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which strings has everyone been using lately?



been digging on these myself:

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[quote name="Void"]Image[/quote]



goddamn you must tune to Z :oldryan:
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Can't find a seven string set that doesn't feel loose to me, so I go with the above. :santa:
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GHS 011 to 058 for guitar. DR RedDevils 045 to 125 for bass.
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[quote name="uni777"]GHS 011 to 058 for guitar. DR RedDevils 045 to 125 for bass.[/quote]

I doubt that you don't tune 011-058 to standard E? :redneck:
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I use a custom set of D'Addarios



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Tuned to B Standard :santa:
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[quote name="Mr. P"]
[quote name="uni777"]GHS 011 to 058 for guitar. DR RedDevils 045 to 125 for bass.[/quote]

I doubt that you don't tune 011-058 to standard E? :redneck:[/quote]

I do not tune at all... :redneck:
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ernie ball super slinkys for life y'all.
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[quote name="Derek Waters"]ernie ball super slinkys for life y'all.[/quote]



i think slash uses them
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[quote name="Derek Waters"]ernie ball super slinkys for life y'all.[/quote]



I've used them for the last 5 years

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but this year i switched to these

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[quote name="zim"]
[quote name="Void"]Image[/quote]



goddamn you must tune to Z :oldryan:[/quote]



You should hear his H chords, though :santa:
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you don't mess with fucking H chords :shake:
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You guys are fucking posers. Tune to Hb if you want to be taken seriously.
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H was actually used instead of B in some countries way back. I have relatives that says H note and not B (like my mother, for example). :santa:
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Image+ Image for the low B
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[quote name="Uros"]Image+ Image for the low B[/quote]



Similiar to me :idea:
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[quote name="Devy"]You guys are fucking posers. Tune to Hb if you want to be taken seriously.[/quote]



that is not a real note
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[quote name="M.Bison"]
[quote name="Uros"]Image+ Image for the low B[/quote]



Similiar to me :idea:[/quote]

I see that now :santa:



I tune to BDGCFAD. Before this set I was using Image+68 for low A (ADGCFAD then), and it was pretty cool for riffs. But, since then I started to use lots of trills on C and F strings for some stuff, so I wanted something more relaxed, and I must say that my current setup is killer :xx:

Not loose, nor too tight.
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been really digging those pure blues pure nickel roundwound
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D'Addarios for the win 12-54
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Ernie Ball 09s
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GHS 9-42 for E Eb D and B tunes
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everyone should give some sort of nickel strings a shot, they really "pop" and keep their sound for a long while
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i use d'addario 9's. on my guitar that i play more surfy stuff on i use d'addario 12's.
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Just ordered some of these:



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56-11 for 7 string A# and 46-10 for Eb.....and 60-12 for drop A hehehhee
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I'm now tuned 60 -12 for C -Standard. Nice and taught on the lower strings but not to heavy at the top.
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[quote name="RitesOfPossession"]I'm now tuned 60 -12 for C -Standard. Nice and taught on the lower strings but not to heavy at the top.[/quote]

:judge: but the strings are for DROP C tuning, not standard!
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[quote name="Toozey"]D'Addarios for the win 12-54[/quote] Got these as well as Ernie Ball 12-56's on my two geets. I think I prefer the D'Addarios. Really smooth feel and they last longer than the EB's for me.
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[quote name="PrismAndGate"]
[quote name="Toozey"]D'Addarios for the win 12-54[/quote] Got these as well as Ernie Ball 12-56's on my two geets. I think I prefer the D'Addarios. Really smooth feel and they last longer than the EB's for me.[/quote]



:santa: I used Ernie Balls for a long time and they always snapped at the bridge. Maybe it's the strings or my technique is alot better but I've not snapped a string in years.
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[quote name="Toozey"]
[quote name="PrismAndGate"]
[quote name="Toozey"]D'Addarios for the win 12-54[/quote] Got these as well as Ernie Ball 12-56's on my two geets. I think I prefer the D'Addarios. Really smooth feel and they last longer than the EB's for me.[/quote]



:santa: I used Ernie Balls for a long time and they always snapped at the bridge. Maybe it's the strings or my technique is alot better but I've not snapped a string in years.[/quote]

I had that problem as well with them.
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I have never had that problem though, and I am using them on a regular basis :grimsanta:
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I've always used ernie balls for my 7 string but thinking about switching to these as the low B string is floppy as a cunt.



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A different brand with the same gauge might do the trick as well.

Ernie Ball are very loose. They aren't called slinkys for nothing.

D'adarrio and GHS have a higher tension. DR are nice too.
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