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Old 01-15-2013, 01:02 PM
Opa John Opa John is offline
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First of all.......welcome to the forum. Glad to have ya.

In your case, I'd verify what gauge of strings are recommeded by Ibanez for your new guitar......and, I think I'd stay with that gauge.

Medium strings are used in a lot of cases because they usually tend to give you a fuller sound. I happen to have my own opinions on this. In other words, I don't think it's true in all cases.

I have two Martin dreads. A twelve year old DM and a practically brand new D-15M. I've got light gauge strings on both of them simply because I've tried mediums and I feel the lights sound better. I honestly think the mediums tend to exert more tension on the sound board of both of these guitars, thereby inhibiting the vibrations that occur when I use light gauge strings. That's just my humble opinion.....I've got nothing scientific to back it up with.

As far as playability goes...I don't notice much difference in the "feel" of one gauge vs. the other. Maybe if I did a lot of string bending (which I don't) I'd notice a differnce.......don't know.

I'm sure you'll get a lot more opinions......so stay tuned.
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