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jeph:
--- Quote from: Lummer on 06 Dec 2007, 01:05 ---The Gauge on the low B has always been total science, really. You have to find the right balance.
For instance; if it's to thick, it'll sound all woofy and muddy. If you have it too thin, it'll buzz and flop like there's no tomorrow.
First of all though, and I believe you've heard this a squillion times before, change the pickups!
Stock pickups in recent day Ibanez models have been known to be less than impressive, although with sufficient tweaking of the rest of your gear you can make it sound cool.
I for one, managed to squeeze a fairly decent out of an RG7321 i used to own.
That said, I would think that a .60 low B would be the absolute minimum, for dropped A. I don't quite know how the string tension feels on an RG1527, it's fairly loose on S7420, which is why I upped the gauges, but it was a little tighter on the RG7321. I don't know if it was the fixed bridge or what.
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Yeah, I definitely need a different bridge pickup in there. I actually like IBZ neck pickups, but I'll probably toss a JB or a Custom in the bridge when I find time.
String tension is pretty much normal for a fender-scale guitar, since every other string is in standard tuning. I think I'll mess around with the string gauge on the B when I put in the new pickup, since I'll have to take the strings off for that anyway.
The polepiece adjustment DID help, though. This is what I've been working on lately and I'm a lot happier with the string balance on it. And yeah there's a total Meshuggah ripoff riff in there.
Beastmouth:
--- Quote from: DynamiteKid on 06 Dec 2007, 10:17 ---
--- Quote from: Beastmouth on 06 Dec 2007, 10:02 ---
--- Quote from: DynamiteKid on 06 Dec 2007, 08:59 ---What's wrong with using 9s? I just use 9s because I've trained my fingers to be strong enough that I bend entire chords. It's a major part of my technique now.
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11s don't break nearly as often, sound drastically better, and are maaaybe two weeks harder to bend multiple strings.
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I hardly break strings anyway.
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Hardly?
Sucks to be you.
Alex C:
My brother paired the cheapest, crappiest bass with the heaviest strings he could find for years. He got a Geddy Lee jazz bass recently and put some "light" strings on it and it's ridiculous how much better he sounds now... although he still practices on the POS bass with the stupidly thick neck. I guess there's something to be said for practicing in way worse conditions than you actually play under. His finger strength is disgusting now.
yossarian07:
I play 9's (ernie ball slinkies are my favorites) . My guitar is set up to use that gauge so if I wanted to play anything diffrent I would have to get the neck adjusted.
I break strings a lot, but I like the twangy sound I get out of the ligher strings.
Patrick:
--- Quote from: jeph on 06 Dec 2007, 19:59 ---but I'll probably toss a JB
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In not-fucking-around news, the only way you can play 9s and not be considered a complete and total LITTLE GIRL is to use this specific set of 9s.
--- Quote from: Whipstitch on 06 Dec 2007, 21:19 ---I guess there's something to be said for practicing in way worse conditions than you actually play under. His finger strength is disgusting now.
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Agreed. My Kay (the '53) has the action set literally 3x as high as my dad's '37 Kay, and every time I play the '37... shit, it's like I was used to slicing frozen butter with a VCR, and then transitioning to slicing thawed butter with a straight razor.
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