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Bending heavy strings

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RocknRollShakeUp

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Dave P said:
A great local player here handed me his Xotic strat to play yesterday, the thing had .014-.068 strings on it and mile high action. Holy crap. It took everything I had to play it without sounding like I had just started playing guitar yesterday. :hee
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Tuned standard? Wow
 
Dave P

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It was tuned down a half step, but even so it was pretty difficult to play.
 
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I can see how some people would have trouble bashing around a set of strings in that gauge, I just don’t find that to be the case for myself. My cheap Squire Bullet really does sound better when it’s strung heavy. The only downside is those strings chew up callouses. Still, it’s worth it to me.
 
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I like the tone of a difficult set of 10s, over an easy set of 11s. :jim
 
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I like to be liking DAD 10.5's.

I can play any guitar.

With any strings.

But I'm not Billy Gibbons.

And definitely not SRV.

When I get in front of a crowd.

I'm not thinkin' about my strings.

I'm thinkin' about kung fu.

And how to defend myself.

From drunk stinkin' harp players.

That think I should let them sit in.

Those guys.
 
renderit

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Texas Blues said:
I like to be liking DAD 10.5's.

I can play any guitar.

With any strings.

But I'm not Billy Gibbons.

And definitely not SRV.

When I get in front of a crowd.

I'm not thinkin' about my strings.

I'm thinkin' about kung fu.

And how to defend myself.

From drunk stinkin' harp players.

That think I should let them sit in.

Those guys.
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Suck on lemons between songs.

Shuts harp suckers right up...
 
cincyguitar

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I just ordered those Dunlop strings that BG has...high E is .07...should bend real easy...I hope I won't break them...will find out when I put them on soon...:dude:
 
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cincyguitar said:
I just ordered those Dunlop strings that BG has...high E is .07...should bend real easy...I hope I won't break them...will find out when I put them on soon...:dude:
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LOL, I break .009's pretty quickly. I'd blow through .007s on the first chord.

Though when I sold guitars for a living, I had one customer who had some muscle / nerve issue, I'd special order him .008's a case at a time a couple times a year, plus extra E and B strings.
 
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