On a 27" 21 fret Fender Jaguar Baritone. What guages would you guys recommend I start with for that tuning?
Well, the guitar is already strung with 11-56 from factory if I'm correct, tuned B to B. For a low F#, go for something at least a .68 gauge. I know this might be a silly question, but are you tuning the F#s in the unison or in octaves?
I'm tuning F#'s in unison. I had it tuned in B with 13-59's and it was just the perfect amount of tension for me.
I currently have the following on a 28 inch scale length Ibanez MMM1: 5ths Low F to Regular E, D'Addario >>> the .022 IS a plain electric string >>> the machine head for the 6th string is big enough to handle it len 28.0" E .009" PL == 7.18kg A, .014" PL == 7.74kg D, .022" PL == 8.52kg G2 .034" NW == 7.64kg C,, .052" NW == 7.58kg F1 .074" NW == 6.94kg total == 45.61kg I am going to move to the following though as the tension in the strings is too light for me: len 28.0" E .0095" PL == 8.0kg A, .015" PL == 8.89kg D, .024" NW == 8.62kg G2 .036" NW == 8.48kg C,, .054" NW == 8.33kg F1 .080" NW == 8.08kg total == 50.4kg
Haha. Yeap! They pull it off soooooo well too! Their new album is VERY VERY VERY good. And I think it's used in a few spots. It sounds AMAZING!
Cocaine is a hell of a drug. I did mean octave apart? Did I say Unison? Lies, lies, lies! Now gimme string guages! ps. the new Isis isnt bad, better than the last one but still dont hold a candle on Panopticon/Oceanic
Hmm.. interesting tuning. I noticed that if you drop the 2 F sharps to E you end up tuned to the harmonic series, partials 1 to 6: B 2 oct + fifth G# 2 oct + major third E 2 oct B oct +fifth E oct E root Should make for interesting big distorted chords.
Hi Nightcrawler, sorry for the delay, here are the gauges. 27 inch scale B .013p 17.2 lbs G# .016p 18.5 lbs E .022w 18.8 lbs B .030w 19.8 lbs F# .042w 20.8 lbs F# .080w 18.6 lbs Using D'Addario tension data i started with the .013 high B you liked and created a gradual rise in tension toward the low strings (the key to a perfect set). The .080 F# will have the same tension as the .059 low B you liked. However this may be impractically thick so just go as fat as you can, at least .068 as posted by HughesJB4
