Guest HRB853370 Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 One of my 535's has 09-42's on it and the other one has 10-46's on it. I am curious as to what string gauge is used predominantly by 535 owners on this forum. I play mainly blues and blues rock on my 535's.
nuke Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 On my "brand-g", 10-46 Pyramid nickel, which I put on my H150 too. Love those strings. Anything thinner is just too light for my ham-fists.
fxdx99 Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 11s on the semis (and solid bodies, and hollow bodies...)
Guest HRB853370 Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 11s on the semis (and solid bodies, and hollow bodies...) 11's on a semi? Holy crap. How do you bend those?
koula901 Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 10's on my 535. DR Blues P.S. Love the fat cat avatar!
GuitArtMan Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 Been a while since I owned a 535, but I always put 10-46s on 'em.
KSquared Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 11s on the semis (and solid bodies, and hollow bodies...) 11 on a semi shouldn't feel that different than 10s on a Strat or Tele. I like 10s on my new (to me) 535.
fxdx99 Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 11's on a semi? Holy crap. How do you bend those? Guess it's what you get used to. After using 11s on the strat and tele, the shorter scale semis/150s seem easy(er). Either that or it's pulling in the clutch lever building up strength...
Jimbob Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 I played D'Addario 11-49s for years until a bit of arthritis started settling in (yeah, getting to be an old guy). I've since dropped the gauge down to 10.5-48, and it seems like a nice compromise between 10s and 11s.
strings Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 on all my guitars 11-52's tele's, and my only 535 as well,a little fuller tone than 10's
Jazzpunk Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 I've settled on D'Addario EXL110+ 10.5-48 for now. May go back to 11's again eventually.
GRMJazz Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 I'm firmly with the 11-49 D'Addario XL camp. No problem with bends at all; I just like more resistance. If (read: when) I get my 535 back, 11's it'll be. Then again, 11's would feel springy to someone who has 13-53's on his guitars now (TI Swing flats on Burrell Groovemaster, TI Bebop rounds on Clark custom.....love 'em!!).
bobmeyrick Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 D'Addario 11-49 on 243/4 inch (Heritage, Gibson etc.) and 10-46 on 251/2 inch (Fender) scales. When I started playing years ago I went for light gauges, but as I got older I realised that thicker strings gave better tone. On my Meyrick archtop I have D'addario Chromes, 12-52.
bebove64 Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 On my all guitars : Thomastik strings fw .012-.050 Dogal strings fw .012-.052 On my next h535.....012-.050...of course!
tbonesullivan Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 usually .10 standard gauge. I haven't been playing as long/hard as a lot of people. I still use .09s on my tele, bolt, and ibanez, but i think i'm going to go up to 9.5. I like that they have intermediate gauges more available now.
mtpatty Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 ok, i am the odd man out- Ernie Ball Extra slinky (.08's) on all my electrics.....10's on acoustic...
Guest HRB853370 Posted June 3, 2011 Posted June 3, 2011 Man, never knew they had strings in half steps!!!!
TalismanRich Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 All my guitars are using 10-46. The oddball is my DeArmond, which has the D'Addario XL110W with the wound G. Last summer, I tried using DR Pure Blues and really like them. Still have quite a few sets of XL110s to use, but have DRs on the Milli, 535 and 140. XL110s on the 157, S100, Legacy and Asat.
tbonesullivan Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 Man, never knew they had strings in half steps!!!! I think they have only really become available in the past year or two. the rest of the strings are a little thicker too. once my .009's run out, I'm going to .0095's.
Flat Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 Thomastik-Infeld flatwounds 12 - 50. They so smooooth... Anyone else use flatwounds on their 535?
barrymclark Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 I use 12's on my 575. I will probably do the same on my 535 when I get it. I can't wait til money gets right (towards the end of the year) and I can get it. Once your hands get used to 12's, bending is no issue.
Joey Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 I've used D-Addario 11's with a wound G string on my H555 for 16 years now and have no problem bending. I always like to experiment and tried 10's once, but found the tone to be thinner and took them right off.
bebove64 Posted June 4, 2011 Posted June 4, 2011 I use 12's on my 575. I will probably do the same on my 535 when I get it. I can't wait til money gets right (towards the end of the year) and I can get it. Once your hands get used to 12's, bending is no issue. +
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