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BluesShredder
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BluesShredder
Senior Member
Joined: 03/09/01
Posts: 143
08/25/2001 9:10 am
What strings do you use?
i use .010
i was thinking to use .011 but i read this (written by Kenny Wayne Shepherd)

"Another big issue with me is frets. I use Dunlop 6100's (the biggest frets made) on all of my guitars. They are real tall and wide. I need frets this big in order to support the heavy strings I use, which are, from high to low, .012, .014, .018, .028, .038, .058.
There is no way you can play on strings this heavy if you've got vintage Fender frets in your guitar neck. Vintage frets are way too skinny and small, and you'll break your fingers trying to get a sound!"

So any of you that use heavy strings, did you change the frets?

Peter