Originally Posted by: William MG

I saw an interview with Billy where he said he went to 7s after talking to BB King, Jeff. Not sure what he uses now, might be 8s. Whatever it is, he doesnt use heavy strings for sure.

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I think you're right. My memory was when BB told Billy 'Why are you trying so hard with heavy strings?' since BB used 8s or something at that point. It's old memory so what do I know? ;)

I used to be a died in the wool 9s person but for whatever reason, I like 10's now. I'm going the opposite direction of lighter. Except for my acoustic, I dropping from 13's to 10's. 13 is too harsh for me.

[quote=snojones]

Having never done it, I have to ask if you need to get your nut recut to change to 10s from 9s?

No need to have recut. The difference isn't such that it makes much difference.