[Apophis]

Originally Posted by Krunch

The strings I'm throwing on for next string change: Tuned 1/2 down to F.
9 13.12
13 15.36
17 16.55
26 18.38
36 19.51
49 19.66
65 19.86
85 18.43

add a 010 as highE and will be ok.

Originally Posted by Chris

I use 11's on 6's and 10's on my sevens for the most part. Ideally I'd like a 10 for the high E and something less-than-80 for the F#.

Edit: This is damn interesting, btw. I should have started paying attention to this ages ago. Thanks again guys.

so you want tight highs and lighter bottom

[Krunch]

In that case I'd say 10-13-17-(24 or 26)-(32 or 36)-50-65-75 for Chris or the nearest standard set.

[Crucified]

i think the rest are fairly standad 10 or 11 - 46-56-68

[Chris]

Originally Posted by Krunch

In that case I'd say 10-13-17-(24 or 26)-(32 or 36)-50-65-75 for Chris

Thanks very much man. How big of a truss adjustment am I looking at?

* Chris runs off to Google the stock string gauges, because he doesn't know what the fuck they actually are.

[Krunch]

You'll be going up 40 lbs or more total, so you'll have to do something to it, how much I don't know. I went up about 25 lbs from the stocks and I only had to make a small adjustment (less than a quarter turn).

[Popsyche]

Go out and cut some phone cables off the pole out front! Jeeze those are big!

* popsyche only sez this as he has no idea what the thing came with!

[ohio_eric]

Use a standard set of .010s. The B will be between .056 and .060. Then slap something like a .075 or so on there and you should be swell.

[Drew]

This is funny.

I'd be a little leery of immediately jumping to 11's for that 27" scale. 10's are probably a better start.

I'm going to also suggest you grab some Elixirs, because they rule and stay crisp longer on the bass side.

a set of Elixirs is like 10-48, so you could probably get away with a .56 and a .68 for your low B and E. They're both a little lighter than I'd personally like (I use a .68 in B on 25.5"), but I'm an Elixir whore and would use "whatever Elixer has" over anything.

Then again, since the 2228 has the EdgeFX, you can use bass strings with the ball cut off with no ill effect, so maybe a set of 10's with like a 60 and a 70-72 would be nice, or if you want to go heavier, the .68 and then like an .80 for the low F#, for absolutely massive tension.

Actually, yeah, I'd go that way. Heavier strings are half the secret to the Drew Setup™ since they don't oscillate as widely as lighter ones do, so they'll buzz less at a given height. As it is, I'd have trouble bringing that F# down much because it'd buzz too much with that light a string on it. go up above .75, however, and I bet I could get it pretty shreddy.

You should really loan it to me for a couple weeks, and let me get it dialed in with the appropriate set of strings for you.

[noodles]

Mind Riot's Guide to D'Addario String Tension



Unfortunately, it doesn't have anything about F#, but you should be able to figure out all the other gauges just fine. Think about what feels comfortable to you as the high e on a 27" scale instrument, and then try to match that tension as close as possible for everything else. Personally, my F# would probably be at least an 80.

[Decipher]

I use a set of DR MT7-10's (10-56) and a 72 for my F#. Seems to do the trick for me.