Help me choose the right gauge strings for my 7 string

[Jaymz]

Basically im using 10-59 strings now on my C7 Hellraiser and I find the bottom strings too slack. So I want to take it up a notch, ive looked into some of the premade packs by D'addario and I might need to get a custom set making.

I was thinking about the 10-52 with the 70 on top like Loomis but I don't tune half a step down. 10-52 is perfectly good on another guitar I have in standard however thats got a 24.75 scale length, the C7 being 26.5.

So I was thinking the 10-52 with the .70 would be a bit on the tight side for such a tuning/scale length.

Any suggestions?

 

[Wild Hades]

Here you can find every set/single string you could need:
http://saitenkatalog.de/shop1/index.php/cPath/397_65?osCsid=4ioaj01849t9008h6076jj97k8ceneam

That "22.5" was a typo I guess... 25.5, isn't it?
I would try to remain on the 10-52 plus a single string from 65 to 70...
If you think it could be too tight, maybe the DR 10-50 could be a good compromise.

I suggest you to order a bunch of 10-52 and some different B strings, so that you can try and see what's best for you. If 10-52 is too heavy for the 7, you can always use them on the 6, without waste of money...

 

[Metaltastic]

Having a .52 for the E-string and then a .70 for the B seems like it'd be really imbalanced, so Jeff or someone would need to chime in to confirm that - you really find a .59 in B to be too slack, even with a longer neck? Craziness...

 

[Forceps]

I've got a 6 string in B with these:

http://www.banzaieffects.com/GHS-Zakk-Wylde-ZWLO-pr-14795.html

 

[Jaymz]

Yeah sorry its totally wrong lol, I meant 24.75 scale Thanks for the link wild!

I too was thinking about perhaps a .65 or something. Marcus, yeah thats what ive heard a few times, thats what he uses. I too would think a .59 would be tight enough but tbh it feels more like a .54 for some reason. Just for the chugging it just dosen't give a quick responce, but I don't want to go too thick and into the WOOF factor!

 

[Metaltastic]

Yeah, at the end of the day, the feel and tone are of course what count the most!

 

[AudioPhile777]

Yeah sorry its totally wrong lol, I meant 24.75 scale Thanks for the link wild!

I too was thinking about perhaps a .65 or something. Marcus, yeah thats what ive heard a few times, thats what he uses. I too would think a .59 would be tight enough but tbh it feels more like a .54 for some reason. Just for the chugging it just dosen't give a quick responce, but I don't want to go too thick and into the WOOF factor!

Dude... .60 ftw.

 

[Lazzari]

Dude... .60 ftw.

u think the diff between the .59 and the .60 its THAT big ??