Les Paul Going From 10s to 9s What Happens? EP296

You can't just change your string gauge without doing a setup. If you want it to play exactly like it did before.

[@davidclark3603]

I'm 64 now and i can't believe that so many people don't know????? Light gauge strings 8s and 9s are for live!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They cut through the mix! I learned rhisin 1973 ! One of the first things i learned.if you use heavier strings, all you hear live is, didly, didily, didly, didly,dee, dee, deeeeeeeeeee, ect. You can have a boost pedal but , everyone has their fingers in their ears and afterwards folk say, 'yeah they were good, but they knew it'! Or, they say, they were too loud! You will cut through the mix easier if you use very lightweight strings! Low mids, or the mud frequencies are very easy to get live. It all depends on how high or how long the room is! It happens exponentially from the stage outwards. Sound is three dimensional. The tone will ampify itself. The same rules apply to bass players. Use light gauge strings and, here goes, (you will really hate me now) 10 inch speakers!!!!!!!! Yes, let sll the bass come from the "bass" drum! That way you don't get the Doppler effect live. (The fire engine going past effect) The sound swirling past all four corners of rhe room snd the "bounce round delay" will make it sound out of tune! These are the very basics of live sound. For god's sake, I'm begging you, please listen! These are amongst the first things I learned in 1973! For god's sake listen to the experience of those from rhe 1930s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s and 90s! There's nothing new here! The digital age doesn't change anything! Lightweight strings will let you cut through the mix without sounding muffled, or dull!!!!!!!

[@jonsandell3107]

best advice ever

[@eaglewarrior8707]

I think one day if I ever switch from playin 8's or 7's on my Gibson SG. I might play 13's on a Gibson Les Paul. Better yet a metallic white Gretsch Falcon. I wanna beat on the strings and do intense vibrato bends on a big guitar.

[@fredb.8383]

This is what I’m going to do. Thanks for the video

[@pedrojintan7407]

Dear I have a question my Epiphone les paul dusted the truss rod bullet, and its this modern shit two way trussrod what I can do. Thanks

[@stringmanguitars4329]

StewMac Truss rod rescue kit.

[@stringmanguitars4329]

@@Davedarave6661 it’s a recent Les Paul Standard Pro Plus Top.

[@issacrodriguez91]

What fret are you measuring the action??

[@stringmanguitars4329]

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