i got the guitar back today. They put the 9-52s on. it sounds pretty good, its a little different to what i'm used to though. [Show/Hide Quoted Message](Quoting Message by guitardude from Wednesday, December 17, 2008 5:09:51 PM)
guitardude wrote:
Probably the 52,42,32 set?
Those will cause the rise on the bridge for sure. The Floyd type just seems to be happiest with 9 to 42`s.
Is the shop still going to put the same gauge on ?
Judas Deth wrote:
i was trying to install those ernie ball skinny top heavy bottom strings (9-52).
guitardude wrote:
Very true,I didn`t think bout the gauge. I once tried some 10`s instead of my usual 9`s and the tremelo came up quite abit. Instead of having it adjusted,i just went back to my 9`s and all was good again. There is enough adjustment that you could go up to a really large E,maybe to a 60 or so. But you would probably have to tune it way down to help alleviate the increased tension in the larger gauge. but I`m no Luthier.
So what gauge were you trying to install?
Judas Deth wrote:
thanks for the advice just to clarify things i didnt take all of the strings off i just took the bass strings(EAD) off. Anyway i ended up taking it to my local music store/repair shop and i get it back on thursday. They said it was probably because the gauge of the strings i was putting on were higher than the ones that were previously on there.
