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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyjXqm6uPoc
Enjoy folks,
Rick
Was funny to hear him say "spend a fiver" and "they only cost twenty quid" 
Even though it's nothing new to me really, I do love watching videos like that.
Step 1: get or borrow historic Les Paul
Step 2: new strings & setup the way you like it
Step 3: change nothing else
Step 4: MELT FACES!
curious but i cant find ernie ball 11-52 strings except the ones with a wound G string?
curious but i cant find ernie ball 11-52 strings except the ones with a woung G string?
I don't believe that combo is readily available in stores. Ernie ball has a set with those gauges on their website but I'm not sure if they are the ones with a wound G. I read or heard that Joe gets the 7 string pack with that combo and just leaves off the high e string.
I have just started experimenting with a wound g on a les paul. Love the feel and love how it stays in tune better.
David.247 wrote:curious but i cant find ernie ball 11-52 strings except the ones with a woung G string?
I don't believe that combo is readily available in stores. Ernie ball has a set with those gauges on their website but I'm not sure if they are the ones with a wound G. I read or heard that Joe gets the 7 string pack with that combo and just leaves off the high e string.
I have just started experimenting with a wound g on a les paul. Love the feel and love how it stays in tune better.
Like these
how harder is it to bend a wound 3rd?
curious but i cant find ernie ball 11-52 strings except the ones with a woung G string?
These EB's go up to 11-52
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Ernie-Ball- … 1122275.gc
BEEFY Slinky goes up to 54
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Ernie-Ball- … 1122404.gc
David.247 wrote:curious but i cant find ernie ball 11-52 strings except the ones with a woung G string?
These EB's go up to 11-52
http://www.guitarcenter.com/Ernie-Ball- … 1122275.gc
But they still have a wound 3rd
funnily in the 50's strings came with a wound 3rd and Eddie Cochran swapped his for a 2nd so he could bend the strings. When he came to England he passed his tip on to Joe Brown amongst others.
misthunter210 wrote:David.247 wrote:curious but i cant find ernie ball 11-52 strings except the ones with a woung G string?
I don't believe that combo is readily available in stores. Ernie ball has a set with those gauges on their website but I'm not sure if they are the ones with a wound G. I read or heard that Joe gets the 7 string pack with that combo and just leaves off the high e string.
I have just started experimenting with a wound g on a les paul. Love the feel and love how it stays in tune better.
Like these
how harder is it to bend a wound 3rd?
Yeah thats the set I thought he uses. I might have seen it in a rig rundown with his tech.
As far as the G, I have been using an 18w for the g. Its going to be a deal lighter then then 24 that comes in the 7 string pack. Im going to have to order a pack of the 7 strings because my local Guitar Center doesn't carry them.
https://forum.jbonamassa.com/viewtopic. … 996#p41996
Looking at this older post Kyle comprised a list of Joe's post and joe said he uses Dean Markley 11-52??
Dean Markley strings is the 2000-2003 variety. I think he moved to ErnieBall some time in 2004/2005. That was right around when I started following him more closely.
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