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I know that Albert Lee on his Tele uses very light strings ( 9's) and gets a BIG
tone out
of it. Amps, EQ's, effects, fingers and the rest come into play, but with
heavier strings
you will just get a fatter tone on top of what your are using. It's simple
physics. You
have more "stuff" in the string vibration ... more metal to petal.
Love the tone from The Ghastly Ones. On one of their tunes, Thunderhead, "the
Doctor's" tone is awesome, especially on the high parts. Although he's probably
using
8's just to blow my theory away.
Les, you are smoke'n on your CD's! Great playing. I'd have to say you'd even
sound
meaner with 12's :)
Someone said earlier that bigger strings were not as hard to play as some people
would think. I agree. I've heard for years how huge SRV's strings were and very
hard
to play. I don't have big hands (sorry ladies) but didn't think 13's tuned to E
were bad
at all.
Off to Ebay to look for replacement neck. grrrrrh
Cheers!
Dale
