2022 Gauge Poll - let's see if anything's changed?

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What do you use?

25 1/2" Scale: 8's
1
1%
25 1/2" Scale: 9's
12
6%
25 1/2" Scale: 10's
48
25%
25 1/2" Scale: 11's
39
20%
25 1/2" Scale: 12's
11
6%
25 1/2" Scale: 13's
1
1%
25 1/2" Scale: 14's+
1
1%
24" Scale: 8's
0
No votes
24" Scale: 9's
2
1%
24" Scale: 10's
23
12%
24" Scale: 11's
39
20%
24" Scale: 12's
13
7%
24" Scale: 13's
2
1%
24" Scale: 14's+
1
1%
22.5" Scale: What is this?? A guitar for ants?! It needs to be at least... 3 times this size!
2
1%
 
Total votes: 195

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Re: 2022 Gauge Poll - let's see if anything's changed?

Post by Embenny » Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:20 pm

tribi9 wrote:
Sun Jan 23, 2022 7:27 pm
10-46 for 24", 24.75", and 25.5" scales.
100% this.
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Re: 2022 Gauge Poll - let's see if anything's changed?

Post by smjenkins » Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:21 pm

11's. Obvi

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Post by ChrisDesign » Sun Jan 23, 2022 11:22 pm

I want to play 11’s, but where my nail meets my finger tip is agony
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Post by JSett » Sun Jan 23, 2022 11:36 pm

marqueemoon wrote:
Sun Jan 23, 2022 9:20 am
I’ve been using 11s on all electric guitars for decades. It started when I got my first JM.

I tend to pull notes sharp when using lighter strings and prefer the sound and feel of slightly heavier wound strings.

I’ve considered trying the light top/heavy bottom thing on my Tele, but I dunno.

I probably won’t go lighter until my creaky hands tell me I need to.
I'm the same. In fact, in the oldest poll I could find I found this:
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Fri Aug 27, 2010 7:29 am
Ernie Ball 11-54's, plain G. Though I'm tempted to try a wound (22w) just for kicks on the next change.
...from almost 12 years ago that confirms I'm pretty much still the same - bar taking it up to 12-54 now I'm on shortscales.
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Post by sal paradise » Mon Jan 24, 2022 1:31 am

tequila_in_teacups wrote:
Sun Jan 23, 2022 7:28 pm
10–46 on everything.
This. Perfect for me. I don’t really use the trem so 10s work great for all scales. I love the slightly slacker feel on Jag & mustangs especially.
I have nothing to offer anybody, except my own confusion?

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Post by muffonrat » Mon Jan 24, 2022 4:10 am

12-52 for all of my guitars with a couple of ecxeptions where I use 11-48.

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Post by CorporateDisguise » Mon Jan 24, 2022 4:23 am

I tend to run 10-52 on 25.5, 11-5 on 24.75, and 12-56 on 24.

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Post by Lost In Autumn » Tue Jan 25, 2022 3:29 am

hybrid light top (.010's), heavy bottom (.052). best of both worlds.

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Post by smjenkins » Tue Jan 25, 2022 5:08 am

BTW Johnny, thanks for starting this poll. It's great to gauge interest. :whistle:

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Re: 2022 Gauge Poll - let's see if anything's changed?

Post by JSett » Tue Jan 25, 2022 5:19 am

smjenkins wrote:
Tue Jan 25, 2022 5:08 am
BTW Johnny, thanks for starting this poll. It's great to gauge interest. :whistle:
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Post by druunkonego » Tue Jan 25, 2022 6:20 am

.011s on on my Jazzmaster. (Standard E. ...and on my Maton, also 25.5")
.070-.013 on my 26.5" baritone. (B-b or often drop A)

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Post by Jonesie » Tue Jan 25, 2022 10:02 am

10-48 on my 24.75" scale and up guitars
11-50 on my 24" scale guitars

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Post by hexes » Wed Jan 26, 2022 3:23 pm

.011s on everything 25.5” and under. currently my jag has .010 since i got the black bobbin subscription, but it’ll get .011 once those are done.

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Post by MrJagsquire » Wed Jan 26, 2022 3:51 pm

I tried 11s when I first got my Jaguar and realised that I just didn't like them, despite many people suggesting that is the gauge to go for (at least, some suggesting 12s).

I've gone to 10-52 now on the Jaguar, which has a Staytrem bridge (and I've locked the trem as well, since I never use a trem). Seems to work well, though I may just drop to 10-46 same as my Gibsons just to make it simpler. There is plenty of adjustment left on the intonation, neck relief, etc should it be needed.

I have to change to Elixir coated strings because I was having a problem with rusting Ernie Ball strings on various guitars during summer. They were rusting within a 3 hour rehearsal having changed them that afternoon. :o I worked out what gauges I could get for my various guitars as I like to have them feeling similar: 9.5 on my Fenders, 10-46 on Gibsons and 10-52 on the Jaguar. Only problem is that they don't do a 9.5 gauge on Elixirs, so I'm using D'Addario which don't seem to rust as quickly as the EB were, though it might be the colder weather at the root of this.

I'm sure years ago, before the internet, I just used 9s on everything, though I didn't have a Jaguar back then anyway.

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Re: 2022 Gauge Poll - let's see if anything's changed?

Post by seenoevil II » Wed Jan 26, 2022 5:53 pm

Always and forever .11's or higher if I can find them. My high-school best friend first brought it up that Tom Morello used thicc strings. He'd let his Tele sit for weeks between practices and it was always in tune.

I even use .11s on acoustics. All .11 everything.

It was always just the done thing. Whenever I put .10's on by accident...

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People who play .9's are monsters.
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