Fellow GT'ers, I've been seeing some interesting discussion out there on .008 strings, or more precisely, string set gauges .008-.038. It's said by some sources that these gauges were used during the Golden Age of Classic Rock (60s & 70s) more than today's popular gauges (the heavier gauge sets, especially .010-.046).

[br]Some great names in early Rock & early Blues used very light gauge strings, even .007s in some cases, but .008s (and .009s) mostly it seems. A casual look at the web has in the "Golden Age" as .008 guitarists Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Billy Gibbons (.007), Peter Frampton, Tony Iommi, and on...

[br]Have we drifted these days as .010 gauge guitarists from one of the "secret sauces" of the original sound of Classic Rock and Blues?

[br]I bought some .008s, and maybe it's the power of suggestion, but in my opinion they do have a snap and subtle jangle that the .010s and .009s don't have to my ears - to me they are awesome and closer sounding to the 60s/70s sounds, both clean and with heavy dirt.

[br]And they're a lot easier on the fingers - as B.B. King said on very light gauge strings (and used .008s): "Why work so hard?"

[br]Any fellow GT'ers have an opinion on this, or have tried .008s?

[br]Phillip

Tampa Bay USA