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But seriously, it's very dependant on the guitar. I got my DGT and loved the 11s (not true 11s, they're a weird hybrid 11-49s). So much that I put them on my Tremonti SE. Same scale but different neck and frets. Don't like the 11s on there and will drop back to 10s.
My American Special Strat has jumbo frets like the DGT and I am tempted to try the DGT 11s but there is a half inch difference in the scale so my hunch is they won't work as well. I used to like 9-46s on my old Jackson Dinky. My daughters Squire Mustang has 10s and they're like floppy fish. She seem to like them but then again doesn't know what she's talking about.
I notice the string tension difference so that's the constant for me to aim for, bulk buying one gauge would not work for me.
The Feline and Tele have 10s.
One thing I've discovered in the last couple of years is that Gibson scale lengths (roughly 24.6", not 24.75" as is usually quoted) work really nicely with 11s - even as someone who's been on light strings for the majority of my playing career, my Flying V feels great with a set of 11s on it, and I'll be sticking with them I think.
View my feedback at www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1201922
I've not done that much experimenting yet tho. Seem to work fine for me.
Think it's 12s on my acoustic.
All tuned down a half.
Acoustic 11s are even stranger, the G is usually lighter than the G in a set of *10s* - 22 vs 23 - and the D and A are the same gauges as in a set of 12s. This makes the G feel and sound like a banjo string...
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D'Addario EXL 120..9 to 42 on Gibsons/Epiphones..There seems to be more tension when bending strings on a Gibson.
I guess it depends on where you set the stopbar though..
I never set it so the string touches the back of the Tunomatic..
Although I have 11s on one Les Paul to pull some bow into the neck..
I just play differently on that one..
I use D'Addario 12s on my Guild D50 Dread and M120
Martin 12s on my Martin Concert sized Electro..
I can never remember the model number..
All Solid wood,sounds magnificent..
I find the Martin and D'Addario strings to sound very different.
The Martins don't like the big guild dread..
Can't remember whether 9 or 10s on my 12 strings..
It will certainly be 10s on my cheapo washburn 12..
My only Harley Benton is an Electric 12,it sounds really good..
I have a spare set of the strings it is strung up with..
Not sure what they are..lol,probably tens.
I use D'Addario 12 String Strings..
I am getting pissed off at the ball ends unwinding on the high E on many guitars though the last few years on D'Addarios..
10s on the SG, Jazzmaster, Strat
11s on the Jaguar
10-52 on my Tele
I'm not really sure how I ended up at some of those although the Jag can't really take anything less but they've all been that way for years.
Now I've changed that a fair bit, I base the string gauge on the guitar and how it reacts with the gauge I set it up with.
But for me I like
10-52 For the Gibson es 339
10-46 For the Strat and Tele
11-49 For the Jaguar and Jazzmaster
I don't really have a problem when switching around because they all feel relative to each other considering the different gauge's.
The main reason is I sometimes use a weird CFCCGD tuning, which is easier to get to when every string is tuned down a full tone.
Have always played 9's (30+ years now) and anything heavier just feels wrong to me now.
So yes, consistency is important to me