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Musicians

TEB

(14,893 posts) Sat Dec 22, 2018, 01:59 PM Dec 2018

WHAT Gauge strings are you using ,kids today no respect [View all]

Absolutely NO you will not be putting 8’s on that guitar son do you want it to sound like anything.
Am teaching him how do a set up on Orville by Gibson les Paul I love japan guitars.

Child - but dad I was gonna do 8’s and top wrap them I think 10’s I don’t know dad

Father - son when I was a kid we used 10 to 12’s and we walked uphill both ways to the mailbox on the farm. Come on you been using 10’s on strat and other Lester’s you were this close to having me come down on you.

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WHAT Gauge strings are you using ,kids today no respect [View all] TEB Dec 2018 OP

Old fogey voice: Ohiogal Dec 2018 #1

9's work great on my PRS semi-acoustic electric. I still manage to snap the E string and I'm JoeOtterbein Dec 2018 #2

10's on my Les Pauls, 9's on my Tele and Electra, 11s on my Martin. nt Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2018 #3

It's just personal choice dr TEB Dec 2018 #4

My fingers don't like 10s with the longer scale... Dr Hobbitstein Dec 2018 #6

I Use Both ProfessorGAC Dec 2018 #12

Look up what his favorite guitarist use. That should do it. Hoyt Dec 2018 #5

Make good choices about what to argue over and Ink Addict Dec 2018 #7

Don't take my 9's away!!!! stevil Dec 2018 #8

They're will be no 8's in my house young man TEB Dec 2018 #9

I got ya. stevil Dec 2018 #10

Friggin cobwebs. Iggo Dec 2018 #14

Depends On The Guitar ProfessorGAC Dec 2018 #11

10's. Iggo Dec 2018 #13