rodzimguitar68
Fractal Fanatic
EB beefy slinky 11-54 tuned to E standard. Yes, they are tight, but it has helped my intonation and sustain. Sometimes I get the Cobalts, and other times just the normal yellow pack.
In my opinion, a set of 9's or 10's never gave my truss rod anything to pull against, and the 11's do, consequently, for me anyhoo, I'm getting the right balance of push and pull, and the greatest stability overall.
I made the switch almost 2 years ago to the week, and it has really helped my hand strength.
I just had to play acoustic last weekend, and I purchased 13's Elixirs for that. 13's would have made me cry 2 years ago, and my hand didn't even hurt after 3 hours of playing, because of the stamina I've built up with the 11-54's on my electrics.
I had to giggle when I read EJ's "EVH boil phase" - Didn't we all do that? The only thing I didn't have the guts to try was wax-potting my humbucker in a mason jar myself!
As far as string and guitar neck care, I used to remove my strings, and use #0000 steel wool and rub the fretboard WITH THE GRAIN - that is long-ways from fret 1 to fret 22, never across the grain. Then wipe it down with lemon oil. Sometimes, I'd rinse and repeat. Never came up with a system of string maintenance - I'd just change them when they got crusty.
In my opinion, a set of 9's or 10's never gave my truss rod anything to pull against, and the 11's do, consequently, for me anyhoo, I'm getting the right balance of push and pull, and the greatest stability overall.
I made the switch almost 2 years ago to the week, and it has really helped my hand strength.
I just had to play acoustic last weekend, and I purchased 13's Elixirs for that. 13's would have made me cry 2 years ago, and my hand didn't even hurt after 3 hours of playing, because of the stamina I've built up with the 11-54's on my electrics.
I had to giggle when I read EJ's "EVH boil phase" - Didn't we all do that? The only thing I didn't have the guts to try was wax-potting my humbucker in a mason jar myself!
As far as string and guitar neck care, I used to remove my strings, and use #0000 steel wool and rub the fretboard WITH THE GRAIN - that is long-ways from fret 1 to fret 22, never across the grain. Then wipe it down with lemon oil. Sometimes, I'd rinse and repeat. Never came up with a system of string maintenance - I'd just change them when they got crusty.