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I'm guessing these are gauges recommended for an accoustic. I imagine you could get away with lighter gauges on an electric. I'd guess .008 or .009 for the first string, .010 or .011 for the second, etc. Todd On 2/16/06, S V G <vsyevolod@yahoo.com> wrote: > > While regular strings will work, they are not optimal. The >standard NST gauges are: > > .059 .047 .032 .021 .013 .011 > > I prefer a .020 instead of the .021 or .022 that some people >gravitate toward. A .020 will > break more easily at the tuning machine. I found that supergluing a >small piece of folded up > paper to the tuning head where the string enters, helps immensely with >the string breakage > problem. It also helps to have a guitar tech setup your guitar for >optimal nut sizing and bridge > adjustment. Since the lowest string is so thick, I had my tech add a >little bit of graphite epoxy > to the nut to shorten the active length of the string and thus bring the >lowest fretted notes into > better intonation. Kinda what Buzz Feiten does but without all the >obfuscation. :) > > For some reason, D'Addario strings sound better to my ear than any >of the others, by a long > shot. They seem to last much longer too. > > I no longer play any of the Crafty repertoire, though since the >lowest 4 strings are the same > as Cello tuning, I play mostly the Bach Cello Suites on my Ovation. >String length is almost the > same as the Cello as well, just a little shorter. Then I run the guitar >through all sorts of FX. > Sweet. > > Stephen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > >