morphball
Joined: Dec 23, 2008
Posts: 3324
Pittsboro, NC
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Posted on Feb 26 2014 10:33 AM
Ivan, I've been on a serious Iommi kick lately, and started researching his string gauges and various tunings throughout the years. He does indeed use .008p-.008p-.011p-.018w-.024w-.032w for E flat tuning, and even does a C-sharp tuning with .009p-.010p-.012p-.020w-.032w-.042w... that must feel pretty loose, but riffmaster still destroys with 'em!
I recently got a certain guitar with humbuckers (of no interest to surfers), and I'm currently using D'Addario EXL115 Nickel Wound 11-49 in standard C-tuning. Feels about right coming from 9's on a 25.5" scale strat in standard E.
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rowdytelecaster
Joined: Feb 25, 2014
Posts: 8
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Posted on Feb 26 2014 11:13 AM
I use 9-42 at the moment, but im going to try 10-46 soon. Its just that i love to do bends up to a fourth or fifth. Im unhappy if i cant do that anymore.
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Skiltrip
Joined: Mar 09, 2014
Posts: 88
New York
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Posted on Mar 28 2014 02:44 PM
Ernie Ball Regular Slinky (10s). I'm a creature of habit. I've been using the EB's for longer than I can remember. I remember my uncle using them when I was a little kid in the 70s. I idolized both him and my older brother, both guitarists. I've just seen Slinkys around my family forever. Not sure I'll ever have a need to change. They really have served me well.
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derekirving
Joined: Nov 03, 2011
Posts: 658
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Posted on Mar 28 2014 03:09 PM
I've gone back to what I'm most comfortable with and what seems to sound the best to me. GHS Boomers 11-50
Though I still throw the occasional set of flatwounds on either my strat or tele. In those cases DAdarrio Chromes in the past but I think I should try Thomastik 11-47 (jazz swing flats).
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Stirz
Joined: Mar 10, 2014
Posts: 17
Ogden, Utah
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Posted on Mar 29 2014 09:22 PM
skeeter wrote:
Just bought some new D'Addario Chromes and noticed a pretty bad spelling error. 
Being a graphic designer myself I can both sympathize and laugh hysterically!
They probably printed a TON of those.
Bought some today at the local guitar place and showed that to the tech - it was the first time anyone had pointed that out - we both got a laugh.
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RaistMagus
Joined: Mar 30, 2011
Posts: 388
Copenhagen
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Posted on Apr 05 2014 04:42 AM
Hey guys, I'm going to downtune all the strings on one of my strats by one tone. I currently use Ernieball roundwounds .011s but I want to move to flatwounds.
What brand and gauge of flatwound strings would you suggest for this lower tuning, so that the tension and the response is close to my current setup?
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Canopy
Joined: Apr 28, 2014
Posts: 40
South West Coast
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Posted on Apr 30 2014 04:12 AM
squier VM SSH Telecaster -> 10s (ernie ball regular slinkys)
squier std telecaster ('95 korean) -> 10s (fender nickel)
squier std strat ('96 korean) -> 9s (fender nickel)
and cutaway electro acoustic has 'extra light' 11s as i found 12s too heavy on it.
i'm not keen on the slinkys as i've had a few cases where they've been rusty/missing coating in spots right from the pack.
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irv78
Joined: Jun 26, 2009
Posts: 99
Austria
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Posted on Apr 30 2014 04:36 AM
RaistMagus wrote:
Hey guys, I'm going to downtune all the strings on one of my strats by one tone. I currently use Ernieball roundwounds .011s but I want to move to flatwounds.
What brand and gauge of flatwound strings would you suggest for this lower tuning, so that the tension and the response is close to my current setup?
Hi,
you could try this string-tension calculator:
http://www.bangzero.org/stringtension/
It doesn't support "flatwound" per se, but I think the option "hr - half round wound" will get you close enough.
cheers,
irv
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JONPAUL
Joined: Apr 29, 2010
Posts: 2460
Venice, CA
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Posted on May 02 2014 04:36 PM
Just curious...has anyone tried these new technology extra strong strings that everyone's been advertising the heck of lately? Particularly, the Ernie Ball M-Steel and D'Addario NYXL?
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Old_Tele_man
Joined: May 01, 2014
Posts: 76
Tucson, AZ
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Posted on May 02 2014 05:54 PM
Stirz wrote:
skeeter wrote:
Just bought some new D'Addario Chromes and noticed a pretty bad spelling error.
Being a graphic designer myself I can both sympathize and laugh hysterically!
They probably printed a TON of those.
Bought some today at the local guitar place and showed that to the tech - it was the first time anyone had pointed that out - we both got a laugh.
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suncrush
Joined: May 04, 2014
Posts: 6
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Posted on May 04 2014 05:00 PM
JONPAUL wrote:
Just curious...has anyone tried these new technology extra strong strings that everyone's been advertising the heck of lately? Particularly, the Ernie Ball M-Steel and D'Addario NYXL?
Yes, and they ate all my mids. (Specifically the EB Cobalts and M Steels) I totally hated them. I kind of think they're for that stereotypical scooped metal sound, but I didn't buy an Orange amp for a scooped sound. I went back to regular old power slinkies.
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Noel
Joined: Mar 15, 2011
Posts: 8528
Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on Jun 04 2014 09:26 PM
A number of people have asked what a Stratocaster sounds like with flats. For what it's worth, this is my 2001 MIM Standard Strat. It's wearing a 2001 USA Standard Strat neck courtesy of Norm Jones (Thanks so very much, Norm! What a difference a neck makes; it's like a whole new guitar.). The pickups are almost certainly stock, but in this clip the neck and bridge pups are blended 50/50. The strings are the now unavailable Curt Mangan 11-52 flats. I'm playing through a Fender Super 4X10. All I did was plug in and turn up the amp.
So there you have it. A Strat with flats. If you've already seen the video, this is what made all that racket. 
Oh, yeah. I wish I'd removed the Snark before playing. Ugh!
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pavlovsdog
Joined: Nov 22, 2010
Posts: 281
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Posted on Jun 05 2014 06:57 PM
I just started playing la bella .12 flats on my jaguar and they sound amazing.
However when I play minor (7th, m7, etc) chords the G string is muted. Will lowering the action on just that one string make it easier for the G to ring out?
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Jun 05 2014 07:10 PM
pavlovsdog wrote:
I just started playing la bella .12 flats on my jaguar and they sound amazing.
However when I play minor (7th, m7, etc) chords the G string is muted. Will lowering the action on just that one string make it easier for the G to ring out?
Lowering the action will cause it to fret out/buzz/whatever more. You want to raise it.
Be careful to look for the string hitting the intonation screw at the back of the bridge.
Also, re-reading your post I can't think of a possible reason minor chords would make the string sound muted... Dead fret? Nut issue?
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pavlovsdog
Joined: Nov 22, 2010
Posts: 281
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Posted on Jun 05 2014 07:25 PM
It's an issue with the index finger barre not properly fretting the G string.
Remember when you were first learning to play barre chords how none of the notes came out properly? Same deal.
Action is already pretty high. Don't need to worry about the intonation screw since it's mastery bridge.
edit: sorry, it's hard to articulate.
Last edited: Jun 05, 2014 19:34:47
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CaliforniaMaxx
Joined: Dec 05, 2010
Posts: 132
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Posted on Jul 24 2014 04:47 PM
Here's what I use on my guitars:
DD Fender Strat replica: Ernie Ball 14-58 roundwounds. 14, 18, 28, 38w, 48w, and a 58w.
Fender AVRI '62 Jaguar (currently for sale): Ernie Ball 11-54 roundwounds
Fender MIM '50s Strat: Dean Markley Blue Steel 11-52 round wounds.
Fender AVRI '59 Strat: Rotosound Roto Purples 12-52 roundwounds.
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IvanP
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 10320
southern Michigan
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Posted on Jul 25 2014 01:42 PM
CaliforniaMaxx wrote:
Here's what I use on my guitars:
Fender AVRI '59 Strat: Rotosound Roto Purples 12-52 roundwounds.
 Good man, Maxx! The best Strat strings out there! 
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SaschaReynders
Joined: Dec 26, 2013
Posts: 251
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Posted on Aug 06 2014 01:19 PM
IvanP wrote:
The best Strat strings out there!
They'd better be Ivan 'cos I just received 10 sets I ordered, based on your recommendations  I'll be trying them out in a while, the current d'Addarios on my Strat are only about a week old.
In the flatwound department, I strung the Jazzmaster with my first ever set of Pyramid Gold 12-52's yesterday after playing d'Addario Chromes for about 7 years, and all I can say is: WOW ! These are awesome strings, a tad expensive but awesome, worth every penny. I put 'em on, tuned, stretched each string once and re-tuned and stayed in tune during the whole 3 hours of rehearsal. Never had that with other brand strings on their first run. And the sound you get from them is so beautiful, so rich. So goodbye d'Addario, hello Pyramid 
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crumble
Joined: Sep 09, 2008
Posts: 3158
Guildford England
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Posted on Aug 06 2014 01:41 PM
SaschaReynders wrote:
And the sound you get from them is so beautiful, so rich. So goodbye d'Addario, hello Pyramid.
They are a nice string but the beautiful sound goes dull all too quickly I found. They still sound nice though and I kept a set going for nearly year by wiping them over with (of all things) lemon oil, particularly on the underside brought them back to life. Really must get myself some light machine oil one day.
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IvanP
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 10320
southern Michigan
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Posted on Aug 06 2014 01:43 PM
SaschaReynders wrote:
IvanP wrote:
The best Strat strings out there!
They'd better be Ivan 'cos I just received 10 sets I ordered, based on your recommendations
 Maybe you should have started with, oh, I don't know, ONE??! I'm very confident about my recommendation, but everybody IS different!
Good luck!
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