Your string guages are wrong!

[timi_h]

Originally Posted by markg5150

Yeah I got bored half way through. Can someone please summarise it for me in a couple of sentences

standard guitar string sets have "bad" tension matches between strings apparently, and that skinny top heavy bottom sets are closer to having what he deems the "correct" tension matches, and he wants us to all buy his set cos it has a slightly heavier B string and low E than a standard set cos apparently the tension them are too low.
id like to give it a go, i lost a lot of respect for industry standard string gauge patterns as soon as i went 7 string and they all had .52 as the standard size for a low B string.
i play a .58 with a set of 9-46s now and it definitely matches up a lot better

[Dino]

Originally Posted by Roland

http://www.daddariostrings.com/Resou...sion_chart.pdf

Game. Set. Match.

Yes, I believe D'addario is the company he worked with to come up with these customized sets. I know the strings I got were D'addario's. Like I said, people can use this information to make thier own sets, they don't have to buy the Z sets, but I don't see why you would go through all the trouble when he did all the work for us. And the cost is reasonable.

[waylay00]

I might have to try these. How do they feel compared to D'Addario's?

[Azrael]

So.........for 0.8/0.9 as top string. What would be the correct string thicknesses for the rest?

[OLIE_ROCKS_THE_80'S]

I would like to know what is Rich's take on this topic, being that he is a very well established and respected guitar tech!

[jim777]

For 5 bucks it couldn't hurt to try a set, I suppose. Everything that can improve your playing and sound for 5 bucks deserves 1 shot, anyway. I'll probably try one of each, the regular nickel 6 and 7, and a floatwound 6 and see what I see.

[waylay00]

Originally Posted by OLIE_ROCKS_THE_80'S

I would like to know what is Rich's take on this topic, being that he is a very well established and respected guitar tech!

IIRC, Rich uses a .054 gauge on the low B of a 7 string, so he might know something. It seems like common sense though.

Glad you can be our guinea pig Jim Let us know how they turn out.

Edit: He uses a .054 on the low B.

[OLIE_ROCKS_THE_80'S]

Originally Posted by Dino

Your knee jerk reaction is not unexpected. Nobody likes to be told that what they have been doing for the last 20+ years is wrong, but it's not your fault. When you really sit down and think about it, it is just the nature of the guitar industry.

I respect your ideas and some of it makes sense but this statement of yours is too out there, you have been brainwashed into believing that what he says is absolute but it's not! he has holes in his theories (and yes, that's all they are THEORIES!!!) you talk with such authority as if you would have played every guitar on the planet but I have news for you Charlie Brown YOU haven't nor have you played, seen or heard me play my guitars therefore how could you say that I have been doing something wrong...??? for starters I will tell you that I have never experienced any of the issues that he claims and I'm sure that a lot of other Jemsiters and pro musicians haven't either. So don't sell mere theories as facts so religiously. Your information gives us some food for thought and I appreciate it just don't try to shove it down our throats because of your convictions.

[Azrael]

Well....I DO notice the sloppy low E/A strings. But for me the solution is to use a hybrid string pack. That works just fine!

[ibanez2005]

I dunno what you are all moaning about, ive used a standard set of 9-42's for years and never had a problem with tension or tone using Ernie Ball's. I think you should stop analyzing things so much and just concentrate on playing, assuming you actuall play the guitar and dont just stand there looking at it.

[Eggy]

Originally Posted by OLIE_ROCKS_THE_80'S

I respect your ideas and some of it makes sense but this statement of yours is too out there, you have been brainwashed into believing that what he says is absolute but it's not! he has holes in his theories (and yes, that's all they are THEORIES!!!) you talk with such authority as if you would have played every guitar on the planet but I have news for you Charlie Brown YOU haven't nor have you played, seen or heard me play my guitars therefore how could you say that I have been doing something wrong...??? for starters I will tell you that I have never experienced any of the issues that he claims and I'm sure that a lot of other Jemsiters and pro musicians haven't either. So don't sell mere theories as facts so religiously. Your information gives us some food for thought and I appreciate it just don't try to shove it down our throats because of your convictions.

+1 !!!

This whole theory is nothing short of a gimmick.

Ben

[Eggy]

Originally Posted by ibanez2005

I dunno what you are all moaning about, ive used a standard set of 9-42's for years and never had a problem with tension or tone using Ernie Ball's. I think you should stop analyzing things so much and just concentrate on playing, assuming you actuall play the guitar and dont just stand there looking at it.

Exactly !

I love this website but sometimes (just sometimes) there's way to much "tyre kicking" goes on here.

Ben

[voodoo_child]

I love the retarded way Americans sell things. Its funny

[The Euphor]

Cool. But I would like equal tension on the entire neck.

I would never care for his thoughts, too much of an ass.

[LonePhantom]

Originally Posted by voodoo_child

I love the retarded way Americans sell things. Its funny

Except for the fact that Zachary Guitars are Canadian as far as I'm aware!