Originally Posted by: stacknyAlright, well I play a ton of different stuff, but I want it to be able to withstand the Metallica, Pantera, and the other harder stuff I play, so what gauge do you recomend? 10-46?

James and kirk use (or atleast used ) 10-46 strings. As for pantera i dunno, because some of the songs are tuned down 1.5 step, you might need thicker strings if you're gonna tune down that much.