Help - string gauge for dropped C.

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    Mullet
    I'm going to be getting my new axe on Friday (ESP LTD JD600). It's likely to have 9-46s fitted...not so good for dropped C. What gauge strings would you recommend? The guitar will be left in this tuning.
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    ESPimperium
    ESPimperium wrote

    Im gonna try some D'Adds 11-49s soon on my EC-1000VHB W/ BKP Painkiller for D Standard, but id asume that those would be good enough for Drop C as well.

    I like my strings to feel loose ish, almost feeling like what 10-46s feel in standard, albeit in D Standard.

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      gorsch
      gorsch wrote

      Im gonna try some D'Adds 11-49s soon on my EC-1000VHB W/ BKP Painkiller for D Standard, but id asume that those would be good enough for Drop C as well.

      I like my strings to feel loose ish, almost feeling like what 10-46s feel in standard, albeit in D Standard.

      My ec1k needs at least a 52 for C. The 49 may work for d standard, I buy single 48's or 49's for dropped D. the rest should be good.

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        Sixstringhotshot
        Sixstringhotshot wrote

        If you wants the brutals sounds, yous cant plays like littles girl.

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          sirsloop
          sirsloop wrote

          Well usually you are detuned when you have larger strings so its not really all that much more tension. Now if you take a set of 12-56s and tune it to E standard you have have a problem.

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            ozzuk1
            ozzuk1 wrote

            I used 10-52 for CGCFAD once or twice worked more than ok tuned to D and then Eb which had a really meaty sound to it with the 10-52's, i've never found that lighter strings sounded better or worse just they tended to sound alot more thin, and feel abit feeble...

            Infact i might restring the ninja or with 10-52's and put one in eb...

            but yeah you do really want a thicker string for the low C anything below a 52 is going to be really weedy and feel floppy and not work aswell as soemthing thicker...

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              Sixstringhotshot
              Sixstringhotshot wrote

              Exactly. Let the strings judge your manhood. He who is not but tries anyway will be rewarded with a broken guitar.

              It's a reality check. Real men play heavy strings. Wannabe real men break their guitars trying to play heavy strings.

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                DeathrollJM
                DeathrollJM wrote

                ^ *slaps forehead*

                nevermind

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                  Sixstringhotshot
                  Sixstringhotshot wrote

                  ^ *slaps forehead*

                  nevermind

                  :lol

                  C'mon, have a little humor about it.

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                    gorsch
                    gorsch wrote

                    wow, just wow

                    I cant believe this one is still going on. What happened to "to each their own?"

                    I thought it would've ended there.

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                      Mullet
                      Mullet wrote

                      LOL, perhaps we should attempt to make this the longest running dropped C related discussion on the forum ;)....

                      Just so you guys know....I ended up settling on a 52-10 set of DR Dimebag Hi-Voltage strings.

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                        xchumfiestax
                        xchumfiestax wrote

                        I use EB Beefy Slinkys for drop C 8o

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                          sirsloop
                          sirsloop wrote

                          Don't worry... in a few years the new fad will be running drop c with 8s! clank-clank-clank-clank!! HAHAH!

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                            ZULND3R
                            ZULND3R wrote

                            I use 11-54s (ernie ball beefy slinkys) in Eb standard.... booyah.. callused hands ftw!. lolz

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                              Mr.Dahl
                              Mr.Dahl wrote

                              010-052 ;)

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                                Mullet
                                Mullet wrote

                                Update LOLZ....

                                I am now using the Beefy Slinkys...... 11-54.... great for dropped C...... and can also do dropped B for my Parkway Drive breakdowns... :)

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                                  GuitarmanST
                                  GuitarmanST wrote

                                  52-10
                                  Thats what Dying Fetus uses, works good enough for me when your in C#

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                                    Mullet
                                    Mullet wrote

                                    The JD600 is now shod with 'Not Even Slinky' Ernie Balls.... much tighter than the 11-54s for dropped B and really make the bottom end sound beefier!! Dropped C is fine too.. the callouses on my fingers are being hammered.

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                                      Matthew R.
                                      Matthew R. wrote

                                      I'd go with 11 to 50

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