.07 Gauge Guitar Strings Sound Absolutely Ridiculous
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Proud to be the first man to bend 3 steps. I owe it all to you, my loyal viewers. I wouldn't have made it to this monumental milestone without you. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
What are your thoughts on mötley crüe
Love you man
What do you think is the best string gauge
Pretty Shure Guthrie govan can bend 3 steps. But I don't think he uses 7s
A righteous win 🤟🏼
Acoustic players playing electrics for the first time:
In one week I'm going to be one of them, I'll confirm if it's true or not
I started on acoustic, and you're absolutely right. My first electric felt like I was playing strings made of silk by comparison
can confirm. i started on a classical acoustic cause its what i had and i got a 7 string at the beginning of december. oh my gosh it was so much fun trying it out for the first time. i went back to my acoustic yesterday to see something and the difference is insane
@@musenyx it's like riding on a dirt road to auto bahn
Agreed, i can bend higher on electric
Locking Tuner: look at this runt
Little E: I'm going to get my brother
What's a locked tuner?
@@flamecrew9atroblox958 locking tuners clamp down on the strings preventing them from slipping and going out of tune
@@flamecrew9atroblox958 did you watch the video?
literally it did, when he bent the string lmao
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣U made my day
I was using this gauge way back in the 70’s. You can finger tap notes without even picking them, bends are cool. I liked it but it does take getting used to. So easy to play, or should I say Effortlessly…….and harmonics are awesome…I think everybody should own at least one guitar dedicated to 7 or 8 gauge strings.
What do you think about hybrid 9s? I'm a beginner and I find it hard to bend and bar my current strings. Frustrating when I can find the right notes easily by ear because of my piano background but I can't do the bends.
@@usuallyclueless4477 take your guitar to a local luthier, have him/her set it up and make adjustments to string height above fretboard, at nut and bridge to the gauge strings you like, say-9’s..that should help make bar cords and bending easier. But building finger strength is important and will happen before you realize it. If you want super easy use 8-gauge strings but you will have to get used to making a cord sound every time your fingers touch the fretboard to make a note….may I suggest getting a inexpensive 2nd guitar and have 8-gauge set up on it. There’s nothing like experiencing something new….have fun..
@@jerryodom7358 Thank you, but I can't afford a second guitar right now, which is why my plan is to try out Strat-style guitar (25.5" scale length) with 9s in a store and then buy the strings if I like it, and do the setup myself by looking at tutorials by professionals.
I think I might be able to do measurements and adjustments just fine as I'm an engineer, but no promises.
@@usuallyclueless4477 Fender ships their Stratocasters from the factory with 9s. I do have to agree with Jerry and suggest you just keeps practicing with 9s. Your comment is currently a month old and a bet you've made a fair amount of progress in that time.
@@Cautionary_Tale_Harris On the contrary, I've been really busy with college and haven't been able to practice. I'll get more time for it next week so I'm looking forward to changing strings and practicing then.
The Rev. Willy G. is never wrong. The man himself - Billy Gibbons met BB King at a performance backstage one time when Billy was only about 22 years old. BB picked up Billy's guitar, strummed it a few times and handed it back. He looked at Billy and said "Why you working so hard?" Billy asked what BB meant. BB replied "you got real heavy, heavy strings" Billy asked "isn't that how to get the heavy, heavy sound?" BB King said "No! Don't be working so hard!" Billy switched to light guage strings and has played them ever since.
Yes I made a comment not far back an Billy Gibbons did come to mind.i had mentioned a Skynyrd song also. Skynyrd was kind of groundbreaking in my observation hence not quite easy. Not that Billy Gibbons material is easy.just saying. Perhaps I lack finesse. May I say this?
I was thinking of that very story
Yeah billy played .7's, even lighter gauge strings than BB
More 10s people should try 9-42, even a half step down. 10s are an impediment to everything imo. They slow down your picking, make you less nimble. I think the sound is too harsh and woody too. Everything will hold up better with 9s the guitar and your hands. You'll also play a lot better when you have to avoid slippage or pulling sharp. It makes expression way easier. It's not too loose, you'll get used to it after the first pack and then you'll hate 10s.
@@guyincognito320 ya I wanna try 8s
This is what a bass player sees when the hold an electric guitar
Or any other non-bass instrument
Pretty much. I can't stand anything lighter than 10s on my electric guitar after spending years playing bass and acoustic guitar.
I go back and forth between bass and lead. I always have to play the lead first, then I am fine on bass. But if I start on bass, my lead work is terrible.
@@thesollylama130 play lead on bass
me 😂
You can literally clean the fret board while the strings are there
Lemme just *lifts every single string out of the nut while at full tension* there we go
This is perhaps the most brilliant comment I've seen in this entire thread.
Jim Conley nah bro, this is possibly one of the greatest comments I’ve seen on TH-cam in the last decade.
@@joshuagavaghan224 Touchè!
I constantly do this with my .08's
I bought a guitar 6 months ago to try learning. Turns out it had knackered .13s on it. When I got a set of lighter new strings it seemed like a level up because I'd already gotten used to having difficult chords and getting my fingers chewed up
Dont waste time googling about strings or pedals, just play arpeggios and blues scale for an hour everyday 3 years straight
Thats a recipe for playing like dude in the video, googling strings and guitars does nothing to your skill
@@denisblack9897 thank you, I needed this
@@denisblack9897 always worrying about gear won't make you better but if you're playing with dirty or old strings, it's not nice. I agree about pedals though, they aren't too important as long as your amp can make a decent sound
@@mememan5466I bought a Boss Katana Mk2 50W in 2020, and it's the best budget amp I've ever seen. It has amazing tunes and it works great as an audio interface for PC.
Can't think of a better way to kill the buzz...@@denisblack9897
I used to play 7s in college. They made the guitar feel “sproingy” and effortless. I loved them for casual playing because it made the guitar feel so fun to pick up and just play for 10-15 minutes a go.
The springy feel is definitely nice
I kind of like them. It makes the strattiest of strat sounds that ever stratted.
Exactly the words I was looking for
That’s pretty stratty
It is the guitar man, those pickups are dope
Strats are jealous of this sentence
I just strat my pants
Playing acoustic for 7 years. Started playing electric guitar. First time playing it feels like you're an adult taking a kinder garden test.
lmao
I've been playing classical guitar for a while and I'm planning on buying a Yamaha Pacifica in a year or so, I literally cannot wait
Just did this the other day.
Then going back feels like the exact opposite
I just play 11's on both guitars. Boom, problem solved.
It's crazy how much hotter and mid-rangier the thicker gauge strings are. As a bassist, I've always tried to use slightly thicker strings for feel purposes, so I've never really experimented much with thinner strings. But the sound difference here really caught me off guard.
Yeah… I keep 11’s on my guitars, sometimes 10’s and for bass I use super long scale flat wound 50’s. The 45’s just feel and tune badly…. Doesn’t feel tight at all like it’s de tuning. Also on 45’s if I don’t coil/string it exactly right (I have pegs where you pre cut the string and put the tip straight down into the peg) if I drop tune a full step then the string just rattles and is loose.
If you haven’t tried flats I highly recommend it. I did it on my Hamer bass because I like more warm/booming bass and the Hamer was a night to bright and poppy for my tastes. I put the flats on hoping it would tone that down and the timbre is perfect for me. That Hamer will forever have flats now. The schecter I use rounds. The flats are much easier to slide on and they just feel great. I can play for 4-5 hours non stop without ripping my calluses off.
@@christopherkucia1071 man, funny you say that. I've been playing bass since '05, and I recently only started to love flats in maybe the last two years, or so. I tried a couple different types to look for that Jamerson type sound, but I surprisingly ended up landing on the Rotosound RS88LD tapewounds. Mannnnnn, if you haven't given tapewounds a shot, definitely try them. I tend to use them on single/split coil basses as I wonder if the extra gain from a humbucker sorta makes it too "blocky" sounding, but they sound phenomenal on my p-bass. Maybe give them a shot if you've never tried tapes.
@@josephcote7702 I vaguely remember playing tapes once or twice maybe on my fathers friends bass or something… I actually just ordered roto sound flats yesterday lol! I’ll definitely check out some tape wounds soon. Maybe I’ll replace the saddle screws on my schecter and get some.
The thing that's noticeably different from gauge to gauge is the sustain. Thicker strings are ...thicker, and therefore have a longer release in general and when muting etc.(this can cause problems on some pickups if you go really heavy). The way the player interacts with the instrument also changes significantly, you unconsciously attack harder on thicker gauges and softer on thinner ones. In this video, the pickup selector changes around from the single neck to the humbucker bridge, but the .7s are always on the neck pickup and the .13s are on a capo, which likely over-emphasizes the change in tone.
I switched from .9 gauge to .8 gauge strings years ago, and have been extolling the virtues of light gauge strings ever since. The reason that Billy started using the .7's is one of those "urban legends" of rock history, ZZ Top was on a double bill with BB King, BB observed that Billy was running .13's, and recommended that he tried using light gauge strings, bc "Why suffer?". I own seven guitars at last count, only one is an acoustic. I strung the acoustic with .8's, and play it through a sound hole pickup. It sounds insane. All six of my remaining (electric) guitars are strung with .8's, or a few still with the .9's. I just bought a set of Mexican Lottery .7's, and am trying to decide which guitar to string with them. When I went to my local guitar shop to buy a set of D'Addario NYXL ,8's, one of the owner's sons who knew I was experimenting with Mexican Lottery's told me that they were waiting on a shipment of NYXL's and GAVE me a set of Ernie Ball "Zippy Slinky's", which are .7's! Never knew that they existed!
Extolling he yeah
.90 haha
But they're Ernie Ball, so they'll snap like cotton. Most guitar players think that breaking strings often is normal. Then they try a brand other than Ernie Ball and realise it doesn't have to happen.
I hope I'm not the only one that reflexively ducked during the high E bend
3:38 this one?
@@mjdigs yes that one
@@loris.badeau 5:40
I'm watching this in bed before going to sleep and I still ducked
You are all blind its on 5:43
Lock in tuner: ‘you can’t defeat me’
High E string: ‘I know, but he can’
*Low E String enters*
aaahhhh senpai
iya~
@@mcjug1350 browut. Homeboy used the low e to get the high e thru lock on the tuner lol
Hahahaha
When you're all about the meme life! That was good one dude😂
I have been using 0.008 gage for years, the problem is that if I play somebody else's guitar with regular strings, it becomes very difficult...but oh boy, it is so easy to bend them and they don't break!
I have not changed mine in three years.
catch 5 Freddy!
Freddie's strings are gross
@@chrisvanover5960 you are right, I should change them more often lol!
BTW, I do love the sound of fresh strings!
@@Galova I know but it will be so hard to go back to regular gage strings. My fingers couldn't handle it lol!
@@Freddy-kw2mk lol my fingers bleed. Never ever set those steel ropes of death anymore
Back in early seventies when I played my first gigs .07 strings were common among progressive style guitarists. I had Gibson Melody Maker and Fender Jazz Master with those and God it was really too easy to bend notes. Strumming was a nightmare.
When people say 9s are light
Man, I used 10s before changed to 9s so much better to play and I think my guitar is set up for 9s because with 10s after 12th fret everything was out of tune.
I played my Harley Benton forever with 11s, then one day I tried 9s...I was blown away
on an acoustic, yes they are
Even a 12s acoustic pack is still considered light....
So im a beginner and i have an ibanez gio with factory strings and im not sure what they are is there anyway to measure that and if so what strings should i get??
@@thirus8312 try what you want and find your sweet spot
It's like training your whole life as a runner in 12 inches of water, now run on this flat land stuff
I feel like this doesn't get said enough or maybe that MusicIsWin doesn't even agree, but you absolutely effing shred. Technical and super nuanced with your press and note choices and dynamics. 👍
Yes, but you'll find that your finger strength will adjust to the lower gauge strings and they will seem normal again. I'm sure they sound amazing - I switched down to 9's after playing 11's for years and I had a similar epiphany. There has to be a point where loss of sustain happens however. But I'll definitely give it a try.
True, but since I have 12s on my acoustic and 9s on my electric I get to experience it all the time just by swapping over.
Turns on some gain.....
High Gain Players: Still waiting.
Bruh fr I was like, oh he turned it from 0 to 1
@@CountSnaqula 😂
had the same thought and i don't even play with high gain myself
I thought the same thing.
i didnt even realize he turned any gain on. shit.
How to reach insanity:
Step 1: buy 7 gauge strings
Step 2: install them on a floyd rose
What is wrong with you???!
It will takes forever to tune the guitar.
Pain, just absolute and definite pain
Lmao
Step 3. Tune down to a drop tuning
Dude your reactions are awesome, much love bro, I need to try these out
After many many guitar videos, this one really shows you having true fun. I was enjoying this video 100
"An E-string helping an E-string, that's what you like to see!"
I loved that. Lol
Tribalism should not be encouraged. Expressing diversity would have been better. Using the A string would have been more inclusive. :)
Just one homie helping another
ey man, i got you ur 600th like, i gotchu. and i agree.
What a mind bender! I got rid of my strings completely (called using 0s) and my wife and neighbors love the no sound effect!
Well at least you're getting some. Don't the neighbor's ever call about her screaming in the night ?...
@DEEJMASTER 333 Ha ha ha, I'm probably old enough to be your Grandpa there sonny... 🤣🤣🤣
They must sound amazing, where can I get a set?
Bruh
XD
I love how after the initial huge bend he immediately checks tuning in disbelief lol
Can a compressor, equalizer or other effect compensate for the difference in sound between the different gauges ?
Thank you very much !
If by "compensate" you mean dampen entirely, absolutely. Lemme introduce you to this distortion pedal that will just kill your tone 😀
Well, Billy Gibbons rolls his treble and presence all the way down and boosts the bass which is unusual with Marshalls but that's how you compensate. There's less bass so it over-emphasizes top end. But you could also argue they are more clear and chords ring out crisper. I think the real problem is adjusting your technique. You simply have to play softer and lighter.
“I have to turn on some gain” proceeds to play clean tones with a tinkle of gain.
Cleaner than Fluff’s clean tone
@@AchingGibbon450 lmao
To be fair, he did say “some.”
I like this amount of gain. I want to hear my guitar sound, with some gain. Not gain to be the sound on its own
@@r0manovic lol that would be totally strange... normally people do gain, bass, treble mid and master equalized in their own style and not gain only
I've been using eights for a number of years on my electric and acoustics. I'm old enough to be listed on the fossil record and have arthritis. The lighter strings allow me to continue playing longer without to much pain.
Not being able to play guitar anymore would be a sad sad day for me.
Love your channel!
@@facucs just for clarification, If u starting guitar new, your fingers going to be weird in order to press the strings
@@facucs ohhh I don't know then, I thought you were talking about fingertips hardening thing. I just wanted to inform you if you're a newbie. Cause you know a lot of beginners left the guitar for that reason(it called callus I guess)
@@facucs did you got to a doctor? i just started getting some weird pain as well.
@@facucs I've been getting cramps in the area below my middle/ring/pinky fingers on the palm side of my hand. Made an appointment to see a hand doctor but haven't gone yet. I'm obviously no doctor, but my symptoms don't really match any common hand issues I've been able to find via my own research so it's a little disconcerting.
@@facucs Thanks man. I hope you find yourself able to play again someday as well.
I switched to .10s years ago and never looked back. Perfect sweet spot for me. I want to feel some resistance in my bends but not too much at the same time. I was tempted to go for thicker low strings but then some bendings become stupidly hard. I like to do a full step bend on the low E from first fret F to G with my index for example, which is still possible with thicker strings, but i don't want to work THAT hard.
Player preference I say. I have bounced around gauges several times. There are pros and cons for all, but I love to see you finding happiness in all of it. Guitar is a fascinating world, and we never stop wondering and learning.
Who needs pinch harmonics when you can just bend three whole notes up lol.
Um, because pinch harmonics are usually one or even two OCTAVES above the fretted note.. Duh!
@@Saldivinorum shhhh let me me joy things
@@internetguy1260 do you bub! LoL
@@Saldivinorum why..
@@ciggymate4177 "Why" what? You gotta be a little more specific bub.
I prefer 0.001 gauge...as they are not visible to anyone, you can only hear the sound...
Anything lighter would be Guitar Hero buttons
Sealab Tucker lmaaaooo
.01*
Those would be 10s buddy
and when you play it it’ll just be like playing with razor wire
A fantastic watch! Had fun watching you nerd out over that.
I went down to 8s several years ago and don't regret it one bit. Everything is just more dynamic with lighter strings. Might have gone lower, but the little shop near me didn't carry 7s.
It must be like playing piano with keys made out of whipped cream.
Best comment. 😂😂👍👍🎉
Piano doesn't destroy your fingers the way that steel strings do... especially if you've been playing bluesy face-making bends for decades.
Memory foam glued to them instead of Ivory's....
Good analogy 👌
or playing a woodwind with a reed made of a single sheet of paper
So this is what Lynyrd Skynyrd meant by "gimme three steps"...
I enjoyed this joke a little too much lol!
this joke is nice
I enjoyed this
Favorite song favourite joke
Nice
I dicovered Rev Willy's 8-40s and LOVE the tone and playability. So much fun to play and never looking back.
you look so happy playing this. I love watching this
I think I just discovered Ichika’s secret...
Shh, don’t reveal his secrets.
oh shiii- shhh don't tell anyone. Only we can know
@@y4wnu I'm in the club
Ichika has said that he uses Elixer 9s (Instagram replies)
@@mortal55 very good to know actually! Thank you :)
as a bass player: my first octave slide has left a huge mark on me (literally). the only reason it didn't slice my finger open was because it was a thick string
That's the same reason my left hand isn't sliced open.
Your frets are that sharp?
I’ve got a 5-string bass and recently switched my guitar with E tuning to 07s. Let’s just say I wasn’t playing guitar again for a couple days
@@theow771 same with me but I cut my finger tuning and it bled out. It was fine the first time but the second time I got light-headed and started bleeding everywhere.
What gauge do you have on your bass? On mine, I'm using .95-.40 and it doesn't bother my fingers at all once I came down from .105-.45.
Trying to get better at leads recently, I got an 11-50 gauge on my strings, I found the extra tension in the high strings makes fast stuff easier and the slightly thinner bottom end (usually use a 52) I find riffing a bit easier, giving me a break after trying a lead
Some guys use a larger gauge on the E and A but use smaller gauge on the lighter strings
I've heard about that, it's funny you say that because I broke my low e yesterday lol, probably going back to a 52 for my low e from now on
I use the billy gibbons 7s on my guitars. I have to say. I think they make the guitar so much better to play. You have to put up with a bit more string rattle. But you won’t hear it through a amp. If I could go back in time. I’d use 7s from the start. Cool video. You can see from your reaction that it’s real and you are like wow these are good.
drop b tuning will sound disgusting and i want to hear it
edit: nono wait i’ve got it
_drop g_
*Bends 7 whole steps*
@@jmp101694 😎
Bends 4 octaves
@@jordy6676 😂
Do you think the strings would even stay wrapped? I honestly wonder how low you could even go with these 🤔😆
I love how he just dives into the meat of the video. Most other channels introduce themselves for 5 minutes, then would explain the history of guitar strings starting in the year 1111, then spend a minute on a Raid Shadow Legends, then finally put the strings on.
😂
All of his videos are like that thats why I like watching them lmao
*RAID SHADOW LEGENDS* !!!
Facts
Your comment is literally the intro of the video. lol 😂
Never tried 7's, but i only use 8's. When i change my strings i always buy some individual high e strings too, cuz i end up breaking at least 2 of them when i try to wind them or tune them for the first time. All that aside, thin strings work great for me, they give me the perfect balance of bass and treble naturally (on my acoustics)
I’d be interested to see what it felt like the next day after a few hours of the neck adjusting to the new tension. Did you have to put some relief back into it?
According to Mr. Gibbons, he switched from heavy gauge to lites after doing a show with B.B. King. During a conversation about string gauge and being surprised by the thin strings on Mr. King's guitar, King asks, "Why you workin' so hard?"
What size did bb play?
@@scubyfan According to one source, he played .008 but for some reason the B.B. King Signature Series came in .010
@@scubyfan B.B. said that old school blues guys only played heavy strings because that's all there was and those days are long behind them.
@@rndmevil
A Gibson with 8s? Could probably bend a string using only mind control.
@@rjb7569 or a good cross breeze.
I play bass. This is how I felt when I picked up a guitar for the first time
Same, I play on a borrowed bass from my friend's brother's dad from 1983 and holy crap the strings are old and one of the neck pickups doesn't work but I love it. But those old strings man they are rough, the only reason I haven't replaced them is I don't own the bass and will have to give it back when I get my own, also laziness.
Ha same
I feel ya
Every single time I pick up a guitar. It just feels like a toy. So tiny, so light, the strings are barely there.
OMG SAMMMEEEEE
Thank you so much I've been thinking of trying the super lights ,you have convinced me it's well worth it to have them on at least 1 or 2 guitars lol ❤❤ looks like fun
I originally thought that's what Amos Garret was using for the "Midnight at the Oasis" solo, but maybe he was just tuned in Eb with a fairly thin gauge...some pretty major bends going on in that ride. Great stuff.
When someone from Denver tries running at sea level.
LMAO Seriously underrated comment
can confirm
Try running near sea level in 90%+ humidity and 100 degrees
@@Zawmbbeh (assuming Colorado is higher than sea) shouldn't it be very easy for you to breath because you should have more red blood cells at high alt for lower oxygen environments
@@michaelrogers3857 Denver is a mile high
A real broke guitarist never cuts a high E, you’ll need it... someday.
Thats right
Singles are usually a buck a string. Pretty sure you can afford a dollar.
@@thephotoyak when you make a dollar a day you gotta compensate
sillyak wow you take the internet very seriously. If this is how you approach it, you’d better start saving strings too lol
Who am I kidding, you’re probably 9yo.
@@D3vil0fMin3 8 next week.
Just saw this video....I can't believe I missed this one. I'm a bit blown away and yet, not surprised that a Strat style could do this. I would love to see this on a Les Paul that was set -up for lower gage strings. I wonder how the sustain would be with a Paul and some hot buckers????
Nice job,
bob
I’ve tried 8th fees months ago, at first they felt slappy and weak but now I like the sound and feeling very much, definitely worth trying
This is how Stevie Ray Vaughan felt with 12 gauge strings.
I think he tuned down half a step also....little looser. But yeah he was the man with the tone!
keep in mind that only the high e string was a 0.13 set string, the other strings were from lighter sets. so SRV didnt really play with a WHOLE set of 13s
Last time I played with 12 gauges I had my left hand, then I didn’t.
There’s a lot of misinformation about this. SRV did use *some* 12 gauge strings for a while, he moved around. But he tuned down to Eb, which is basically like moving down a gauge since lower tension. His tech publicly said at the end he was basically using 11s, which at Eb is more like using 10s in standard tuning. The moral of the story is that you don’t have to kill your hands to try to sound like SRV. You just have to get good. I use 10s on a strat but have 11s on my Jaguar.. and the jag is easier to play than the strat because it’s shorter scale length (less tension)
He used 11s
"it's not strong enough to push through the locking tuner" *grips string 8 inches away from the hole*
🤦♂️
😂🤣thinking the same thing... even when he went to the 6th string e.. shit still bent all noodle like
We all have our limitations.
that was frustrating to watch
Has very short arms... is disability.
I think he did that so we could see that it didn't go through
The 7s definitely have a brighter tone also seems like they don’t vibrate for very long as a higher gauge would
I can't remember what Tony Iommi from Black Sabbath plays, but I remember him playing really light strings and tuning them down a lot. In addition to making the songs sound darker, these also helped Tony to actually play as he has prosthetic finger tips on the middle and ring fingers of his fretboard hand.
D# tuning
8 8 11 18w 24 32
Truss rod: Well I can see when I'm not wanted anymore. *Packs bags
I had a Danelectro with no truss rod. Liked it, but sold it for that reason. This would have been the answer. Never occurred to me.
"ayt imma head out"
Don't think I've ever taken all my strings off at the same time
I've always heard it's not healthy to just cut em off like that... Homie has plenty of nice guitars tho, so maybe I am wrong
@@jacoblott1617 heard the same, whether its fact or fiction, I wont ever chance it
I read a long time a go that the reason billi gibbons started playing 07's gauge strings is because BB KING ask him why is he working so hard playing heavy strings when he can be playing comfortably with a lighter string gauge.
true story..
🥱 Yawning...
It wasn’t BB it was Albert King.
@@arthurc1971 It was Albert Hendrix said is the best guitarist in the world not Billy Terry Paddy Mickey BB....🥱
@@arthurc1971 It was BB.
It doesn’t sound bad at all. I had a friend that put 8 gauge strings on his guitar and I had a similar experience. That 2.5 step bend kind of sounded like a slide guitar.
By the end of the 1969 "7" sets were available in London - I remember trying them for a while but was under great pressure from bandmates to get back to normal....so I did... I'll try them again, it may well help to improve my dexterity, which I lost a lot with age. Pete.
I went to 8s on my tele and when I mentioned it to a employee at guitar center he looked at me like I was going to destroy the guitar. He tried so hard to convince me that 11s were the way. He was clearly a bit of a metalhead and I understand needing more tension but I've been transitioning into jazz and the light touch really helps. Moral of the story is everybody has their own preference.
ehhh... even for metal riffing you really don't need that kind of tension on the high strings. A lesson i've been learning slowly but surely. Been dialing in my string gauges individually with string joy. I seem to keep heading in a smaller direction on the high strings and a thicker direction on the lows.
@@joshshultz1250 detuning is the biggest reason for me, i prefer playing drop C B A nowadays
I thought jazzers are supposed to be using the 12+ gauges?
@@upliftmofoify Generally the case for acoustic archtops. The jazzmaster tremolo also tends to do better with heavier strings, but ironically the jazzmaster isn't too common for jazz. I don't know too many jazz electric guitarists, but it seems to be as much of a preference as any genre of electric guitarist.
Most jazz is played with 11s
Watching you cut those strings straight down the fretboard killed me inside lol
It probably isn't true, but I was always told to leave string tension on the neck. Change one string at a time. The theory being that when a guitar is tuned, it pulls the neck upward. Removal of tension on the neck, over a period of time, may lead to intonation issues and constant flex(monthly string change) can lead to the fret itself losing it's bond with the fretboard. Who knows. Differing opinions on everything in the world. I'm no luthier, just a student trying to protect my investments.
@@guitarplayergeek and if we clean the fretboard we have to remove all the strings so... is it bad for the guitar to remove every string in order to clean the fretboard (of course when I change strings i do it one to one) sorry for my question i'm a beginner
@@guillaumechnd1025 like I said, I'm no luthier. I loosen tension on a couple strings, pull them off the nut and down(or up) off the board. clean that area and repeat upwards. Might be more work for no reason. It's never been proven or disproven. Just wanted to throw it out there to get other's input and knowledge.
Most guitars would not be adversely affected if you removed all of the strings for a once every 6 months cleaning/inspection unless you are dealing with high end tone woods. The main thing to remember is not to leave the string tension off of the neck overnight.
@@guitarplayergeek Check out Stringjoy's video on guitar myths, I think. He says that removing all the strings to change them doesn't hurt your guitar. You have to remove all the strings to change a pickup. But, really, you can change them any way you like.
You brought a smile to my morning!
How’s the sustain compared to your normal set? I’m interested in these because my old ass fingers have no callouses left, no meat on those bones and lots of arthritis. And Sweetwater has those Reverend Willy’s strings at a good price, right now.
Thx,
Professor Ken.
So, I was playing GTA V and when tyler said "thats ridiculous" Michael in the game said "Yeah, very ridiculous"
lol
Hahahahahaha lit
Great when that happens right?! I’ve been watching a movie and had my phone ring at the exact same time one rang in the film. Love that shit.
For some paranoia fuel: I've noticed many, many times, my microphone activating while playing GTAV over the last week. I've only ever played single-player story mode, so I don't know why it would be kicking on. Computer confirms, "microphone in use by GTAV."
Fun times :P
that timing is perfect
Tyler : *bends up a million steps*
Every guitarist within a mile radius : *COVER YOUR EYESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
- Want to see my guitar with .07 gauge strings?
- Yeah, let me just take my protection goggles...
i think the reason for your hands feeling faster is because as us guitarist move are hand to scale up and down on notes, we tend to slide on the string a little and the bigger our strings are, the more friction they make, thats why 0.7 feels to light, and also because it shiny new
INSANE!!...I use the Ernie Ball .09 gauge on my Les Paul Custom, my Strat and my 1959 Gibson. I'm mostly all lead and so I do a lot of bending. But I seldom ever break a string. The other band members that all use .010 gauge strings say that its because I use a .46mm nylon pick. I honestly don't know I've always wanted to try a .08 but now after watching this, I may try a .07 on my Fender. It looks like it's a gas and the amazing thing is that you did some crazy bends!! and you didn't even break a string either. That's insane...so how do you like the .07's. I would be worried about it staying in tune, even though I have Grover tuners.....Are you going to keep the .07's and what about .08's? (p.s...great video)
You play mostly lead with a .46mm nylon pick? Are you fucking insane?
So that’s how Steve Vai hit that bend in crossroads
Or that one bend in the intro of No One Like You by Scorpions
haha thats exactly the sound he made
@SamTheMan that bend is pretty easy on .10’s
Actually that was Daniel LaRusso, Steve lost the battle, does no one do their research anymore?
@@aliray1165 but steve played both parts for the movie 😉
I just put 8s on my tele to try them out, 9s on my other guitars. The first thing I noticed is how easy bar chords work now but there is still a fear in my head to get aggressive while playing. I'll give it some time before making a final judgement.
I now play 8s because I tried this set of strings, it feels so good.
Light fingers man
i have ghs 8.5s
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I’m not gonna lie, seeing Tyler’s reaction when he did that 3-step bend honestly made me happy. Like, his reaction was just awesome
You know it lol me me laugh too
I laughed because of his reaction. The 3 step bend is still amazing tho
agreed
Just ordered some Martin, extra light, 10-47, phosphor/ bronze for my acoustic because Of this video! Hopefully I can build up my calluses more easily with these and just have fun with guitar for once again ❤️
I put lights on my martin D17 ...ugh lost all its warmth ...I mean I wouldn't have minded a little more brightness but it was just too much had to go back to meds.
Tried zippy slinkys the other day and I'm never going back. It was a pain to adjust the truss rod and bridge to the new tension and get back to the same string height but afterwards it's so much more fun to play
That was on fender scale, imagine, how that would feel on gibson
I run .008 gauge on both my Les Pauls. It is out of necessity as I messed up my left hand pretty bad and could barely make a fist.
@@reno145 09s here on my les paul but it's because I can't hear any differences between 9s and 10s.
@@PainkillerDCXVI in the mix, it would be pretty much impossible to tell if you had 8s, 9s, 10s, or heavier.
@@reno145 it is the feel thing, i usually prefer 9’s on fender and gibson scale for looser feel
@@russianconservative I prefer 10s on on my Strats, tuned to E flat, but my hands just can’t do it anymore.
This is basically how us bassists feel whenever we pick up a guitar.
So true! I always feel like I'm going to break every guitar string I ever play .
Imagine switching from bass to guitar .07s =)
@@anchovski1788 Never said I switched to guitar dumbass. I said this how I feel whenever I pick up one. Which rarely happens because I dislike guitar
This bassist has no chill. 0/10.
@@madless6192 Holy Christ you people are pathetic.
wicked tone man
Your laughs turned me on to do the same... This is gold feeling
How he didn't break a string I'll never know
Thanks for the spoilers man
I thought the same thing
Victor Francois spoilers?! Hahaha
@@victorfrancois676 why are you going to the comments expecting no spoilers?
Those are amazingly bendy. Try a set.:)
Life hack: practice with 13's, perform with 7's
WISE
Your bending will be way out and you'll probably push some chords out of tune though
Sounds like a good way to push everything sharp.
So you're saying add another variable to a live performance? You practice and get the feel of 13's, then throw that away and lower the string tension? Nonsense, you'll overbend all night...that's if the 7's can hold up live.
@@guitarplayergeek 7s will hold up fine live, but you raise a good point
electric strings on acoustics sound and feel like you're floating. happy holidays everyone 👊
Great vid😊 good feels... light strings are where it's at!
7s are ridiculous, but I've never seen any reason to put anything thicker than 9s on any of my guitars in the past 40 years. As BB said, "Why you workin' so hard?".
downtuning?
drop c
Acoustic
@@tktspeed1433 fr what is that guy on about
@@SpiritofPoison 7s on an acoustic would be pretty interesting though, I mean, damn could you play like a spaniard but it'd have no sustain.
B.B. King was asked in an interview, “Why do you use such light strings?” And he said, “Why work so hard?”
Edit: I made a mistake, Billy Gibbons asked B.B. King why he used such super light strings, and B.B. King replied, “Why work so hard?” Still, both men are badass guitarists.
Somebody else said that a month ago in the same comment section
I thought he said that to billy gibbons
@@herocity1165 lmao
@@owenanderson8509 he did.
It wasn't in an interview. He said this to Billy Gibbons, while they tried each other guitars.
The tone does change a little bit. I had a pretty standard gauge on my guitar (I don't know the exact gauge, probably somewhere in the middle). I then got a little bit thicker gauge, .13-.62 (Ernie Ball Mammoths) and I love the feel of it, it's a tad tighter and gives a heavier sound for sure.
dang, frankly i can hear where it loses some of the body, but you can't deny how much fun you're getting from the freedom the strings grant. but honestly, that place you're at when you're having fun is where the best improvs come from. definitely wanna try out a set of 7s now
Didn’t even know strings like that existed
larry ballard did Tyler tell you that?
The King Eli google probably did
You can only buy them in a small shop on the eastern Himalaya range when the sun and the moon eclipse.
What else would strings do if not exist?
Wait... is this a string theory discussion? That would be massive.
@@j_freed The string can’t be measured because it is both in tune and not on the guitar at the same time.
Moral of the story: buys sevens, accidentally sound like Polyphia sometimes.
Does Tyler listen to Polyphia
heh, not a bad thing
Quality comment
EJ Not at all.
@John Martin Cantorne nope, that's King Gizzard. Really recommend them tho, in my opinion they're the best current band!
Great video man! I've never heard 07 on a Strat before! Distortion is well balanced. Is it a P90 on the bridge? The sound is great!
Looks like your having a good time! 👍🎸 that’s a good thing and sounds good too! You said you were going to return to 10s,,, I like 9s myself,, that’s the sweet spot!
*BENDS 3 WHOLE STEPS*
me with an acoustic who cant bend more then 1 whole step-
*IT AINNGHT AIGHT*
I feel you, bending on acoustics are impossible
You can get "light" ten-gauge acoustic strings -- I recommend them
i have 9s on my acoustic. works fine tbh
For For yeah tens are a good middle ground
Fr?
I could bend with 13's rather well,not sure about you guys.
He sounds like Stevie T if he took his medication.
LOL
And wasn't a slappable bag of try-hard cringey shit.
@@MoonshineSazerac Indeed
Holy shit, the toxicity
@@MoonshineSazerac yes indeedy
Sometimes the locking pin in the tuner doesn't fall down automatically. You can always gently tap the top of the tuner with a screwdriver or another object to get it to drop down,
I used those strings for a very long time. You can even bend a Perfect 5 interval without breaking or getting out of tune.