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Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 12:21 pm
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I believe factory puts 9s on everything, yet local shops might re-string the babys just for yippers (I got mine with a set of 10s as a "bonus", had to negotiate to get the 12s I wanted and some picks, cheappos!!!)


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I play 10's, but for fun I picked some Zakk Wyldes. Hooo boy they are thick. Fun and brutal...lol


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Oh, and WELCOME TO THE FORUMS!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D :D


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D'Addario EXL115s (11-49) since the mid-90's, and tuned down a step for that little bit heavy, but not too stupid sounding heavy Sabba Dabba Doo...

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Most of the Telecasters Fender is selling now come with 9-42s. But some are 10-46s. An example would be the Nashville B-Bender. The website has all of this information.

Conventional wisdom has it that heavier strings stay in tune better, especially if you bend a lot. But that doesn't seem to bother James Burton, who has spent an entire career using strings in the following guages:

09, 10, 12, 24, 32, and 38. And Burton bends a lot.

But you also have Stevie Ray Vaughan, whose string gauges were:

13, 16, 19, 28, 38, 56. Very heavy. Dick Dale uses very heavy strings, and so does Keith Richard. Hendrix I believe started with an 11 on the high E, but that would be a Stratocaster issue, which is a whole nother level of complexity. The Telecaster is, of course, a hardtail. Oops. Dick Dale and SRV plays/played a Stratocaster, too.


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BradtheImpaler wrote:
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Welcome to the Forum.

It comes with 9-42's.


Thanks! Do you find the 10's stay in tune better or not?


.9's tend to break more easily, but it's whatever you like... :roll:

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i think they come with 9-42s


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Frick on a stick guys! You're on the Fender Website!!!!!!!!!!!!

Look at the product, look at the specs!

There seems to be a bit of a pattern in that the modern guitars (standards series etc) come with .9 - .42 guage strings, and the retro guitars (Classic 50's & 60's, American Vintage, etc, seem to come with .10 - .46 gauge strings)

This isn't a hard and fast rule though, so 'check the spec!'

And swapping between 9's and 10's really won't put your intonation out by any significant amount (on a Tele - different rule for floating vibratos), and if you're not experienced enough to know how to fix this, then you probably aren't experienced to even notice that your intonation is out by such a tiny amount that only a blind piano tuner will notice.


Sometimes I think that us guitarists are a bit like mathematitians - we like to make our trade seem more complicated than it really is, so that we look more cleverer!


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We shouldn't make the issue of changing string guages any less complicated than it is. When you go to heavier strings on a guitar there are three possible problems.

1. Intonation can be affected. That is because every string has a very small dead area at each end. This area does not move much at all. The heavier a string is, the larger the dead area is. This means that the effective length of the string changes. Check the harmonic at the twelfth fret against the fretted note and adjust the saddle accordingly.

2. Increased string tension may worsen the action. Adjust the truss rod accordingly. American Stratocasters and Telecasters also have a built in device for shimming the neck. Look for the little hole in the back of the neck plate. You get an Allen wrench when you buy the guitar. That's what it's for.

3. On a Stratocaster the increased string tension has to be balanced by the tension of the springs that stretch between the tremolo block and the claw. If you screw the claw screws in more deeply you will increase that tension. For big changes in string size you may have to add a spring, or even two. Strats come with 3 springs, but there is space for five.

All of this is discussed in detail in your Owner's Manual, which is also available online.


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