Stringing up a 6 string to B Standard

Nick · 09-18-2007, 06:20 AM

well like i said im not saying its going to play or sound good but personally i hated the feel of 4 wound strings.

if i were going to tune to B on a 6 string again id probably invest in a baritone

soldierkahn · 09-18-2007, 06:50 AM

yeah, there are still times when i use the Daddario Reg light/wound third sets for Drop D.... its 10-46 (10 13 18 26 36 46) and the 18 is wound. i love wound thirds most because they add a little more bass to your tone, and not to mention, sound better with distortion and palm muted, plain steels sound short and choppy palm muted...

but i also use the 105-48 more often than the other, and i WISH that one had a wound third...

Apophis · 09-18-2007, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by soldierkahn

yeah, there are still times when i use the Daddario Reg light/wound third sets for Drop D.... its 10-46 (10 13 18 26 36 46) and the 18 is wound. i love wound thirds most because they add a little more bass to your tone, and not to mention, sound better with distortion and palm muted, plain steels sound short and choppy palm muted...

but i also use the 105-48 more often than the other, and i WISH that one had a wound third...

I also like wound 3rd string because it's much better with distortion, but the feel is personal preference, someone likes, someone not

When i played 6 string tune to B I was using 14-68 set from D'Addario and changed also the second stainless to wound.

Nick · 09-18-2007, 09:47 AM

do you guys use 5 wound strings on 7s then?

Metal Ken · 09-18-2007, 09:48 AM

I also try to get wound G strings when i can. Wound strings > *

sakeido · 09-18-2007, 11:14 AM

I tune to B standard with Elixir 10-52s and love it. The top strings get so slinky that, palm muted, they get a nice little bark to them. The B isn't even that loose with a 52. I will take the low string down to Ab every now and again and it still sounds good, but only the Elixirs seem to deal with downtuning this well with these gauges

stukface · 12-14-2007, 09:48 PM

i use a Daddario 7 string pack 10's and just use the low six string and i love but im thinking about going to 11's

twiztedchild · 12-15-2007, 05:58 AM

i did this with a gsa60 and i used a set of slinky tops heavy bottoms, and they worked fine, stayed in tune and everything, till i sold the guitar, thats my choice for this

skinhead · 12-15-2007, 08:59 AM

A 0.13 - 60 would work.

budda · 12-15-2007, 11:02 AM

another thing to think about possibly, is that in standard tuning, your D is a wound string. to get that same tone of that note, a wound string would make sense - it's just where your G should be.

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Nick ss.org Regular Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: glasgow scotland Posts: 1,531 Main Seven: RG1527 Rig: engl fireball Thanked: 8	well like i said im not saying its going to play or sound good but personally i hated the feel of 4 wound strings. if i were going to tune to B on a 6 string again id probably invest in a baritone

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stukface ss.org Regular Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: ca Posts: 20 Thanked: 0	i use a Daddario 7 string pack 10's and just use the low six string and i love but im thinking about going to 11's

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