Hi
what kind of strings use Keith Richards for standard tuning (electric guitar)?
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Thomas

i think he uses ernie ball strings

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Yes,
but what gauge he use?

Ernie Ball Regular Slinky 10 - 46

I read he uses the heavy gauges 11 - 52, and was suprised that Ronnie uses light ones 09 - 42.

I thought they came in packs of 5 and were pretuned to open g?.....

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if he uses 10 or 11 earnie balls, i understand why his vibratos are that lame. For those old fingers it would be better to use 9-42 strings dont you think?

Stikkyfinger Wrote:
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> I thought they came in packs of 5 and were
> pretuned to open g?

You mean G-strings ?

He does use a heavier gauge for open G. There was a thread here or on the Fender forum that showed a custom Ernie Ball packet with 5 strings starting at .011 and ending at .042 if memory serves.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2005-12-13 01:07 by ChrisM.

Koen Wrote:
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> Stikkyfinger Wrote:
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> > I thought they came in packs of 5 and were
> > pretuned to open g?
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> You mean G-strings ?
>


Yes, those are the ones Koen!~ but they're a bit thin, aren't they?

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Yes, that´s right,I also read that he use for his open g five string guitar a custom ernie ball pocket o.11,015,018p,030 and 042.
And where did you read that he use for the 6 string 10 - 46 ore 11 - 52?
It is very interesting

Guitar World 1986




ROCKMAN

Only a Keith junkie would still have that mag...I know I do!

Rockman Wrote:
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> Guitar World 1986
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> ROCKMAN


Hey thanks VERY much Rockman, there's some GREAT stuff in this article for us guitarists (and the rest!).


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They never seem to use him...

by the way is there anybody outthere who can share a
pic of ronnies and keiths guitar racks ?


thx a lot

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Interesting article Rockman,

Thank you very much

It's pretty simple. Standard tuning: 10 - 46, open G 11 - 52. Ernie Balls.

great article, Rockman honey - thank you!

Many people on this board is wondering...how to play Berry tunes i open G and so on.

Do it as Keith does: (I mean the licks on his own songs)

Tune your a-string in to a g. Leave the rest. (If you cant handle the thick e-string with your thumb, throw it away).

Keith plays HTW, Happy, BS - including licks, solos and so on in open G - but was clever enough to let the thin e-string be untouched.

If he had to think about all the changes he would mess up his licks/solos drunk as he likes to be.

No.

He´s a genious. He knew what to do.

Maybe this is a stupid thing to talk about, but listen to Htw, happy and so on. Played in open g, but theres still Berry riffs in the playing.

Bjorn Wrote:
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> Many people on this board is wondering...how to
> play Berry tunes i open G and so on.
>
> Do it as Keith does: (I mean the licks on his own
> songs)
>
> Tune your a-string in to a g. Leave the rest. (If
> you cant handle the thick e-string with your
> thumb, throw it away).
>
> Keith plays HTW, Happy, BS - including licks,
> solos and so on in open G - but was clever enough
> to let the thin e-string be untouched.
>
> If he had to think about all the changes he would
> mess up his licks/solos drunk as he likes to be.
>
> No.
>
> He´s a genious. He knew what to do.
>
> Maybe this is a stupid thing to talk about, but
> listen to Htw, happy and so on. Played in open g,
> but theres still Berry riffs in the playing.



Funny you should say that Bjorn, as I've done that myself! ~ left the E string as E and tuned the A string down to G, as you said! I think he plays the solo in HTW in open G though as you need the thin E string tuned to D to get the riff right.....


I've solved the problem now as I have a guitar (Variax 600) that I can change the tuning of, in mid song, by turning a dial...wow! technology eh?

Regards,

Ian.


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Rockman
Guitar World 1986

Interesting article, especially about the acousic guitar tuning, gauge of the strings 11, 15, 10, 18, 22, 36.

Ooh, did it take you three years to read it???

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Stikkyfinger
I thought they came in packs of 5 and were pretuned to open g?.....

Regards,

Ian.

Ian, how do you pretune a strings while they are still in the packet? I'd like to know!

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Thommie
Ooh, did it take you three years to read it???

No, but sometimes i read it again, because it is so interesting, to read about guitars and the rolling stones

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ChrisM

Ian, how do you pretune a strings while they are still in the packet? I'd like to know!

You can't pretune a string but you can tuna fish.

Oops! wrong thread.

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Bjorn
They never seem to use him...

The kind of strings that use Keith Richards are evil, evil strings that care nothing about Keith or his delicate fingers.