7 gauge strings

ToneControl

This guy seems so happy
Maybe I should try some

BlueStrat

Give it a try - works for Billy Gibbons!
i put 8s on my lad’s guitar and it still sounded great but played so easily. 
Macho players will reply saying 11s sound better - Dick Dale would laugh in their faces

Milk

I don't know whether the difference between the sounds of gauges is a placebo effect or real but to my ears there is a tiny difference. but not enough to really care about.

I once tried 8s on a telecaster and i couldn't get on as i kept pulling everything out of tune when playing, but i am not delicate i any way.

try them and they might work out for you

monquixote

Rick Beato did a really good video on it.

He thinks lighter gauge strings sound better.

koneguitarist

Must admit I changed down to 8s last year as my hands are getting worse, and found they sounded great. I had to use a lighter pick as well. 

skunkwerx

I like .06..

For my Low E.

ICBM

Rotosound actually did do 6s in the 1980s... have a look at the ad cutting halfway down the page here:

https://www.rotosound.com/history-4/

skunkwerx

ICBM said:

Rotosound actually did do 6s in the 1980s... have a look at the ad cutting halfway down the page here:

https://www.rotosound.com/history-4/

That is mental. I’d like to play them just to experience it haha

thegummy

Considering how different each size feels compared to any subtle difference in the sound, surely it only makes sense to choose based on preferred feel?

I mean, in what real world situation is the tone difference between two adjacent string sizes going to matter? Whereas the string tension completely affects how everything you play feels.

ToneControl

thegummy said:

Considering how different each size feels compared to any subtle difference in the sound, surely it only makes sense to choose based on preferred feel?

I mean, in what real world situation is the tone difference between two adjacent string sizes going to matter? Whereas the string tension completely affects how everything you play feels.

yep
hence I use a set with higher gauge bottom 3 strings, because  I like the feel of tighter wound strings, but want to bend the top 3 easily