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03-19-2014, 02:30 AM
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12's or 13's all around.
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03-25-2014, 12:52 PM
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I love and only use skinny top heavy bottom strings on my tele. 11s on bottom 10s on top.
I use lights on 2/3 of my acoustics. I use new mediums or bluegrass on my j45. I really love the sound and playability of heavy bottom strings and light top strings whether it's acoustic or electric
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04-02-2014, 01:09 AM
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10's and 11's on my electrics (Strat and Tele). D'Addario nickel plated.
Lights or mediums for acoustic. Phosphor Bronze. Martin SP's or D'Addarios.
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04-02-2014, 12:30 PM
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Yes... I have 11's on both my Gibson ES-345 and my Taylor T5, each with an unwound G string... my ES-175 is sporting 13's right now...
I finally came to the conclusion that using heavier gauge strings would let me feel more comfortable with my electric guitars, in a similar fashion to the comfort I feel with my acoustic guitars; I started out playing acoustic guitar and have probably played 70% acoustic vs. electric over the past 5 decades. Turned out, it worked very well! I can still bend a full step, even a third when I'm playing up the neck... and the guitars just "feel" more solid and stable, somehow... As far as altering one's technique? I don't think there's any question but that the technique and accommodations for both acoustic and electric have many differences. I do a LOT more muting of strings with an electric guitar, for instance, as well as using a lighter attack. While I have gotten very proficient at being able to move between fingerstyle, strumming and single notes on an acoustic guitar, that same flexibility on an electric guitar is much more elusive and demanding... but, again, it could be more a function of just not putting the time into playing the electric... Then there's the whole issue of "tone"... with an acoustic, you've pretty much "got what you've got", and then you learn how to coax the sounds you want to hear out of the guitar... With an electric, there are SO MANY MORE VARIABLES! Even the volume level alters tone... set an amp up to sound one way at a nominal volume, then crank it up... and it sounds completely different! Not to mention the volume and tone pots on your guitar... AND you can CHANGE ANYTHING YOU WANT for something else that sounds different! Sure, they are both "guitars", but acoustic and electric guitars are as different as night and day...
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04-02-2014, 01:05 PM
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On this guitar I do,,,
Westerly Guild FS-46ce solid-body http://westerlyguildguitars.com/images/fs46ce.jpg
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#24
04-02-2014, 11:13 PM
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Running 11-49's on my hollow body jazz box. Sometimes I use 11-50's. (Epiphone Joe Pass Emperor II)
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