

[Mr. Tentacle Face]

10s

 

[Teh Grimace]

SRV used a 15

SRV pwns all guitar homos

 

[Erik]

since you're a girl i would suggest 8's or 9's so your weak & fragile little girl hands can manage to do bends and such

11's are for manly men with gloves of metal only

 

[Jreg]

Depends on the tuning. I have girly hands and use 9-46 in Eb.

Someone once told me Yngwie uses 8s. (???)

 

[sumairetsu]

Someone once told me Yngwie uses 8s. (???)

Yngwie has his own sets and they're still rather light.

http://www.deanmarkley.com/Strings/Electric/YngwieMalmsteenEl.shtml

 

[Ender Rises]

since you're a girl i would suggest 8's or 9's so your weak & fragile little girl hands can manage to do bends and such

11's are for manly men with gloves of metal only

I can't decide wheather to give you 4 's or 4

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