Anyone use 8-38 or even 7-38 gauge strings, in STANDARD TUNING, 6-string, with Floyd?

[Number Of The Priest]

I'm still highly enjoying Dunlop 7-38 tuned to standard and Dunlop 8-40 tuned half-step down. Because I'm using such light strings, my playing time is longer, which should mean the strings should age faster. But, the strings still have great longevity.

I recently discovered Ernie Ball released a 7-36 Zippy Slinky and 8-42 Hyper Slinky set, for players who are looking for more options.

https://ca.ernieball.com/guitar-stri...-string#P02217

https://ca.ernieball.com/guitar-stri...-string#P02229

For now I will stick to the Dunlop sets. In April 2022 I ordered (from www.StringsAndBeyond.com as usual) even more of their 7-38 and 8-40 sets to last me several years and enough to convert most of my heavier-strung guitars to these smaller gauges.

[Number Of The Priest]

Haven't updated this thread in almost two years.

I still play Dunlop 7-38 tuned to standard, and Dunlop 8-40 tuned half-step down. In that regard, not much has changed. Except, with how much I'm soloing now with easy-playing ultralight strings, I find myself breaking the high E on occasion, always at the location of where my fingers are bending the string (and never at the nut or saddle). I recently ordered many single high E strings in 7 and 8 gauge from www.StringsAndBeyond.com. I may break 2 or 3 high E strings before all six strings feel aged enough to warrant installing an entirely fresh set, so those single high E strings help me preserve my stash of fresh sets. Those singles are not exactly one-sixth the cost of an entire fresh set. They're slightly more expensive-per-string. But I'd rather that, than to crack open a fresh set every time I need to cannibalize a high E and leave the other five strings wasted, which is even more expensive.

I once recently broke a B string during a bend. That might be the first time I've ever broken a B. I was angry because I don't have a stash of extra Bs like I do with my huge reserve of high Es.

This tool (Stringjoy String Tension Calculator: https://tension.stringjoy.com/) is very useful. With it, I know theoretically what strings sets that I need on different guitars with different scale lengths in different tunings to make the string tension feel similar between guitars.