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Re: Installing .013-.056's

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Posted by keith (from: useray81.netscapeonline.co.uk) on January 02, 2001 at 15:21:44:

In Reply to: Installing .013-.056's posted by lance on December 29, 2000 at 05:07:21:

: I am being careful! I have swapped the wound .026 for a plain .024.
: The set of D'addarios I have been putting in have been giving me some grief. It's a '76 Ibanez strat clone, with the standard strat style trem. The .013 seems to be unravelling itself from the bead- I though it might be a faulty string, but it's done it twice now...
: The nut may need to be widened to accomodate the width of the new strings, since the . I have a set of mini-files, is this a job I could attempt myself? The nut is made from plastic, nylon I think.

: all suggestions welcomed!

Is this all my fault for suggesting heavier strings?! God I hope not! I'd suggest having a guitar tech take a look at it and see what s/he thinks. It may well be that your guitar was indeed desinged with far lighter strings in mind, but that would surprise me. How about dropping to 12s or even 11s instead? Presumably you're planning to play the 13s dropped a tone (or semi-tone)? You mmight find that 11s or 12s at normal pitch give you a good tone with less hassle, and you don't need to remember your chords are in different places when you're jamming with people, which was the reason I eventually gave up on dropped tuning. Good luck, anyway.

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: : I am being careful! I have swapped the wound .026 for a plain .024. : : The set of D'addarios I have been putting in have been giving me some grief. It's a '76 Ibanez strat clone, with the standard strat style trem. The .013 seems to be unravelling itself from the bead- I though it might be a faulty string, but it's done it twice now... : : The nut may need to be widened to accomodate the width of the new strings, since the . I have a set of mini-files, is this a job I could attempt myself? The nut is made from plastic, nylon I think. : : all suggestions welcomed! : Is this all my fault for suggesting heavier strings?! God I hope not! I'd suggest having a guitar tech take a look at it and see what s/he thinks. It may well be that your guitar was indeed desinged with far lighter strings in mind, but that would surprise me. How about dropping to 12s or even 11s instead? Presumably you're planning to play the 13s dropped a tone (or semi-tone)? You mmight find that 11s or 12s at normal pitch give you a good tone with less hassle, and you don't need to remember your chords are in different places when you're jamming with people, which was the reason I eventually gave up on dropped tuning. Good luck, anyway.

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