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Posted by pooze (from: ) on July 21, 2001 at 00:16:55:

I have a fender american texas special strat, and when I picked it up, it was wired with 9 gauge strings. Now, I have nothing against them, but I don't particularily like them, I would like to use 13's but as far as I can see the guitar won't take them in standard tuning due to the tension springs on the bridge not being strong enough. Right now I'm using 11's in standard tuning, and I've gone through two sets thus far on this guitar, the first was a set of D'Addario XL115's, which worked absolutley fine, but eventually wore out. I couldn't find them anywhere in the stores, so instead I picked up a package of GHS boomer 11's. The D'Addario's I didn't wind too much, probably 2 turns if that on each string, but the GHS's I put on, I wound quite a few times, up to 5 winds on some of the higher strings, and I'm getting a creaking noise when I bend them excessively. For instance, if I bend the higher strings, (G,B,E) up a step or two, I'll hear a creaking, I'm not quite sure if it's the nut or the saddles on the bridge but it's distracting me and I can feel it slightly in the neck. I've already setup the guitar myself for the first set of 11's with the action I feel best with, bridge height and truss rod adjustment, but for some reason these strings are emitting that noise. I've had them on for a few weeks now and I'm doubting it's the strings themselves stretching. Any ideas?

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: I have a fender american texas special strat, and when I picked it up, it was wired with 9 gauge strings. Now, I have nothing against them, but I don't particularily like them, I would like to use 13's but as far as I can see the guitar won't take them in standard tuning due to the tension springs on the bridge not being strong enough. Right now I'm using 11's in standard tuning, and I've gone through two sets thus far on this guitar, the first was a set of D'Addario XL115's, which worked absolutley fine, but eventually wore out. I couldn't find them anywhere in the stores, so instead I picked up a package of GHS boomer 11's. The D'Addario's I didn't wind too much, probably 2 turns if that on each string, but the GHS's I put on, I wound quite a few times, up to 5 winds on some of the higher strings, and I'm getting a creaking noise when I bend them excessively. For instance, if I bend the higher strings, (G,B,E) up a step or two, I'll hear a creaking, I'm not quite sure if it's the nut or the saddles on the bridge but it's distracting me and I can feel it slightly in the neck. I've already setup the guitar myself for the first set of 11's with the action I feel best with, bridge height and truss rod adjustment, but for some reason these strings are emitting that noise. I've had them on for a few weeks now and I'm doubting it's the strings themselves stretching. Any ideas?

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