You call that a B string? [short picstory] Edited: Even more B.

ilyti · 06-19-2008, 05:14 PM

I envy you guys. The thickest guitar string available in my country is a .056. And even getting that was a struggle.

Drew · 06-19-2008, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by drmosh

I guess I just prefer a chunkier style of playing, and imo you get a lot more chunk out of a thinner string on the low B ( or F or E or whatever) that with a thick one.

Actually, you get a sharper attack, not necessarily more chunk. You can get plenty of chunk out of the heaviest low B you can string up, though the heavier you string the harder your picking attack is going to need to be. I hit pretty hard, which is why I started stringing heavy in the first place (I use an Elixir 68 in B standard).

And a super-heavy low B doesn't sound "just like a bass" - for one you're still an octave or so too high, and for another scale length makes more of a difference than you'd think. A 72 on a 26.5" will sound VERY different than a string at a comparable tension would sound at 34." There's a lot more to a tone than string thickness.

Brendan G · 06-19-2008, 05:46 PM

.065? you guhly man, I have a .130

Kornfann1024 · 06-19-2008, 06:26 PM

i use .11-.48+ .78 i still dont have the tension i want

sakeido · 06-19-2008, 06:30 PM

I tried the whole spaghetti string thing until I realized my picking technique sucked. Then, it was back to 56s, and now my 7s sound better than ever. Playing sixes with a 52 low G string helped.

Ancestor · 06-20-2008, 03:13 AM

Cool, man! That's a heavy-ass string.

Let me know if you ever want some 70s, too. I got a few you can have.

Ancestor · 06-20-2008, 03:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ilyti

I envy you guys. The thickest guitar string available in my country is a .056. And even getting that was a struggle.

Dude, even here, I went to a store to get some 58s. No big deal, right? wrong. The guy searches around for like 10 minutes, and then looks up at me hopefully and says "48?"

It's like, "Hey, have you ever heard of a 7-string guitar?"

Metal Ken · 06-20-2008, 03:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ancestor

Cool, man! That's a heavy-ass string.

Let me know if you ever want some 70s, too. I got a few you can have.

i'll take you up on it.

But, the last two times i was in town, i tried to call, i tried knocking on 2-3 different apartment doors and got no answers man

john turner · 06-20-2008, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Metal Ken

I have to see these

cool

i'll get some pics on here tonight.

Atomic_gerbil · 06-20-2008, 05:04 PM

My .70 FTW!!!

Rockin' it Loomis style. Take that, you light string heathens!

06-19-2008, 05:46 PM	#133
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