010 gauge strings are for ..?

Passacaglia

Jazzaferri wrote:

Bones wrote:

Hi Jazza,

What do you mean when you say 'flat'?

Thanks

The line??? Vector??? Plane that the point of the pick moves through is virtually parallel to the strings, not an arc.

Get a 6 x6 tile or thin board. Pretend its the guitar strings and you are chording. If you hit as opposed to even brushing feeling then ther is some arc in your pick stroke and you will get a stronger response wherever the bottom of the arc is. Weird I know but it works for me. LOL

Lol - yes, what he said.

Passacaglia, who shouldn't try to write when he's on his meds wrote:

the end result is a kind of "plane" strum, as opposed to an "arc" that begins light, goes heavy, and ends light.

Not what I was trying to say, in a very cumbersome way.

Jazzaferri

Well, now that we have thoroughly hijacked :shock:

I was going to add silk and steels don't last very well under downstroke solo picking, with a lighter brushing strum the heavier set .o11 might give a little better sound and last reasonably well if you like the sound. They feel great under the fingers.

FrankieDetergent

one feature that i would like to add to this guitar is adding a 7 string next to the high e string, but only for the body of the guitar no need for it to continue up the neck. i get very anxious when i get to the high e string because i know the the pick has nothing to bounce of, so i try to limit the movement of the right hand which leads to tension which i don't like
i don't know if this feature exists.. a muted string below the strings that starts with the tailpiece and ends by the end of the body, but it should be done in my opinion.

noodlenot

don´t know of anything like it, it´s ingenious but would probably look awkward. still, good lateral thinking!
but don´t you like to dig with your pick into the top? great anxiety reliever...

edit: do you mean anchoring it in the body (i.e. near the neckblock)? would need some reinforcing, probably.

Passacaglia

Wow. Probably way too early to judge, but right out of the gate, I'm seriously digging these Argie 10's. It feels like my guitar took a forward leap alive, for want of a better way of describing it.

Is it possible that for some guitars, a heavier gauge will actually kill the sonic potential (not what I would expect)? Is this what you guys mean by "10's, 11's, depends on the guitar? I'm really sold, at least for now....

Jazzaferri

Depending on the bracing and thickness of the top, every floating guitar that relies on up and down vibration will have an optimum downward pressure at which it will be at its sonic best. Hence my comment about MD building my Dunn for 11's. it sounds fuller and richer over the 10's.

Some guitars will sound better with Gallis some with Argies some with yet another brand as they all are a little different in string tension.

Passacaglia

All very interesting stuff, Jay. I have never, before today, put 10's on this guitar, but I'm really impressed. Maybe's it's just my fingers, used to 11's, but playing both rhythm and lead not only sounds to me like the guitar really prefers these, but they're a pleasure to play. I had no idea before reading Michael B.'s post, that the 11's were a relatively more recent phenomenon.

I will trade up to a luthier make, at some point, and I'm sold on the notion that every guitar has its preferred strings. I've queried Michael H. on the availability of the silk and steel - I only see the single string, 10 pack sets on the store. We'll see.

steam-powered

Michael Bauer wrote:

Django played 10's, and so did every other great player from the past, so if you want a more vintage tone, that's the place to start. Argie 11's didn't exist until the 1990s

I've been using 10's lately figuring if they're good enough for Django, good enough for me.

Passacaglia

Just a minor footnote - just tried Galli 10's on my DG-300, and don't like them at all. They feel and sound pretty dead, to me. It's the argie 10's, for this gitbox.