9s or 10s for your Les Paul?

[Chris O]

10's

 

[gbsmusic]

I go 11's 1/2 down. So much more tone and sustain!!!

 

[Mesa\Kramer]

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[flash6969]

If you play 9's on a les Paul you need to take s good hard look at yourself & man up

 

[Racerxrated]

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[Racerxrated]

If you play 9's on a les Paul you need to take s good hard look at yourself & man up

Well, if I'm honest the 10s on either the Gibson or Agile I have feel like the 9s on my Charvel after playing both one after the other. Maybe I should jump to 11s? Its always interesting to see people's opinions ...

 

[gbsmusic]

If you play 9's on a les Paul you need to take s good hard look at yourself & man up

 

[Rock Bodom]

Yes, definitely pick the most manly string gauges, that's always the best solution.

Or, you could make sure your Les Paul is properly set up (nut is cut right, strings wound properly, etc.), develop good right hand technique, and use the strings that are actually best suited to your hands and feel right.

Somehow guys with all of the above seem to still get huge tone easily with 9's on a Lester (and in some cases even lighter), and stay in tune and intoned properly just fine.

 

[severinsteel]

11's in standard. 10's are too thin at the 24 3/4 scale.

 

[billboogie]

Billy Gibbons uses 7's on his LPs and smokes us all...
Stop working so hard.....

 

[dfrattaroli]

9-42 on all my guitars.

+1

 

[dfrattaroli]

If you play 9's on a les Paul you need to take s good hard look at yourself & man up

Nah. I sound good.

 

[mctallica1]

I use 11/50's on all my guitars.....standard tuning.

Just sounds and feels right to me.


Used 9/46's for years, but when I made the jump, it felt perfect to me

 

[glassjaw7]

10s for me. I think it's because of the shorter scale, seems to have more stability. I use hybrid slinky (9-46 I think) on my fender scale stuff in standard.