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59strat
Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 50
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 11:28 pm Post subject: Who makes 13's with a plain third? |
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topic (im having a hard time finding a set of 13's with a plain third)
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Russell
Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Posts: 80
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Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 8:53 am Post subject: |
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I cheat.
I buy 11's and put a 12 top E.
My acoustic has 13's. When you've done a 3 hour gig on it, your fingertips know, and I don't do blues bends on acoustic! |
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bluz_playa85
Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 180
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Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 4:11 am Post subject: Re: Who makes 13's with a plain third? |
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59strat wrote: | topic (im having a hard time finding a set of 13's with a plain third)
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there really is no point in using 13's for a high E. all you are gonna do is tear your fingers up. Chris Duarte told me that 11's give you the same thickness in tone and wont kill your hands. So therefore I use 11's and they work just fine. |
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Ron S
Joined: 29 May 2005 Posts: 17 Location: UK
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Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 6:54 pm Post subject: Try....... |
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GHS Lo-tunes. They'll be probably be the closest you'll find to SRV's, all you got to do is buy a 13 gauge.
11, 15, 19, 28, 38, 58
Nice strings but I never got on with the rollerwound concept. YMMV |
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TTrahan
Joined: 06 Nov 2004 Posts: 287
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Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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Wanted to share a quick experience:
I used 12's for about 2 years and thought they were the end all be all gauge....then I stopped gigging for about 4 months and quickly lost my hand strength, so I had to move down to 11's to stay with it. Well, I liked the lighter gauge so much that I am now using 10s and have never been happier. There's nothing like the feeling of NO FATIGUE when you are 3 hours into a show.
I used to love wrestling the 12s around, and it really help me develop an aggressive playing style, but now I get the same sound and none of the painful cramping, aching, effects from playing telephone lines...lol.
Thought I would share that with you all. |
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txbluesinva
Joined: 26 Jul 2006 Posts: 14 Location: Northern VA
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Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:06 pm Post subject: |
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I personally suggest Ernie Ball Not Even Slinkies along with some individual plain strings. Not Even's are 12-16-24-32-44-56 and I substitute the e and g strings for a 13 and an 18. I love the sound of Ernie Balls. _________________ Wishin' you the Blues,
http://www.myspace.com/tbluesmaxwell
Missin' you Stevie, 16 years... |
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Breakneckblues
Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 49
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Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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You gotta just man up and play the real thing. D'Addario EJ 22s: .013-.056 tuned E flat. It makes my guitar growl. It takes a couple months to build up your hand strength but it's worth it in your overall tone. _________________ "Like my brother Jimmie says, I play like I'm breaking out of jail."
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derEikopf
Joined: 13 Feb 2007 Posts: 1
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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I got the exact set from http://www.juststrings.com. The bottom three are GHS Dynamite Alloys (Boomers) and the top three are GHS Plain Steel-Ball Ends (58-38-28-19-15-13). |
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