string gauges?

does he honestly use 18-70's in standard tuning?? because that's just craziness. where did you here that? does he have some website or something?
18-70....crazy man

yeah, bending standard tuned 18-70's would take hands of iron and maybe a crowbar!! i thought Zakk Wylde was crazy, this is insane. i think it's pretty cool too, but what would be the use of an 18? may a 70 i can understand but an 18? ah well.

My G-string is gauged to .017 ... I wonder how does an 18's gauged string tuned to the high e feels.

I believe it would be more like a steel bar than a string !

it's probably hell!! i've played 12s is standard tuning and i thought that was hard. it's just something you wouldn't expect to hear you know? well, does this guy have a signature set or something? i wouldn't play with them but i would be like "this is craziness".

I wonder if this would be ok for the guitar neck ?

Originally posted by SLY
I wonder if this would be ok for the guitar neck ?

There must be a lot of tension on the neck! :eek:

The strings tend to bow the neck, so the truss rod would have to be tightened to oppose that effect. I suspect he chooses guitars with necks like fence posts.

i saw that Dick Dale guy in a magazine picture and he was holding a strat. well, i'm just amazed.

Lordathestrings - Yeah man , he surely have to adjust the truss rod in the opposite direction .

But what I meant wasn't only the neck bending tension ... There will also be very high shear tension on the neck joint with the body wether it's neck-thru or bolt-on .

I read that Slash broke his neck before during a jam while he was bending it forward ... He was injured badly too... I think that strings with that gauge in standard tuning probably have more tension than Slash's bending the neck.

This guy must have his neck supported with cast steel or something !

just out of curiosity, does any know what Michael Romeo's String gauges are. his solos are always very fluid and thick.

Hi folks, reading this topic I think for me as a beginner string with .10 to .46 is the best option. I mostly play rhythm but the question for me now is with brand?

I have my eyes on Ernie Ball 2221 Regular Slinky Nickel and D'Addario EXL110-3D but I want to hear the preferences from the people here.

It's a personal preference, but having used both D'addarios and Ernie Ball stings, I strongly prefer the Ernie Ball regular slinkys. The D'addario bass strings have a slightly rough feel to them that I don't like.

I play on average up to 10 hours a week and the strings last me a month. That's with cleaning them after each time I play. I sweat a lot, so this is a long time for strings to last for me.

Good...I already order EB .10 - .46 normal gauge pack.