strings

im gonna re-string one of my guitars and keep it tuned 1.5 or 2 steps down, just to play heavy stuff... shoudl i get the heavy ernie balls (9 gauge i think) or is there a better choice

:D its a pesonal thing. theres alot of famous people who play metal, and theres lots of heavy guage players that like 11 guage strings. soo what ever ur used to. i use 9 guage there good for almost anything

yeah what Akira said. 9's definatly arnt good for detuning. what have you been using if thats a bigger gauge? 8's?! whoa.

so I'd say a 10 minimum for a lower tuning. I use 10's for everything, basically. it sounds better.

and also what Akira said, you'll want it set up, or it will always be going out of tune.