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Original message:238 days 2 hours 30 minutes ago
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Why do they? I personally play .10's and i know many that play higher gauge than that. But when ever i buy a new guitar they alwayshave .09's on it. anybody got an answer?
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Reply:238 days 2 hours 27 minutes ago
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9's are a lot easier to play and don't stress the neck as much as higher gauges. They're also easier to deal with in the factory when you're stringing a new guitar.
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Reply:238 days 2 hours 19 minutes ago
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yup, and you will find that there are certain guitars that DO come with 10's, like higher end jacksons, because so many people put them on for the styles of music that jacksons are good for. but lower end models, they want to make easier to play for beginners so they will buy them and not say "i dont want this one because it hurts my fingers..."
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Reply:238 days 2 hours 10 minutes ago
Member: inablackout
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ok i guess for begginers its ok. they just feel like spaghetti to me can't dig into em like i can with .10's. i find when i do dig into em they sound like they go slightly out of tune...


i had a 7 string that came with .13's but those ripped the shit outa my fingers the low B was a .60 or something gross like that.
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Reply:238 days 2 hours 9 minutes ago
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because they play like butter and then you buy them and take them home and they aren't so great when you cheange the strings... that's my theory.
Reply:238 days 1 hours 43 minutes ago
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Probably cheaper when you buy then by the ton.
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Reply:238 days 30 minutes ago
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That answer gets my vote! ^
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Reply:238 days 1 hours 43 minutes ago
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A CEO figured that he could save 50 cents on lighter guage strings. If they string 100.000 guitars in 1 year, they have saved 50,000 dollars.
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Reply:238 days 1 hours 37 minutes ago
Member: Joe Mongiello
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I am a beginner. I got one of those Laguna packs with the amp from guitar center. My Guitar came with .09, but I changed them a week after I had them to .10, just because I figured the factory strings would not sounds as good and I got the .10 because that seems to be the standard.

Since I am a beginner should I have stuck with the .09?

I want to play mainly rock is there a major reason I should have .10 or .09?
Reply:238 days 1 hours 15 minutes ago
Member: Xarkzila
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Nah... Play with what you feel comfortable with.

I play mostly acoustics and if I pick up an electric with 9's on it, I have a really difficult time keeping my playing in tune because I tend to press as hard as I do when playing an acoustic. (Since I play 12's its even worse on a six!) I have 10's on all the studio guitars as that seems to work well for most. On my personal electric, I use 11's, even though it's a 12 string. The same gauge on electrics seem to play softer than on an acoustic.
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Reply:238 days 29 minutes ago
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I hate .09s. They sustain like crap and with my heavy hands, they're easier to bend out of tune when I don't want to bend.
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Reply:237 days 10 hours 45 minutes ago
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i love 09's ...always have. i love a slinky string. good enough for VAI ,SATRIANI, and EDDIE V....good enough for me. of course in much lower tunings, you need a thicker string. but i play in standard the majority of the time. and i really like being able to bend as high as i please with little or no struggle.........
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Reply:237 days 10 hours 44 minutes ago
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and i would say that about 80%of the newer guitars i have ever purchased came with 10's on them. just my experience.....
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Reply:237 days 7 hours 30 minutes ago
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It took me 5 years before I was ready to move from 9s to 10s.

I believe the main reasons for using 9s have all been mentioned.
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Reply:236 days 23 hours 47 minutes ago
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.009's for me too. I used to use .010s on my Wolfgangs,but I decided to go back to .009's. Don't know why.
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Reply:236 days 17 hours 42 minutes ago
Member: Luke Dennis
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I prefer .10s, they just feel better to me.
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