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Originally Posted by ewalling
On guitarvideos.com whenever the guys like Stefan Grossman, Fred Sokolow, or Woody Mann down-tune to open D, open G, or dropped D, they simply tune down whatever they already have on the guitar, and I do know that Stefan Grossman uses standard lights - 12-53 D'Aaddarios. If you've just got one guitar and you normally use lights, then I would use those and down-tune when you need to. My feeling is that you're better to be a bit too light with a guitar than too heavy for sheer playability. Even medium lights, 12.5 - 55, in standard can really take it out on your fingers.
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I'm not too worried about high string gauges because I've been playing a dread w/ mediums for about 3 years now. Its actually kinda funny because my callouses on my left hand have developed into this super hard leathery plate that's actually kinda embedded under the top layer of skin. When I play my electric, I don't really even feel the strings and can do crazy bends with little effort.
