Who Shred's w/ 12's

[skidd]

Re: Who Shred\'s w/ 12\'s

I use 11's tuned to Eb.

[jgcable]

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12's in standard tuning would be hell on your guitar neck. Do it and see what happens.

I had a SRV nut tell me that Stevie never used anything that heavy and I believe he was tuned down a 1/2 step too. Is that right?

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SRV did use 12's tuned 1/2 step down for a short time but it was hell on his fingers and his guitar necks.
Zack Wylde also used super heavy strings for a short time.
My belief is that 10's are heavy enough for an electric and much easier on the fingers and the guitar neck.

[nonamemx]

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I like (DR) 10's.

They are very agile, and have a thick smooth tone.

I bought a pack of EB 9's to experiment with. I put them on, and I instantly hated them, I lost so much tone, everything sounded thin and twangy. I bought some DR 10's the next day.

I think I will just stick with 10's.

[Ace]

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You guys are all wimps. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

I have a guitar here that is tuned to E standard with a set of 12-52's on it. Plays just fine. The action is low and the neck is straight, so it's easy to fret. Sounds fuckin' killer too.

I normally use 12's tuned to C standard for my band.

[Ace]

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Guitar number "5" in THIS thread is tuned to E standard with 12-52's.

[No Use]

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john pizzarelli shreds on his Moll jazz archtop with 12s.

[jjw]

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shredding is possible with any strings!!!its the fn bending that gets harder with jazz grade strings on..and vibrato normaly sounds a lot weaker too..i wouldnt use more than 10's with standard tunings

[AfterForever]

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My strat is tuned to Eb and it has 9s, it plays superfast
My Washburn and Ibanez are tuned to E and it has 9s, plays great too
My ESP is tuned to D and it has 10s

why change what works (:

[IommiChild]

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I've done a lot of experimenting and have used 12s for Eb tuning, but never standard tuning. Its pretty rough for Eb tuning. I usually use 11s or 10s for standard or Eb tuning, respectively.

[SeventhSon]

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SRV used 13's tuned down to E flat. His techie would lighten the gauge occasionally when his fingers were too sore. Then there's that video (MTV unplugged?) of SRV shredding on a 12 string, bends and all. Unreal.

[1trussell]

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I use 11's on all my guitars: standard tuning on 24.75" and one 25.5", E flat on the rest of my 25.5" scale. I attempt to shred. I have no problem playing fast or bending with that guage strings. I've thought about trying some 12's. I just need to find some with a plain g string.

[guitarshredder]

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[VitaminG]

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[JacksonJuiceBox]

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I played 13's for awhile and eventually kept downsizing and am now at 9's. For the minimal tone difference vs. playability i don't think the thicker strings are worth it.. and 9's just feel right

[markD]

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i use 12's in standard tuning on my surfcaster, i'm not really a shredder though...more of a blues based rocker that plays fast. i'm listening to Skynyrd's "that smell" right now and my playing is bit like that. i like the 12's, but couldn't play them all the time. my hamer special has 11's in standard tuning, that's really comfortable too. those 2 guitars aren't really my hard rocking guitars, so it's okay.

my jacksons are all 9's for the tapping and trem-bar tricks. my fenders are all 10's for more girth using single coils.