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Post subject: Telecaster strings
Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:14 pm
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Hi there...has anyone got any thoughts on the best strings for a Tele. I've recently bought a Vintage '52 and changed the wiring to the modern system, but left the saddles as they are. The guitar came with gauge 10 strings which I find a bit heavy going as I have been playing a Strat with 9's up till now. Are Fender strings the best and would a change to 9's alter the tone significantly? Any comments would be appreciated.


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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:09 pm
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Hello Tonenerd,

I use 10's on my tele.
Right now Daddario's ,Fenders are also fine.
If you switch to 9's you may need a neck adjustment.
Tonewise-I've never used 9's
Hope this helped.

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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:08 pm
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I've been running Fender Super 250s (9-42) on mine (Am Dlx) since I got it and it sounds great! My tele came set up for 9's so I don't know for sure about needing a setup if you change from 10's. None of my gibsons needed a setup going from 9's to 10's so you might give it a try, and if you get buzz, take it in for a setup. The gibbys came with 10's but I changed them to Super Slinkys, which are nice, but didn't work as well for me on the tele.


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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:55 pm
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Hey buddy, I own a 52 tele too and i use ernie ball hybrid slinky custom gauge strings they go from 9,11,16,26,36,46, these are really great strings they have a long life and they are really smooth playing,the only thing ive noticed about the brass saddles is that sometimes the b and small e strings will dig in and produce a bad ringing sound , but you can fix this by taking your fingers and moving the strings at the saddles a little,I didn't like the vintage wiring ether, hope this helps.


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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:08 pm
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I like the Fender Super 250s best. I may try some Elixirs one of these days, but I have always stuck with the 250's up to now.


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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 7:19 pm
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I just changed over to 10's last month and like it a lot more. It took about a week to get my fingers really used to the change. I had to make a minor truss rod adjustment and minor intonation adjustments, but that was it.

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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:44 pm
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My Thin Skin '52 came with Fender Super 250's 10-46. I'm used to my Gretsch which has a 24.6" scale and is strung with 10's, so I restrung the Tele with Fender 150's 9-42 to get a bit more familiar feel. I specifically chose the 150's because they are pure nickel wound as opposed to the 250's which are nickel plated steel wound. The pure nickel wound strings tend to be less bright sounding than nickel plated steel, which I prefer on single coil pick up guitars. When changing to lighter strings, a slight loosening of the truss rod may be needed as the neck has a tendency to pull back a bit due to less string pressure. When changing to heavier strings, the opposite would typically apply...more string pressure pulling on the neck may require a slight tightening of the rod. It was easy for me as the neck had a little too much relief for my tastes and changing to the lighter strings ( especially on a brand new guitar) the neck pulled back a bit on its' own, leaving me with a nice straight neck with just enough relief to avoid buzzing. The other thing is, if you change strings one at a time, the neck will typically stay put unless you are changing guages. If you take all the strings off because you need to clean and oil a rosewood or ebony fretboard or polish frets...it will take around 24hrs for most necks to go back as they were after restringing. I'm no luthier by any stretch (don't let me anywhere near a guitar with anything but an allen wrench or a screwdriver :lol: ) But learning how to do some basic set-up adjustments myself really makes a difference. Any of the repair books are great to learn from (I use Dan Erlewine's but there are other good one's).


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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:41 pm
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I've been using ernie ball 9 gauge super slinky strings forever on teles. I would advise you to stay away from the fender pure nickel wound strings becuase they're poorly wound. I like 9's because they're easier to bend but 10's seem to be popular as well.


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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 9:22 pm
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Thanks for the heads up re the Fender 150's. So far they have been ok (they sound good). The only reason I bought the 150's was because they were the only pure nickel wound strings in 9-42 in the shop. For my next string change I'm going to try a different brand of pure nickels. I've heard good things about GHS Burnished Pure Nickel Wounds and the Gibson Pure Nickel Wound Strings (I've actually used the Gibson Les Paul strings on other guitars and they are excellent).


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I just bought a 72' Thinline and it sounded like crap from the factory. I installed a set of GHS burnished nickel 9's and it sounded as good as any tele I own. I highly recommend this string.


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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 10:58 am
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I got to say GHS BOomers, i use the low tunes, 11-53 i think it is, they stay in tune great and i can bend them like they tens!!! have used them for years


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Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 11:55 am
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D'Addario strings are also very good.

Peter


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I use interchangeably DR MT-10s and Elixers on all my guitars and i love them.


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I recently changed to Ernie Ball PURE nickel and have fallen in love with their tone 8)


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D'Addario EXL115s (11-49) for almost 15 years now...

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