Does anyone know what size of guitar strings keith uses for his open-g guitars?

Has that changed since the early 70s?

Ernie Ball custom strings, .011 .015 .018 .030 .042
Not for sale anywhere..

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Alef
Ernie Ball custom strings, .011 .015 .018 .030 .042
Not for sale anywhere..

Yeah they are - just just have to buy them separately or out of several different packs.

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Alef
Ernie Ball custom strings, .011 .015 .018 .030 .042
Not for sale anywhere..

Yeah they are - just just have to buy them separately or out of several different packs.

Some guitar shops can put that gauge range together if you ask them.

Has he been using that set of gauges since the 70s? or has it changed over the years?

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Alef
Ernie Ball custom strings, .011 .015 .018 .030 .042
Not for sale anywhere..

Yeah they are - just have to buy them separately or out of several different packs.

Thank God Keith doesn't play the Harp.

What capo does he use ?

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thrak
What capo does he use ?

Schubs. I have a few of them and quite like them.

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thrak
What capo does he use ?

Schubs. I have a few of them and quite like them.

Schubb makes the best capos!

thanks for an answer. where can i find schubs capo ? I'd like to buy one.

Anyone know about his socks......what brand and thickness?

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Anyone know about his socks......what brand and thickness?

how bout the TP? single or double ply? Scented? lol Actually for a guitar player the string guage thing is relavent. Especially since he uses custom guages. I prefer to use the thickest wires I can still bend without bleedin out the fingers. More tone and more overall control of dymanics and other subtle stuff. I mean you can't really whack a set of strings like Keefs that are more than 1/2 below .020! peace.

Yeah...I can relate.....nothing like a pair of thick socks

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Actually for a guitar player the string guage thing is relavent. Especially since he uses custom guages. I prefer to use the thickest wires I can still bend without bleedin out the fingers. More tone and more overall control of dymanics and other subtle stuff. I mean you can't really whack a set of strings like Keefs that are more than 1/2 below .020! peace.

What strings do you use?

I like D'Addarios, mainly because they are sealed in plastic, and that allows me buy them by the truck load (good prices) and not worry about them rusting over time.

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What capo does he use ?

NOT funny !!

[ I want to shout, but I can hardly speak ]

I like Gold Toe Metropolitan cotton in the three pack.

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Actually for a guitar player the string guage thing is relavent. Especially since he uses custom guages. I prefer to use the thickest wires I can still bend without bleedin out the fingers. More tone and more overall control of dymanics and other subtle stuff. I mean you can't really whack a set of strings like Keefs that are more than 1/2 below .020! peace.

What strings do you use?

I like D'Addarios, mainly because they are sealed in plastic, and that allows me buy them by the truck load (good prices) and not worry about them rusting over time.

Smart man that MKC is. Yes I still have old D'Addarios in good shape in the plastic. That and the fact that the elephants were saved by it's invention are about the only two good things about plastic. It is clogging our life systems here on earth with it's long breakdown time. I wish it were gone really. But back to strings and a story:

Back in the mid nineties I got a letter from Elxisor strings (the gore-tex type teflon coated ones) asking me to participate in beta testing some new guitar string products. They asked me what guages I wanted and for what instruments, etc. I gladly complied and received new packages of these coated strings for my guitars , mandolins, etc. They were great mainly because they were free. This continued for about 6 months and I received about three different mailings from them, each one with just the strings I had asked for, all put into sets and labeled and tidy. I hardly needed most of the last mailing's sets because these strings were lasting alot longer than the ones I had been using.

I made three of four reports for them. Telling them about my experience. I didn't like them as well out of the box but after a couple of days playing they were GREAT. I was developing a fast and furious addiction to them. Then one day I see these keen new purple packages in the guitar shops, Hey! I know those strings, what $22 a set? (I think it was $16 at the time). I quickly wrote my boys at the factory asking for more beta strings, but the cat was out of the bag I was no longer necessary to them. No more free strings. And a serious coated string addiction. Damn, these guys market just like the drug dealers do, I better watch out I'm thinking.

I still dish out the $ for these strings because they last twice as long. Maybe it is the salt air coming off the pacific in the front yard but they got me. I still thing they are the best for sounding OK for more than a show or two. When you change strings every show the chances of the guitar de-tuning are very real and this helped that out a bit too. Over-priced? Probably. But like I said it's an addiction. It ain't gonna kill me either. peace.

Only one brand of strings and that is Ernie Ball! End of discussion, ask Keith, Ronnie, Jimmy Page and many others...

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Naturalust

Actually for a guitar player the string guage thing is relavent. Especially since he uses custom guages. I prefer to use the thickest wires I can still bend without bleedin out the fingers. More tone and more overall control of dymanics and other subtle stuff. I mean you can't really whack a set of strings like Keefs that are more than 1/2 below .020! peace.

What strings do you use?

I like D'Addarios, mainly because they are sealed in plastic, and that allows me buy them by the truck load (good prices) and not worry about them rusting over time.

Smart man that MKC is. Yes I still have old D'Addarios in good shape in the plastic. That and the fact that the elephants were saved by it's invention are about the only two good things about plastic. It is clogging our life systems here on earth with it's long breakdown time. I wish it were gone really. But back to strings and a story:

Back in the mid nineties I got a letter from Elxisor strings (the gore-tex type teflon coated ones) asking me to participate in beta testing some new guitar string products. They asked me what guages I wanted and for what instruments, etc. I gladly complied and received new packages of these coated strings for my guitars , mandolins, etc. They were great mainly because they were free. This continued for about 6 months and I received about three different mailings from them, each one with just the strings I had asked for, all put into sets and labeled and tidy. I hardly needed most of the last mailing's sets because these strings were lasting alot longer than the ones I had been using.

I made three of four reports for them. Telling them about my experience. I didn't like them as well out of the box but after a couple of days playing they were GREAT. I was developing a fast and furious addiction to them. Then one day I see these keen new purple packages in the guitar shops, Hey! I know those strings, what $22 a set? (I think it was $16 at the time). I quickly wrote my boys at the factory asking for more beta strings, but the cat was out of the bag I was no longer necessary to them. No more free strings. And a serious coated string addiction. Damn, these guys market just like the drug dealers do, I better watch out I'm thinking.

I still dish out the $ for these strings because they last twice as long. Maybe it is the salt air coming off the pacific in the front yard but they got me. I still thing they are the best for sounding OK for more than a show or two. When you change strings every show the chances of the guitar de-tuning are very real and this helped that out a bit too. Over-priced? Probably. But like I said it's an addiction. It ain't gonna kill me either. peace.

Thanks man, that is why I asked, I was betting
you would have a good tip... so you use these?

pic from this review [www.ibanez-rg-review.com]


but now... now I am saddled with the heavy guilt for using plastic, more plastic... but at least the elephants like me... so I guess that means Gérard Depardieu does too, he claims to be an elephant.

Thanks Naturalust


ps
that review agrees with your salt air comment. [www.ibanez-rg-review.com]
Rust Never Sleeps
""If you live near the ocean you’ll really appreciate these strings. Normal strings don’t seem to last all that long even after giving them a good old wipe. The salt in the air starts corroding the strings the minute you start playing them. Because I’m lazy and hate changing strings the Elixir’s are a god send. The Elixir Nanoweb’s seems to last even longer the 5 times claimed. But your guitar will appreciate them more as the wear and tear on the tuners, tremolo saddles and locking screws nuts are lessened from constantly changing strings.""



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2011-09-17 16:49 by Max'sKansasCity.

Sorry...cant give you four paragraphs on my socks.....

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Sorry...cant give you four paragraphs on my socks.....

LOL, well a picture is woth a 1000 words