5 NEW GUITAR GEAR TRENDS

[@GerryBlue]

9-42 user for decades now, love them on long scale, standard tuning guitars.

[@flamedmahoganytable9749]

You ever tried 8’s?

[@GerryBlue]

@@flamedmahoganytable9749 Once, didn't love them though

[@18JR78]

4’s

[@narwalxx3733]

For me 9-46 hybrid sets are the sweet spot

[@perkristoffersson4153]

Lighter strings are not a new trend, it's the heavy string trend finally coming to an end.

[@peterhall4852]

I'm a 60 year old blues player who uses an offset guitar(fazley outlaw plus), with 9 gauge nickel strings into a desktop digital amp( yeur).Pedals are a mix of analog and digital. Pretty typical modern player. Only the music is 1950s.

[@qrmaster987]

When did you start playing?

[@peterhall4852]

@@qrmaster987 Early 80s. I've had a few breaks in subsequent years. Regularly for about ten years.

[@qrmaster987]

@@peterhall4852 40yrs of progress is a lot, you probably have a teaching career at this poiny. I'm 19, only played for about 3 years, though almost 4hr daily, but it's more like a hobby for me than a career so I'm not super serious about practicing, still made quite a bit of progress I want learn to improvise, and I guess learning scales as just shapes won't do much without theory knowledge and I'm not sure if I have enough effort to start learning music theory, any tips?

[@wolfgangdevries127]

Same, except I use a Mosky amp and don't play blues 🙃

[@wolfgangdevries127]

​@@qrmaster987one tip for practising scales: when I play scales, 50 min practise and then 10 minutes rest. Don't use any force, play through mistakes without bothering. Start slowly but deliberately straight picking. The whole point is: a brain needs to 'digest and adapt' before it processes something. My 2c. Why the 50-10 rule. That said, I don't play scales like 1-2-3-4-5 etc all the time. I play variations like 1-3-2-4-3-5-4-6 etc. or 1-4-2-3-5-8-6-7 etc., you name it Don't hurry

[@TheFirebrandJuggalo]

I've slowly gone from 10-52, to 11, to 10-48, and now to 9-46. I think I'm in my happy place.

[@DangleSan]

One of the hardest lessons to learn when you are an experienced guitar Player is to stop doing senseless things just to impress other men😂😂😂 For me it was Adhering to all the rules of shredder picking, Once I decided screw it I'm gonna downpick twice if I need to cuz it's faster for me then Screw trying to impress these other players with my perfect alternate picking Now I'm in MY happy place too

[@BrokenStrings231]

I recently started using 10-52 and I love that gauge so much now. Gives me everything I need.

[@luvvit]

One problem with lower gauge strings is that the bottom end strings pitch-drift when you hit them hard - their pitch lowers until the amplitude drops. Higher gauge strings are a lot tighter on pitch. And they feel more "crunch" for rhythm playing. I think I went 9s to 8s to 10s, then fat bottomed 10s, then 10s. Been there ever since.

[@leftundersun]

Currently I'm using an FRFR speaker cabinet, I plug my pedals into an IR loader and I get basically any speaker configuration I wish. It's a good time to be alive.

[@happihockey8601]

I am not a heavy music player but I really like your channel and the fact that you are not into the crazy bias of things like, all digital sucks, or only this (fill in the blank) will get you "the" sound. Great advice from a real musician who realizes we are in the golden age of gear now, and that all types of gear are just tools to get the music out of us and into the audiences ears with the best sound possible.

[@mikeimmonen6619]

Another thing I've noticed has become a bit of a trend, at least with metal players, is playing heavier strings with lower tunings. I guess people finally figured out that you can go pretty far with string gauges before you actually break anything. I went from just a 12-60 in C std, to first a 64, then to a 70 and then to an 80. With lower tunings you can go quite heavy and still be comfortable, and you actually need to go quite heavy to keep the thing in tune if you play hard.

[@jhutt8002]

Friedman BE-OD is awesome: It has it's own tonal character (and Friedmans sound I think is the best version of Marshall growl I know), but it perfectly blends with the sound of growling tube amp and your guitar, and you can easily dial it in or out of soundscape. It just expands your tonal palette without taking anything out or masking sound of your gear. I didn't know such perfect OD/Distortion pedal existed until I bought it. (Actually I first bought Mooer 012 preamp for my mini pedalboard. Decided to try BE-OD after being impressed of it's sound.)

[@11000038]

You a man with taste! TL for ever!

[@JakeLeighGuitar]

Haha, thank you 😊

[@pedrogarciarobleto]

I use 11-56 set with a single 59 for the 6th string tuned to Drop C/Standard D with a 24.75 scale guitar. Less than that and the thicker strings vibrates too much with heavier riffs and may go out of tune, it feels better to chug on thicker strings. For me is not about "sounds better", more about "feels better", I like the 4-6th thick and the 1-3rd lighter for easier bending.

[@resington]

Last 20 years seeing modelling go from basically toys to legit tourable rig worthy gear. Amazing. Zoom 505 anyone? Good times. Now.. Even better times.

[@PukeyMcDork]

Kemper = bliss. Love mine i sold all those “classic” amps and never looked back

[@BaritoneGoatStudio]

I was running a set of 11-56 Daddario strings in Drop C, and just decided to go to Drop B with them, and I immediately was hooked on thinner is the winner. I now run an 10-52 set for Drop C. The only place where I go a little thicker is a 24.75" scale LP. I still run 10-46 on those single cuts in standard E.

[@MichaelSheaAudio]

I'm just in my "not giving a damn" era. I used 10-46 strings forever but never felt right on them. Went down to 9-42 and it was so much easier to play and I didn't feel like I was being held back. Couldn't care less if they change the sound. I have a guitar with stainless steel frets, got them because they last longer. Does it sound different? I don't think so, but I don't care. Feels and sounds like a guitar to me. I was into pedals for a while but I was still unhappy with the sound I was getting. Recording St. [b]Anger really opened my eyes about simplicity. For that guitar tone, I just cranked the gain and master on the crunch channel of the amp sim and it sounds sick. So I took the drive pedals off of my real pedalboard and did the same on my Peavey Bandit, and it sounds good. The trend I want to see is people focusing more on utility and less on the little things that may or may not change their "tone". 😅

[@infectedgoat7775]

I’m right there with you. I just switched to lighter gauge bass strings and it made a world of difference. Also stripped down my pedal board, vst, amp sims, tone chasing etc even pulled my HM-2 at the moment to get back to basics. Like I’m 14 again in my garage with a crate amp, cheap guitar, and TASCAM 4 TRACK but had the passion to learn, write, and devour the TASCAM instruction manual and every issue of TapeOp. I really want to concentrate on songwriting again. Sounds dumb to say I’ve been active since 92, writing most of the songs for my bands, but I feel like I’ve forgotten how to write. I look back thinking how did I compose those other songs how did I have blind faith and drive to make my dream come true damn the consequences. Have I lost it? Is it fear, of failure? Connecting with emotions necessary to write like I used to? I just don’t know but I’ve recommitted to keeping going. Back to basics, back to writing and finding that one riff, phrase or lyric that makes your intuition say: “there it is. That’s the song. FKN-A.” I think like drugs I’ve numbed and insulted myself and emotions with amp sims, tone-chasing, making excuses that finding the perfect sound is priority one. When all I’ve done is gone another day without writing anything. 😎🔥

[@MichaelSheaAudio]

@@infectedgoat7775 Oh yeah, I'm on the light bass strings too. They're like 45-95 or something. Feels great. I think my writing has only been getting better, but it's getting harder to be creative. It helps to write in different genres and mix different genres together, but sometimes easier said than done. I struggle to write lyrics. I get there eventually but I just have a terrible time trying to figure out what to say. Sitting there with a thesaurus, rhyming dictionary, and random word generator to get things going. 😅 Using basic gear is a nice change of pace though. You just plug in and get a good tone, no need to mess around with pedals and modelers and all that, just turn on the amp and play.

[@veikkajoensuu]

St. [B]Anger is amazing! Thank you for doing what Metallica couldn't.

[@MichaelSheaAudio]

@@veikkajoensuu Thank you, I appreciate it!

[@BillyTheKidsGhost]

Ever since I bought the Joyo U-ZI, that has been my hot-rodded Marshal amp.

[@hoboringmaster8029]

I use hybrid slinky’s to keep my finger tips in check

[@teddeeh]

1- ive played 10’s all my playing life and generally as a rule of thumb try to maintain that tension as i tune lower. Ive considered going both ways tbh- heavier and a higher action so that i have to really work and getting that tone and play that i generally get or lighter and playing with a lighter touch. 2- totally agree. The be-od dlx is a mainstay on my boards. 3- have a charvel with them and they are lovely. 4- offsets no biggy either way. 5- mix of digi and analog. I recently got the amplifire and fire-box and and trying to rework my big and small boards for use with them. Allowing me to generally take my tone that im happy with where i go by plugging straight into the power amp. Its taking longer as i really havent had time to sit and tweak and play but hopefully that transition will go through soon.

[@johndo9648]

Gonna try some 9 then. Always played 10. 🤟

[@pads-zr9ln]

I play diffent string on differnt guitars, love 11s on my lp, 10s on my strat and 9s on a tele

[@greggbiamonte156]

Been using 10s for 30+ years... my son has 9s on his guitar and I can't stand them- they feel way too light to me... gonna stick with my 10s

[@patrickleatham6511]

New subscriber to the channel, not a metal player by any means (these days anyway) but I'm finding it all useful, informative and enjoyable. Absolutely in agreement about bad trem design by the way, I love all the old classic designs but well...mistakes were made

[@c.conga11]

I'm a bass player and I have thick flatwound strings on my electric guitar

[@johnplaystheguitar123]

Moving down to 8s is the best decision I ever made. No regrets other than I wish I had done it sooner!!

[@deshawn4077]

Jazzmasters do not have badly designed tremelos. The Jazzmaster was built to be a Jazzguitar. Some Jazzboxes at the time had Bigsby tremelos. I do not want a different sound going to the pa than what I hear from my guitar amp. Good video.

[@SamBrockmann]

Jazzmasters have HORRIBLE trems. What are you on about? 😂😂

[@deshawn4077]

@@SamBrockmann No they don’t, learn how to use them and use correct string gauge

[@SamBrockmann]

@@deshawn4077 , yes, they do. It's a longstanding issue, going back decades, as a design flaw that Leo Fender (and now the folks who run his company) refused to ever correct. There's a reason that, if people want to use a trem, they get themselves a Floyd Rose style floating bridge OR they buy a Stratocaster. 🤣🤣 Just because you think "It's not an issue" doesn't mean it's not. It's one of the largest design flaws of a guitar in the last 70 years. If one has to "use the correct string gauge" for the trem to work properly, that's a design flaw.

[@deshawn4077]

@@SamBrockmann Sorry mate Ive been playing a and owned/own Jazzmasters and other guitars since the 90s, worked at a music store, etc. I may not be expert about everything but I know about Jazzmasters. So Floyd rose are for more people who want to do many things with a tremelo associated more with certain playing and music styles from what I have seen , not everyone likes Floyd Rose, Not everyone likes Strats with a tremelo. Some people like bigsbys better (not on a strat). All depends on the player. As I said, learn how to use it correctly if you do not know how and stop trying to force your opinion. People like to use Mastery's and other after market tremelos but they are still pretty much the same . The Am Pro 2 Jazzmaster has a slightly tweaked tremelo that allows you do to more with it and use lighter gauge strings but it is pretty much the same tremelo.

[@SamBrockmann]

@@deshawn4077 , so you owned that many Jazzmasters, and you have no f***ing idea of the biggest design flaw of Fender guitars in 70 years? That's pretty embarrassing.

[@spiderfan1974]

10 to 46 been using them for years now no plans to change anytime soon. Got a Les Paul that had 11's liked it so only electric 6 string I own not strung with 10's. My electric 12-string is strung up with 8's.

[@TheCapitols1]

I love my helix lt with a few pedals I think the helix can’t or doesn’t do as well (earthquake reverb and ps-5 as a fake trem) I also love running it into a tiny headrush for stage volume. I’d love to bring a power amp and a cab but as a band that doesn’t have a trailer the smaller frfr’s let us bring minimal cars on weekend runs

[@robertlucas9867]

There are videos of Tony Iommi guitar tech stating he used 8 and 9’s for his guitars even in down tunning and now Toni Iommi has a La Bella signature string sets of 8’s and 9’s for sale. Since he is considered the godfather of low tuning rock and metal riffs and thought light strings was good enough (I know of his finger tip accident) and still get awesome sounds from his Gibsons which usually had a 24.5-25” scale length then we shouldn’t be telling people you suck for using light strings. I plan to go all 9’s on my guitars or 8’s because I’m older and tired from work. I want to play not work after working and it is stupid to hear guitar players tell me thicker is better and I’m stupid for thinking other. Since it still sounded great for Toni Iommi, Billy Gibbons, B.B. King, Yngwie Malmsteen and probably more than them then we need to stop listening to guitar players who haven’t had the career or inspirational ability like those I mentioned. I hear it from bedroom players all the time, “Stevie Ray Vaughan played thick strings….thick strings have soul….you’re weak player using light strings…”. Well Stevie Ray Vaughan later in life started down grading the size because of arthritis before he died. Seriously, why are guitarists so dead set on thicker strings when it’s obvious smaller is better for many reasons.

[@paulcarter105]

The first three points apply to me. Been using 10-52 gauge on a 26.5 Ibanez rgd and I recently got a Jackson pro plus modern dk ht6 ms 25.5-26.5 probably going to put 11-49 in drop C# and it has stainless steel frets. Been using the orange super crush as a clean platform for the mt2w boosted with the ts9. I also add the hm2w or rat as an alternative boost for grittier more extreme sounds

[@IAmHappyToBe33]

I go by 10-14-19-30-42-58 for C#/Drop B. Best set for the tuning imho. I might change .19 for .20w though. .11 and .15 is a good option too

[@IAmHappyToBe33]

I should add that .58 is a bit too tight for C#, but perfect for Drop B. For C# I'd recommend a. 54

[@IAmHappyToBe33]

And that's about a 25.5 " scale guitar, of course

[@raybeeger1529]

I use 008s regular and 009s for half step downtuned guitars and that for decades.

[@logan2892]

Lighter stings are so difficult to work with on offset guitars

[@Wild_D]

I really like your vibe

[@officialWWM]

I have a Parker Fly, I think they’re cool too!

[@JakeLeighGuitar]

Awesome guitar! I’d love to get one at some point 😊🤘

[@officialWWM]

@@JakeLeighGuitar every player should get one at some point :)

[@qrmaster987]

I use 8's, I love it, no pain, easy to play, I played with 11's on acoustic and 8's are now like a shower after a hot day

[@RonaldPatino]

Nice t-shirt

[@JakeLeighGuitar]

Thanks!!

[@BillyTheKidsGhost]

Second comment, using pedals with a katana sounds excellent, im going to give it a go on a Boss GT-1 it has the same tech, so im hoping for good things. separate power supply is a must for using digital pedals with analog for noise reduction.

[@nobrakes3765]

#2: Except the pedals sound nothing like a real high gain amp and the amp head, even a 5150, can get tons of tonal variations that sound great. #5: If you're going to run a stage amp (hopefully because the drummer is playing an acoustic kit), it's easier just to put a mic in front of those great amp tones that to split the signal. Imo. Thanks for the great thoughts!

[@skepticalbystander]

I'm a death metal guy, but pretty traditional in my guitar likes considering the extreme music I like, but I'm with you, the old trem bar systems on those traditional offset guitars are silly. The thinner gauge string thing I can't do, I'm sure it's better for a lotof people but I've grown so accustomed to my Zakk Wylde set for my drop Bb tuning, there's no going back for me :/ I do have typical mediums on most of my other not-so-low-tuned guitars though, my two Bb guitars are where I spend 90% of my time tbh. And ya the high gain pedal thing, sometimes I feel like it's more important to get the amp with the best clean tone, and if the distortion isn't quite there, start gain-staging from there, or outright get one great high gain pedal, then you have a killer clean and killer distortion, it's easier getting the right pedal on top of a clean channel than picking the amp with the best high gain, and trying to work backwards with an EQ and/or preamp pedals or whatnot trying to get the clean channel where you like it. Idk, I'm very very picky about my clean channel tones, I do play more extreme types of metal, but I have a decent amount of lengthy clean passages and intros/outros in probably more than half of my songs. You mentioned my two secret weapons the MXR 5150 and the Wampler Triple Wreck, I swear by those pedals! The 5150 is in my stereo rig going to a Hot Rod DeVille 212 and an M-80 Chorus 212. I actually sorta love the distortion, almost fuzz channel in the M-80, not that it'd ever be a main tone I'd constantly use, but i can't practically use it since I actually sorta hate the gain channel of the Hot Rod, I just like the clean sound and the reverb, so I can't blend both amps' distortions to anywhere near what I'd want, so the 5150 delivers killer distortion across my stereo rig. My main rig doesn't need a distortion pedal at all, I have a mighty Crate BV300H, and to my ears, the distortion channel on that thing is legendary, I struggle to find pedals that come close to it, but just for a different flavor, I keep the Triple Wreck on the board for that amp in case I want something a bit different. I run the amp's gain knob at 2 o'clock, nothing too overly saturated, and I run the Triple Wreck for a bit more sizzle, plus the boost function on that thing almost sends the pedal into fuzz territory, so it's almost like another fuzz on my board. Each of my boards have multiple types of fuzzes as well, I'm also heavily into doom and sludgy stuff :) I only truly need one good distortion tone on a rig, and one boost-type thing to send that same tone into a lead sizzle, but I feel a need for at least 3 different fuzz tones at my feet, a regular-ish one, a wall of sound holy shit one usually with an octave function, and a choked velcro scratchy sputtery one :P great fuzz is a drug, and I'm addicted! There's 3 on my stereo rig, but 5 on my main rig :P but only cuz my octave pedal is the Poly Blue, and my univibe pedal is the Dark Side pedal, so I got two extras out of the nature of those pedals :P a welcome accident :)

[@collierpj]

Recommend trying power amp into an fr equipped 4x12, easy to swap the speakers out of your 1960a (for example).

[@diabeticmonkey]

I play what feels comfortable. Give me a 10-50/52 for D Standard on any scale length, and make sure it has a wound g. Hell, I use a 56 set for B Standard on a Gibson scale length and I’m perfectly fine. Not super thin, not super thick.

[@dennisstanton8651]

Wound G. Nope. Never. Possibly a terrorist.

[@rutger4131]

Again, this misconception that the D in Class D power amp stands for Digital. It just does NOT mean digital. A class D power amp will be analog, but much more efficient than class A or AB. So it doesn't have that sagginess (tube) A and AB amps have.

[@APMTenants]

I think there is something digital-ish in the way they use transistor switching, and pulse width modulation and they are called “digital amplifiers” in some marketing material. But they are not digital in the sense of converting audio from analog to digital and back, like some people assume.

[@Gliese710_]

Personally, 9s and 10s feel absolutely terrible to me, and 11s is the thinnest I can go without being uncomfortable. 12s feel great to me took but I’ve never tried heavier.

[@bluegryp]

Totally agree. I hate how thin strings feel and sound. Don’t care what Beato says. Thin strings sound thin. And if you have problems bending a set of regular slinkies, you’re either 80 or you need to get some practice on an acoustic to build hand strength.

[@LeviBulger]

Same.

[@LeviBulger]

​@@bluegryp9s sound terrible on most guitars. Like, notes are so thin sounding. Sure it may work for players that aren't in bands where you actually want to stand out and be heard in a mix but otherwise you'll get drowned out in the low end and mids and all your audience hears is the shrill highs coming through.

[@Gliese710_]

@@LeviBulger yea, my schools squier they have for jazz band has 9s, and it sounds like absolute ass, but my guitar with worse pickups and 11s sounds 10 times better, especially for jazz.

[@LeviBulger]

@@Gliese710_ Yeah man it's pretty noticeable when you hear clean tones. Like is that a guitar or a ukulele? Lol. I play a lot of surf festivals and it's night and day between the good sounding bands and the guys who are obviously using thin strings trying to drive these big Fender amps. Just killing their audience with high frequencies. And it's because they probably think, "well I'll just turn the amp louder in the mix" But they're missing the point. The amp will not have many frequencies available to actually amplify! It only knows what it's being given by the pickups which only senses what it's being given by the strings! 😂

[@onusgumboot5565]

I usually use 10s. 9s on a couple of guitars. Anything lighter than that, I break strings too often to bother with. I tries 8s years ago. That didn't work out. I've seen video where people are useing 7s. I could never get through more than a few songs with those, I'm sure. Unless there has been a dramatic change in the metal they use.

[@Holeephucc]

Same boat as you. 9s don’t last long for me & seem like a waste of time when every full bend scares me

[@TommyGunzzz]

Can you even bend a 12 or 13 gauge

[@jhate666]

So how are you dropping string gauge and keeping tension?

[@diabeticmonkey]

This is a crazy trick, possibly even impossible, but… Pick softer. Don’t punch the strings.

[@jhate666]

@@diabeticmonkey I can try but 10-46 on drop C are floppy any lower and there won’t be tension at all

[@rileybarringer9823]

Don't enjoy playing offsets. They look cool but hard to play classical style with the guitar between your legs

[@misterknightowlandco]

I will live and die with my 10-46 Ernie ball rock n roll pure nickel strings. Amps always sound better than pedals.

[@Gary-zq3pz]

I put zippy slinkys on all my guitars, I love light gauge strings.

[@life4myHomeboys]

Wait but i Like thicc Strings :O 52/54 Sets are nice by going for a deep A Tuneing :) Also i Love play Bass May the Obsession for thicc af Strings comes from there 😂

[@MikeStecher]

Here we go again: The holy war concerning string gauges! Everybody knows that it depends on the fretboard wood! ; )

[@jason2841]

I've avoided full size amps for roughly 10 years almost strictly due to price and the lack of versatility you get at that price. The idea of spending over $1,800 on a Mesa then having to purchase a drive pedal to make it sound good is bullshit. The only full size amp worth buying these days is the Peavey Invective MH. I use a Strymon Iridium or just an MXR 10-band EQ into a Moore Baby Bomb for an amp. It sounds perfectly fine and I don't have to take out a loan to afford the hardware. As for the digital vs. analog debate, I dig digital dirt. A Strymon Riverside into a DS-1X sounds super tight while still getting great bass response. I can still have a decent rhythm tone on lead settings. The only time I've really liked analog dirt is with the HM-2. The OD-200 is also great, but its a hybrid drive. Any other effects - chorus, reverb, delay, compression, etc. - sound fine as either digital or analog. I don't care for off-set style guitars, but so long as they're not headless they're ok with me.

[@Nachtmahr616]

#thickstringgang

[@SamBrockmann]

Thinner strings? *Stares in 7-string, with 10 to 62s in Drop A.* Why though? Nonetheless, you have earned a sub, sir.

[@gabrielulibarri4391]

I have 56-9 on my 7

[@MartynSmith-g2n]

Tried 10s rather than my 12s recently and found the sound of the 3rd string lacking any depth. Awful sound, intonation was correct but it lacked any complexity. Hate the step to light strings. Heavy string sound massive in comparison.

[@teresaravenshaw5477]

"Massive strings" *laughs in bassist*.

[@Desecrator6]

BROTHER!

[@Rawnfella]

Yeah but your legato and bends are few and far between on a bass, dude

[@teresaravenshaw5477]

@@Rawnfella Lass, I don't bother myself with such frivolities. They're fine and dandy in their place but that place is not usually on massive strings

[@brendanm6921]

Billy Gibbons was the original Rick Beato. He told BB King that his strings were way too heavy so King switched to super light ones and stuck with them for the rest of his career.

[@PooNinja]

5:15 😂

[@mikeh892]

10s on Gibson scale, 9s on Fender until I croak. 😂

[@anowarul-haque]

Your content is great but your channel has very few subscribers and views. I noticed that you regularly upload videos on KZbin. I checked your channel and found some problems. Your videos are not SEO optimized, videos are not using powerful tags, channels are not properly optimized and Channel tags are not used. As a result, your video doesn't reach the audience.

[@purpl3882]

I’m sorry but the subtitles that pops up every now and then bug me so much. I am not stupid enough to not understand the point you making

[@Euan-gb3ig]

nylon strings

[@Holeephucc]

A lotta yall in the comments have weak fingers lol

[@Sylkis89]

Thin strings are unplayable and sound terrible unless you have evertune cause even at the slightest touch they go sharp for a moment and then go down, and that is super audible. With Evertune that can be mitigated so you can use thinner string, but on my fixed bridge even with a 27" baritone I need 11-70 strings and if I could find a set with thicker/stiffer low strings that doesn't make the high strings too thick I would be getting that. I tried so many times going down to "normal" sizes (9-52, 10-60, etc.) and I just keep coming back to thicker strings cause they're just unplayable on the low strings and also sound really harsh and metallic, "wirey" sound, whereas thicker ones are so much more stable and fuller, rounder, more "organic" sounding. Like, thinner strings are so much better for high strings where you want it to be easy to press them down and bend them for solos and such (and the moment of sharpness is so short it doesn't matter cause the string is too light to sustain it for long enough it would be a problem), but if you play a lot of rhythmic riffs in low positions then that same quality is what you absolutely you don't want, you want the opposite otherwise you're just out of tune all the time and you cannot afford to have ANY dynamics in your playing style at all, you need to always barely touch the strings at all. Evertune will help with the string going sharp for a moment but it will not fix the shitty sound, though that's a matter of personal preference (I hate modern djent sounds, I'm a numetal kid 4 life!). So unless you have evertune it's a matter of compromise whether you want to be able to play easily solos, or rhythmic riffs, if you wanna make bends easily, or play dynamically with varied strength of how hard you pick, etc. and sadly you cannot make it a too much of a discrepancy in tension between top and low strings cause it's unhealthy for the guitar's neck, even the 11-70 set I use is technically already "bad" in that way, but my baritone seems to be able to handle it, luckily.