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.
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
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.
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!
@fcelayes 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)
@fcelayes 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.
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.
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.
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.
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?"
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!
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.
@Ciggy Mate? Nuh uh! ...Thanks man. What ever would I do without folks like you stating the obvious. I picked up on that by his reply to my first comment, for one. Hell, my first comment was kind of a joke too, "duh!" Anyone who knows what an artificial pinch harmonic is would know that the note's pitch is higher than one could realistically bend the note. Jokes aren't as funny when you have to explain that they are jokes, hence why I went along with it and moved on. So now I have to bounce your own question back at you... Ciggy Mate? Why...
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.
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.
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. 👍
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
@@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.
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.
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.
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??
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
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
@@guillaumechnd 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.
@@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
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.
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.
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?
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.
I have never actually tried different gauge strings, let alone the lightest in strength. I feel the need to expand and try something new, and strings are definitely a great feeling when they are new!
The first time I lightened up my string gauge I kept going around to everyone I live with -- non-guitar players, the lot of them -- and saying, "push on these strings! Feel how easy they are!"
As a bass player I literally changed the string gauge every time I changed them. Like the first few years of playing I went from the thickest standard strings to the lightest. Testing out different materials aswell and so on. Experimenting with strings is super fun
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
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)
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
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
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 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.
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
I've been using Dean Markley Blue Steels for a lot of years. I like the custom light 9-46. I used them so long, anything else would be weird to me at this point. I can't remember how many years it's been since I broke a string and I bend a lot.
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.
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.
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?".
I am a metal head. Humbuckers and fat strings. But I am finding my heart craves a Tele sound. It has a clarity that I want so bad. The .07 gauge strings have a little bit of that crisper sound I am looking for. I may give them a try before looking into getting a Telecaster.
I always used .07 gauge and never had a problem putting them in my guitar. I always used this gauge because of what you're experiencing here: crazy bends without breaking the strings and harmless to your fingers. They're very comfortable.
The surprise is the ease in which he bends 2 whole steps. Knowing that I, personally, can really only bend to a minor third if I really work for it, I can see myself going 2 whole steps or higher with ease if I played 7 gauge. For reference, I play 10s.
Cutting all your strings off your guitar is riiculous. I was in a fire ,causing several skin graft surgeries. I used the fattest strings possible, cuz Metal, and all. Anyway,a year after my surgeries I had to have have my son open my coke cans for me,so even strumming a c chord was painful,physically and emotionally,until I happened upon an old GW Clapton interview,and hearing him talk about.007 strings changed my life. Literally.
I have been playing with those gauges of strings for years. They’re really cool. You can bend the hell out of them in the string won’t even break. They’re pretty cool and it makes your guitar real easy to play. Have a great day.👍👍😄🎸🎼🎵🎶🎸
I've found a good mix with the Ernie Ball "skinny top heavy bottom" set that has the 3 low end strings at a higher gauge & the 3 high end strings at a lighter gauge so I get both chunk & bendy. Best of both worlds.
I had those on my guitars, but then I discovered that D’addario has the same set and now I have the same gauges but from D’addario They just sound better imo
You gotta try the skinny top beefy bottoms, they're amazing. Obviously you gotta play with the truss rod but the low E sounds like you're playing a telephone wire bro. (For reference they are 10-54
I'm glad you didn't cut the strings on full tension on my Wood Library. Some guys have money and can play decent, but don't know much about guitars....
Didn't Jimmy Page also use .07s? I remember in his book he would use the A .36 for the E string and move them all up. It definitely sounds like it on a lot of their songs
Check out Rick Beato's video on string sizes. I noticed that .07s give off a little buzz, as if they had a warp and the wrapping wire is loose...and I believe that's because they suffer from too much vibration vs higher sizes. I prefer .09 for more flexibility without any buzz. Have you tried 0.08? I'll have to listen to other videos on this again...thanks!
@@arcticlark705 actually, not long before the accident he actually had to switch to lower gauges because his hands weren't able to keep up with the 13s he was on. IIRC he was down to some flavor of 10's.
First time finding this channel and I gotta say watching you genuinely enjoy playing that much was a real treat. I’m just getting started with guitar and I’ve hit the point where it’s not quite as rewarding as it was the first couple months as my growth has slowed down. Thanks for the inspiration!
That happens man. When your skill growth slows Let your riff pattern creations begin. Create new rhythms ect. When my Skill Growth slowed i allowed my creativeness explore and experimentation always opens up the mext level of skill required. Hope that is rellivant and helps ya abit dude.
as a guy who bought a shitty strat in Mexico and then didn’t have enough money to replace the .07 strings for two years (yes, really), I just am used to them. I’ve adapted them to my style. It’s been four years since I got that Strat, and though I have other guitars now, she’s my go to. Still with .07 strings.
I like the orange pack of the Ernie Ball slinky top heavy bottom. I always liked the 9s more for bends and tone but I liked closer to an 11 for the lower side but hated the high strings being thicker than 9s and finally decided to get the orange pack. Might try the hybrid slinky sometime but currently I love the orange pack.
Love it. I watched that Beato video & went to buy some 8s. Dude in front of me in line was also buying 8s based on the video too! Guitar store kid wanted to know why they are selling so many 8's all of a sudden. Set up my tele with them, had to adjust the truss rod, but love it. So much fun to play these super light gauge strings!
One of the problems with 07's is that when you fret notes or chords, you're used to a heavier Guage and you wind up playing slightly out of tune, that is until you become accustomed to them. Note timbre and sustain are also affected by string diameter as well.
I've just tried 09s after playing years with 10s, it's driving me nuts.. at first I wasn't sure what's going on and thought I'm outta tune but then realized muscle memory is the blame
I don't think the tone/sustain argument holds up to testing. Beato did an episode on this and in a blind test the players tended to prefer the sound of the lighter gauges - much to their own surprise. However, you're quite right about tuning. Just fretting hard can cause a note (and especially a chord) to go sharp. Light strings demand a light and precise touch.
yes, slightly out of tune is being generous, this guy is playing out of tune the entire time, all of His bends are flat and lifeless. His ear is terrible, he isn't hitting any of his bended notes in key and his technique is very very sloppy!!!!!
I just switched from 10s to 9s and have been having that problem with open chords mainly. Bending them out of tune when I play them how I always did. You just have to relax more to compensate and the whole reason I switched strings was to make other chord shapes easier, so I haven’t been doing open chords or power chords as much anyway. If I was playing a song that features those heavily, I’d use a different guitar for it
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.
Performed over 50 years and started having left hand cramps, got very depressed. Did some study and added supplements (potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium) to my diet and went from 10s to 8s. My guitar tech did not want to put the 8s on my Strat, but he did. I haven't looked back. I didn't even know they made 7s but since 8s are working, I will stick with them for now.
I tried 8s as an exercise to learn to play with a lighter touch. Decided I liked the sound and never went back to heavier strings. You definitely lose low end with with lighter strings, but I think it’s the same frequencies that tend to cause problems.
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 🤟🏼
Locking Tuner: look at this runt
Little E: I'm going to get my brother
What's a locked tuner?
literally it did, when he bent the string lmao
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣U made my day
Big E: is this the guy who was bothering you?
Big E: Don’t talk to me or my son ever again
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
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.
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.
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
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'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!
@fcelayes just for clarification, If u starting guitar new, your fingers going to be weird in order to press the strings
@fcelayes 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)
@fcelayes did you got to a doctor? i just started getting some weird pain as well.
@fcelayes 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.
@fcelayes Thanks man. I hope you find yourself able to play again someday as well.
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
"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.
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 😂
“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
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.
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
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.
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 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.
@@jettlethedragonpeeltheoran8915 that’s why I switched to elixir strings
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
It's like training your whole life as a runner in 12 inches of water, now run on this flat land stuff
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
@@bUwUmer1260 do you bub! LoL
@Ciggy Mate? "Why" what? You gotta be a little more specific bub.
@Ciggy Mate? Nuh uh!
...Thanks man. What ever would I do without folks like you stating the obvious. I picked up on that by his reply to my first comment, for one. Hell, my first comment was kind of a joke too, "duh!"
Anyone who knows what an artificial pinch harmonic is would know that the note's pitch is higher than one could realistically bend the note. Jokes aren't as funny when you have to explain that they are jokes, hence why I went along with it and moved on.
So now I have to bounce your own question back at you...
Ciggy Mate? Why...
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.
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
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 😂
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.
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. 👍
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
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
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.
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.
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
@@Jacob.Improvises heard the same, whether its fact or fiction, I wont ever chance it
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...
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
After many many guitar videos, this one really shows you having true fun. I was enjoying this video 100
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.
The excitement over that 3 step bend was the true joy of music captured on video. Great stuff!
I don't even use "strings" anymore and everyone says I sound much better.
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 :)
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 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
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.
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.
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
@@guillaumechnd 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.
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
@@gibsonman4 not easy but possible
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.
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
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
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 dicovered Rev Willy's 8-40s and LOVE the tone and playability. So much fun to play and never looking back.
I have never actually tried different gauge strings, let alone the lightest in strength. I feel the need to expand and try something new, and strings are definitely a great feeling when they are new!
The first time I lightened up my string gauge I kept going around to everyone I live with -- non-guitar players, the lot of them -- and saying, "push on these strings! Feel how easy they are!"
@@TheDandelionSeed Ahh gotcha! Yeah, I bet they are simply, especially for the bends!
aw dude new gauge strings is just a different world
Tagetes Minuta i did the opposite with the heavy gauges
As a bass player I literally changed the string gauge every time I changed them. Like the first few years of playing I went from the thickest standard strings to the lightest. Testing out different materials aswell and so on. Experimenting with strings is super fun
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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've been using Dean Markley Blue Steels for a lot of years. I like the custom light 9-46. I used them so long, anything else would be weird to me at this point.
I can't remember how many years it's been since I broke a string and I bend a lot.
"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
Light fingers man
i have ghs 8.5s
1.3k likes and 2 comments lol
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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
@@KingGh0st_o lmao
@@owenanderson8509 he did.
It wasn't in an interview. He said this to Billy Gibbons, while they tried each other guitars.
Dude your reactions are awesome, much love bro, I need to try these out
djent guitarists: 24 string guitar to achieve the djentiest tone
Tyler: aight imma bend this .07 gauge string to 3 whole steps
Is this supposed to be a joke
What do those two things have to do with one another at all? 0_o
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
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.
I am a metal head. Humbuckers and fat strings. But I am finding my heart craves a Tele sound. It has a clarity that I want so bad. The .07 gauge strings have a little bit of that crisper sound I am looking for. I may give them a try before looking into getting a Telecaster.
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 always used .07 gauge and never had a problem putting them in my guitar. I always used this gauge because of what you're experiencing here: crazy bends without breaking the strings and harmless to your fingers. They're very comfortable.
luky u dont have a locking tuner nor do i, but i use .09s
“Well tomorrow your back is gonna hurt because you just pulled landscape duty”
Anyone else's fingers hurt?
Didn't think so.
Get me out of this place
The more fun and fingers not getting tired this should work out great ,I can pick up anything lost with the electrics if needed❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Him: "I just bent two whole steps"
Everyone who has ever played anything by David Gilmour: "Aww, bless him. He thinks that's not normal."
Or Gilmour himself
He would definitely be one of the "Everyone"'s. 😅😂
I'm trying to understand what the challenge is. I do minor-third and full step bends on an acoustic, and I'm not really thinking about it.
Yeah this guy is fantastic player, I’m shocked by this video actually. I really don’t think he is serious, more like putting on a show.
The surprise is the ease in which he bends 2 whole steps. Knowing that I, personally, can really only bend to a minor third if I really work for it, I can see myself going 2 whole steps or higher with ease if I played 7 gauge. For reference, I play 10s.
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.
Cutting all your strings off your guitar is riiculous.
I was in a fire ,causing several skin graft surgeries. I used the fattest strings possible, cuz Metal, and all.
Anyway,a year after my surgeries I had to have have my son open my coke cans for me,so even strumming a c chord was painful,physically and emotionally,until I happened upon an old GW Clapton interview,and hearing him talk about.007 strings changed my life.
Literally.
Yea congratulations, rock on!
@Michael Colvin thanks, man.
I have been playing with those gauges of strings for years. They’re really cool. You can bend the hell out of them in the string won’t even break. They’re pretty cool and it makes your guitar real easy to play. Have a great day.👍👍😄🎸🎼🎵🎶🎸
*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.
I've found a good mix with the Ernie Ball "skinny top heavy bottom" set that has the 3 low end strings at a higher gauge & the 3 high end strings at a lighter gauge so I get both chunk & bendy. Best of both worlds.
I second this that’s what I switched to recently and they’re great
I had those on my guitars, but then I discovered that D’addario has the same set and now I have the same gauges but from D’addario
They just sound better imo
String joy people. Customize every string.
STHB is a pretty ideal gauge for many guitars I concur
You gotta try the skinny top beefy bottoms, they're amazing. Obviously you gotta play with the truss rod but the low E sounds like you're playing a telephone wire bro. (For reference they are 10-54
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
@@demifiendrussia I prefer 10s on on my Strats, tuned to E flat, but my hands just can’t do it anymore.
I'm glad you didn't cut the strings on full tension on my Wood Library. Some guys have money and can play decent, but don't know much about guitars....
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.:)
Never seen someone bend so hard they run out of neck
My low E string can go off the neck
You've never watched Dimebag play then.
@@axl2596 bend downward
Someone's never tried to bend 1 1/2 steps on an acoustic
I've done it, except i ran out of neck right away because my guitar was falling and the high e strong way the strap for that moment.
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.
electric strings on acoustics sound and feel like you're floating. happy holidays everyone 👊
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
“I have to turn on the gain” hits blues channel
Me: ................
You playing these strings is like Rock Lee dropping his training weights.
The 7s definitely have a brighter tone also seems like they don’t vibrate for very long as a higher gauge would
One name: B.B. King - he loved his .07 strings.
B.B. King asked Billy Gibbons "why are you working so hard?" and then he went and got some 7's
B.B King, and Billy Gibbons.
Didn't he play a weird mixture of 10s?
bb king used 8s that time. billy gibbons wanted to compete so he went a step further and got 7s
Didn't Jimmy Page also use .07s? I remember in his book he would use the A .36 for the E string and move them all up. It definitely sounds like it on a lot of their songs
Me, who does not own a guitar or know how to play: "yeah .07s are what I prefer too man"
@Nicholas Reimers so you only watch videos that exactly relate to the skills you have?
@Nicholas Reimers you must be incredibly fun at parties
Play wonderwall
Play Wonderwall
@Sussy Imposter Amogus Play Wonderwall
Me: it’s not like the guitar is gonna play itself
.07 strings: hold my beer
Check out Rick Beato's video on string sizes. I noticed that .07s give off a little buzz, as if they had a warp and the wrapping wire is loose...and I believe that's because they suffer from too much vibration vs higher sizes. I prefer .09 for more flexibility without any buzz. Have you tried 0.08? I'll have to listen to other videos on this again...thanks!
Don't give those strings to gilmour, he could bend a whole octave if he wanted to😂
Haha had the same thought
Yeah, I’m pretty sure Dave has bent 3 tones before
especially dont give them to srv, lol
Haha that’s who I thought of when he said how far he wanted to bend the strings
@@arcticlark705 actually, not long before the accident he actually had to switch to lower gauges because his hands weren't able to keep up with the 13s he was on. IIRC he was down to some flavor of 10's.
5:41 is the funniest thing I've seen in a while
Dude u need to watch stevie t
dude i laughed so hard when i got to that point the first time thru. when i saw your comment, I already knew where you were going lololol
First time finding this channel and I gotta say watching you genuinely enjoy playing that much was a real treat. I’m just getting started with guitar and I’ve hit the point where it’s not quite as rewarding as it was the first couple months as my growth has slowed down. Thanks for the inspiration!
Same here. I love how fun he makes it.
That happens man.
When your skill growth slows
Let your riff pattern creations begin.
Create new rhythms ect.
When my Skill Growth slowed i allowed my creativeness explore and experimentation always opens up the mext level of skill required.
Hope that is rellivant and helps ya abit dude.
as a guy who bought a shitty strat in Mexico and then didn’t have enough money to replace the .07 strings for two years (yes, really), I just am used to them. I’ve adapted them to my style. It’s been four years since I got that Strat, and though I have other guitars now, she’s my go to. Still with .07 strings.
I've tried all gauges and after all these years I still like .010s best. Bigger strings sound kind of dull, smaller strings are lacking in warmth.
I like the orange pack of the Ernie Ball slinky top heavy bottom. I always liked the 9s more for bends and tone but I liked closer to an 11 for the lower side but hated the high strings being thicker than 9s and finally decided to get the orange pack. Might try the hybrid slinky sometime but currently I love the orange pack.
Yeah, give me a 10 a 13 and extra light on everything else... :-)
11s for me on my Strat but 10s on anything else. I like more tension and higher action on my Strat.
@@LiveByTheSword90 same
@@LiveByTheSword90 I switched to 10's on my Strats only after I retired from Giggin'. I have one Strat w/ 11's tuned down 1/2 step.
Love it. I watched that Beato video & went to buy some 8s. Dude in front of me in line was also buying 8s based on the video too! Guitar store kid wanted to know why they are selling so many 8's all of a sudden. Set up my tele with them, had to adjust the truss rod, but love it. So much fun to play these super light gauge strings!
One of the problems with 07's is that when you fret notes or chords, you're used to a heavier Guage and you wind up playing slightly out of tune, that is until you become accustomed to them. Note timbre and sustain are also affected by string diameter as well.
I've just tried 09s after playing years with 10s, it's driving me nuts.. at first I wasn't sure what's going on and thought I'm outta tune but then realized muscle memory is the blame
@@rotemshoshani424 now just think of the tuning repercussions with 07's.
I don't think the tone/sustain argument holds up to testing. Beato did an episode on this and in a blind test the players tended to prefer the sound of the lighter gauges - much to their own surprise. However, you're quite right about tuning. Just fretting hard can cause a note (and especially a chord) to go sharp. Light strings demand a light and precise touch.
yes, slightly out of tune is being generous, this guy is playing out of tune the entire time, all of His bends are flat and lifeless. His ear is terrible, he isn't hitting any of his bended notes in key and his technique is very very sloppy!!!!!
I just switched from 10s to 9s and have been having that problem with open chords mainly. Bending them out of tune when I play them how I always did. You just have to relax more to compensate and the whole reason I switched strings was to make other chord shapes easier, so I haven’t been doing open chords or power chords as much anyway. If I was playing a song that features those heavily, I’d use a different guitar for it
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.
The Lil Wayne Guitar strings
You got the whole squad laughing, bro :|
So true
@@brandonm8105 Ikr
Lil Wayne Guitar Strings would be a brand new sealed package of stings With Nothing In It
Lil Wayne featuring Frank Zappa!
Billy used to play with heavier strings, until BB King asked to try his guitar. Then he asked, "Man, why you workin' so hard?"
Bruh
Legit heard this story today
Yep. I’ve heard the same story.
Performed over 50 years and started having left hand cramps, got very depressed. Did some study and added supplements (potassium, sodium, magnesium, calcium) to my diet and went from 10s to 8s. My guitar tech did not want to put the 8s on my Strat, but he did. I haven't looked back. I didn't even know they made 7s but since 8s are working, I will stick with them for now.
@jetpowercom why? so he can brag about using 10s or something? He said 8s are comfortable for him, let it go.
I would get a new "tech". Anyone who charges you for working on your guitar and doesn't do what you ask is a hack, pure and simple.
Good that you found a way to keep playing! But why do you need a 'tech' to change the strings?
@@ildar717 because 10s are obviously better lmao
I tried 8s as an exercise to learn to play with a lighter touch. Decided I liked the sound and never went back to heavier strings. You definitely lose low end with with lighter strings, but I think it’s the same frequencies that tend to cause problems.
1:30 I mean, cool solution, but why couldn’t you just push the string in from closer to the hole?
Maybe he had to grab it really close to the end for it not to bend, but that made his fingers too cramped?
Or he just thought too hard XD