First String Change on My Les Paul Traditional...

Sometimes it’s nice to try new things. I switched up a few things last year. Now I’m back to 10s on Gibson(24.75) scale ...9s on PRS(25inch)scale, and Fender (25.5inch) scale. The conundrum has turned out to be the short scale Bronco...I stayed with the factory 9s...they’re wicked squishy.
The key is; Find what works AND brings you joy and comfort.
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Beagle said:
I took the hard work out of strings ages ago. All the electrics get a set of 8-38s.
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If you want to go even lighter, there is a Billy Gibbons signature set that's 7-38 ;)

When I started playing more recently, I started with 8-38. After that was 8-40, now I have 9-46 Hybrid Slinkys. I think next I'll try 10-50 wound G and then 11-52 wound G. Hopefully I can stop there :)

What irks me about most string manufacturers is the :poo:ty "environmentally friendly" packaging. Ernie Ball seems to still package theirs in single envelopes which is nice.
 
Sp8ctre said:
Diggin' the strings so far, played about an hour and the feel and sound great. Low E feels a little too slinky though?
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.038 does sound awfully light to me, but I think you can get used to them if you like the feel overall. What did you go from? 10-46?
Granted I have not tried a anything that light since I was in high school and hurt one of my fingers, but I think I am like most players in that it's the unwound strings that shred my fingers and the higher tension on the larger wound strings keeps them from slapping the frets.
 
aon said:
If you want to go even lighter, there is a Billy Gibbons signature set that's 7-38 ;)

When I started playing more recently, I started with 8-38. After that was 8-40, now I have 9-46 Hybrid Slinkys. I think next I'll try 10-50 wound G and then 11-52 wound G. Hopefully I can stop there :)

What irks me about most string manufacturers is the :poo:ty "environmentally friendly" packaging. Ernie Ball seems to still package theirs in single envelopes which is nice.
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I tried those Billy Gibbons strings years ago. They were just too light. I like a 9 or 10 okay, but I wanted to try that 38 on the low end.

gball said:
.038 does sound awfully light to me, but I think you can get used to them if you like the feel overall. What did you go from? 10-46?
Granted I have not tried a anything that light since I was in high school and hurt one of my fingers, but I think I am like most players in that it's the unwound strings that shred my fingers and the higher tension on the larger wound strings keeps them from slapping the frets.
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I did go from 10-46. I wanted to see what a lighter low end felt like on a "regular" set of strings.

Seems like it's too loose when I tune it up. Of course if I do another full go around it's super tight...

I may have to change it up. I'm going to look for a 40.
 
aon said:
If you want to go even lighter, there is a Billy Gibbons signature set that's 7-38 ;)

When I started playing more recently, I started with 8-38. After that was 8-40, now I have 9-46 Hybrid Slinkys. I think next I'll try 10-50 wound G and then 11-52 wound G. Hopefully I can stop there :)

What irks me about most string manufacturers is the :poo:ty "environmentally friendly" packaging. Ernie Ball seems to still package theirs in single envelopes which is nice.
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I started with flatwound 13s over 50 years ago. The only thing that has anything that heavy these days is my bass.
 
I have been using 10-46 Slinky's on my 25.5" (Fender) guitars. I am currently using 10-52 on my Gibson and PRS guitars. I really like the bottom end "chunk" that the heavy strings give but still have bendability (sp?) on the higher strings.
 
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