What Tuning Do You Use And What Guage String And Guitar And Why?

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garyjfoster
I Use D Standard With D'addario 11 Guage...its Not High Like Standard E ...its The Perfect Tuning For Me...and I Use A Gibson Explorer And Ltd Vipers All Modified
onemilelost

I don't really have a set tuning...it depends on who I am playing with. If I had to pick one, I'd say most of the stuff I play is down one-half step. I use a custom set of strings 10-13-18-28-38-50 on most of my guitars, and 11-52's on anything lower than a whole step down. My main guitars are an EC-1000 ,an H-1000 and a Cort M600. Then again I have others that I use for studio work/fill-in gigs.

boffen

Drop B most of the time. EC-1000 VBK and 10-60 strings. The higher strings are a bit thin, but can't really find a better option.

sirsloop

Hello Kitty Strat- drop c or d standard - beefy slinky
H500 - E standard or drop D - regular slinky
Viper 400 - Drop D - skinny top heavy bottom
Xtone PS1 - E standard - super slinky

RZfreak

MH-100QMNT - Standard - Rotosound 9s - because i feel like it
65 Strat - Standard - Rotosound 10s - i like the thicker sound
SG - Standard - Rotosound 10s - it sounds and feels good...

SixFlames

MH-400NT. Ernie Ball Not Even Slinky (12-56)
Go between C# Standard and Bb Standard.
it handles both tunings quite well.

Curt Daddy

E,Eb - DR tite fit 10-46
DropD - DR tite fit 10-50
D - DR tite fit 11-50
drop C, C standard,B standard and drop A# - Dr tite fit 13-56

(yes I love me some DR's. :p)

Metfuk

I'm a conservative ass: E standard with D'Addario 10-46 for all guitars.

DNAx

LTD AX: Drop C with D'addario 13-56
Ibanez: Standard E or Drop D with D'addario 11-49

Mr. Wicked

E standard - 9's

D standard - 11's

LTD AX: Drop C with D'addario 13-56
Ibanez: Standard E or Drop D with D'addario 11-49

Ouch.

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garyjfoster

geez...i use 10-46 for e standard. and drop d
and 11-49 for d standard and drop c
i use vipers and explorers which are 24 3/4 inch scale....

BroKV

Drop D = EB Beefy 11-54

sk3tch3dx

ESP KKV (custom) / - 10-44, drop C GHS Boomers
Jackson Soloist - 10-44 - drop C GHS Boomers
LTD Hanneman (s&key) - Drop C 10 -46 DR. Black Beauties
Fender John5 Tele w/ Bigsby -standard - 9.5-44 d'addario
Ibanez Rg Japan - 9.5-44 d'addario- drop D
Gibson Les Paul - 10-46 GHS Boomers -anything
Ibanez rg7620 - 10-54 - d'addario Drop A

the KKV, Jackson & Ltd Hanneman are all set up for Drop C as their standard tunings, as is the Ibanez but as drop D

SixFlames

ESP KKV (custom) / - 10-44, drop C GHS Boomers
Jackson Soloist - 10-44 - drop C GHS Boomers
LTD Hanneman (s&key) - Drop C 10 -46 DR. Black Beauties
Fender John5 Tele w/ Bigsby -standard - 9.5-44 d'addario
Ibanez Rg Japan - 9.5-44 d'addario- drop D
Gibson Les Paul - 10-46 GHS Boomers -anything
Ibanez rg7620 - 10-54 - d'addario Drop A

the KKV, Jackson & Ltd Hanneman are all set up for Drop C as their standard tunings, as is the Ibanez but as drop D

I'm guessing you like your strings loose? P:

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Richard A.

I use 10-52 in Eb and 9-46 in E
Dunlop strings for me

jalmetalman

E and E flat with Ernie Ball 10-46

guitarniko

same for me

jalmetalman

E and E flat with Ernie Ball 10-46

Also: drop C 11-48 and drop B and A 12-56

sk3tch3dx

it's not all that loose, when it's set up for that being the standard tuning, just feels normal

SixFlames

it's not all that loose, when it's set up for that being the standard tuning, just feels normal

Floyd Rose for most of them? I just noticed some of those have them I think

onemilelost

^ I think maybe he meant that it is a heavier gauge for Standard tuning. I think it is fine, gives you a little extra beef to your tone ;)

DNAx

I love playing with a heavier gauge, both soundwise and the feel it has. And I (almost) always play using a pick, so no pain there. :)

sk3tch3dx

Original Floyd Rose for the Jackson/Hanneman, Kahler for the KKV, Lo-Pro Edge for the Ibanez 6&7 and Bigsby for the tele

Mr Pigwalk

Most of mine are in drop B using EB Not Even Slinkys. I don't really like them that much, but I haven't found another decent set of thicker strings with a unwound G and I don't want to dick around with custom sets.

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