edmando
Jan-13-2005, 10:49am
Hi all,
I just got my Fender 5-string electric. I know some of you regard it as a POS, but it's my first, and even runts need love!
It came with clearly the wrong strings on it, so I changed them right away. I bought a set of D'addario chromes light. I forgot to take the piece of paper with emando's 5-string set gauges on it, so i ended up with heaver strings than i wanted.
i note that the advice here seems to indicate that one throws out the G string from an electric guitar set, and uses e-a-d-b-e, but the low e-string in this set is .052, and it wouldn't even fit in the nut! So I used a-d-g-b-e. Seems fine, but the a-string is .042, and it's a pretty tight fit already. I cannot imagine anything bigger will fit in the nut unless i have work done to enlarge it. Am I crazy? Anyone have experience with the fender? are flatwound (or ribbon-wound) strings somehow larger?
Should i go and get a lighter set?
The guages are:
1 .012
2 .016
3 .024
4 .032
5 .042
I see that the emando 5-string set has a low string that's either.050 or .048. This seems like they'd be too big....or is this a fender runt issue?
thanks, oh wise ones,
E
I just got my Fender 5-string electric. I know some of you regard it as a POS, but it's my first, and even runts need love!
It came with clearly the wrong strings on it, so I changed them right away. I bought a set of D'addario chromes light. I forgot to take the piece of paper with emando's 5-string set gauges on it, so i ended up with heaver strings than i wanted.
i note that the advice here seems to indicate that one throws out the G string from an electric guitar set, and uses e-a-d-b-e, but the low e-string in this set is .052, and it wouldn't even fit in the nut! So I used a-d-g-b-e. Seems fine, but the a-string is .042, and it's a pretty tight fit already. I cannot imagine anything bigger will fit in the nut unless i have work done to enlarge it. Am I crazy? Anyone have experience with the fender? are flatwound (or ribbon-wound) strings somehow larger?
Should i go and get a lighter set?
The guages are:
1 .012
2 .016
3 .024
4 .032
5 .042
I see that the emando 5-string set has a low string that's either.050 or .048. This seems like they'd be too big....or is this a fender runt issue?
thanks, oh wise ones,
E