first string
Aug-21-2007, 11:20am
Hi guys,
Just a quick rave, and a thank you. I did some research here a few months ago about string gauges to use on my (still fairly new to me) old tenor for GDAE tuning. I found a bunch of useful posts that made me feel more confident in beefing up the strings from whatever the store had put on there. Anyway, I finally got around to changing them last night. I can't believe the difference. The tenor is about three times louder, a good deal richer, and believe it or not, it sounds much more octave mandolin like, and less like a little guitar. I thought I liked this thing before, but now I can't put it down.
So anyway, thanks. And I would encourage anyone who is like me and hates changing strings, to do some experimenting anyway. You never know what sounds are lurking in your instruments.
And for all you tenor players I went with DA EXP .042, .029, .020, .012.
Cheers.
Just a quick rave, and a thank you. I did some research here a few months ago about string gauges to use on my (still fairly new to me) old tenor for GDAE tuning. I found a bunch of useful posts that made me feel more confident in beefing up the strings from whatever the store had put on there. Anyway, I finally got around to changing them last night. I can't believe the difference. The tenor is about three times louder, a good deal richer, and believe it or not, it sounds much more octave mandolin like, and less like a little guitar. I thought I liked this thing before, but now I can't put it down.
So anyway, thanks. And I would encourage anyone who is like me and hates changing strings, to do some experimenting anyway. You never know what sounds are lurking in your instruments.
And for all you tenor players I went with DA EXP .042, .029, .020, .012.
Cheers.