String Gauge

[Anjel]

Hi, I'm getting a thicker string gauge for my guitar. I want it in B (and possibly C) standard.

What gauge should I use? I can't find an answer anywhere online. I want it pretty tight (but not too tight because I want to be able to play in C standard).



My guitar is 25.5" scale.

[Anjel]

Yes I know, which is why I said my preferences. I was looking for suggestions from people with more experience.

And I'm probably not going to leave my guitar to a tech around here because the only ones that are available here are really expensive, slow and does a pretty bad job as well. So I'm going to do it myself (It can't be that hard, just change the intonation and possibly the trussrod).



I have these strings on my guitar right now:



High to low:



.011

.014

.019

.032

.044

.056



I play in D standard with these strings (and C standard at lowest) anything lower feels too loose.

[neckred]

I've been in C standard a lot lately with 10-46



but the Edge birdge on my guitar does an excellent job with string tension, so they're not floppy at all, just the right amount of slinky to them

[SCUNT]

I play in c standard with 11-54

[neckred]

with 10-46 I can go from standard to as low as I want with my floyd



any thicker and it couldn't do standard

[Lavabug]

I have mine in B using a 7-string set: d'addario 59-11's, but I ditch the high E so its essentially 59-13. Best choice for B on a 25.5" in my experience, good intonation and sustain. Has enough give for C but beyond that, forget about doing string bends beyond a half-step.



I have played 70-10's in D and the guitar neck survived. Unplugged, the low D sounded as loud as an acoustic.

[Anjel]

Awesome, thanks Lavabug! I'm gonna get that D'addario 7string set.

[Abzu]

[quote name="smelly"]I play in c standard with 11-54 [/quote]