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black '62 reissue Strat: Rotosound Purples (nickelwound) 12-52
fiesta red '89 Strat: Gibson Sonomatic Nickelwound 12-56
shoreline gold '62 reissue Strat: D'Addario regular roundwounds 11-49
MIJ Limited Edition Jazzmaster: D'Addario Chromes 12-52
Heavier gauges can feel and sound great, and you can get used to them
by switching up slowly. It's taken me 13 years to go from 9-42 to 12-
56! But I'm glad I did. I've only started playing 12-gauge strings
on Strats around '99 (I used them on the Jazzmaster since '96). For
playing sixties surf/instro music, heavy gauge strings are an
absolutely necessary component to sound and play 'authentically' (of
course, if that's what you're after).
BTW, Jags with their shorter neck scale can easily take a heavier
gauge - I think the rule of thumb is that you can go up one string
gauge level on a Jag compared to Jazzmaster/Strat and the feel
(tension) will be largely the same.
Ivan
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<rick.johnston@u...> wrote:
> Hey Ivan! What gage and brand of strings do you use on your
strat???
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> Thanks, Rick!
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