Now with thick I mean everything above an average of .09, and with thin I mean everyhing under that thickness. They are usually used in sm… You essentially get the best of both worlds – a meatier tone for riffing with the bonus fretting ease on the thinner, upper strings. Make sure to subscribe to Andertons TV for more great videos like this! With singles, the one I know to have the most "thickness" to it is the P90. Nobody has ever been able to get both the thin and thick sounds in the same instrument. 03/09/16 11:59am - 6 min read | 21 min watch. Thicker strings have a rounder, mellower (more basslike) tone. It’s also less popular to bend strings, therefore sacrifice flexibility for tension. At best you have a P90-ish sounding pickup at that point. That brings about the problem of a loud rear pickup with buckets of midrange and a quiet trebly pickup in the front. It’s measured in 1/1000th of an inch. You’ll get warmer tones from these strings with more bass and midrange response. No, it's not perfect. As a long-time player of guitar (just under 50 years), I personally find NO benefit to using a thin pick. As you become a better player, you’ll notice how much more effort you have to put into fretting and picking in comparison to a thinner set. And you don't need an SG to get it. Traditional guitar strings have their tension all over the place. Follow the general guidelines outlined and you can’t go far wrong. Thick Picks: The Debate - posted in Guitar Q & A: I know there are probably tons of posts on here already...I've done a search and read quite a few of them already. A typical set of 9s will run from a 0.009 string, to a 0.042 string (9, 11, 16, 24, 32 42). Traditional Strats and Telecasters with single-coil pickups don't have a thick sound, nor are they meant to. Here’s a super simple guide to what’s ideal for your musical style, so you can cut the faff and get playing. Unfortunately for us, these differences tend to be most audible when the strings are particularly thin or thick. The smaller the number, the thinner the string. With humbuckers, the treble response of a single isn't there and instead pronounced midrange. Thinner strings are easier to bend, pick, perform legato and arpeggios and to add flavour to your playing. Some guitar string companies sell strings with thick lower strings and thin higher strings, but this information is always written on the front of the package. Picking out a set of guitar strings is simple when you know what you’re looking for. © 2020 Andertons Music Company The thicker strings are made to produce lower sounds. Many have tried. Privacy Policy. There is a legitimate physical aspect to the gauge of your strings that will affect how well you play. On paper, the Ultra III sounds like it can do anything. Carbon compositions are denser, and therefore a thin carbon string will have equivalent mass to a thicker nylon string. Does this work? These strings are usually equipped with ball ends, which simplify stringing vs. the traditional knot-style bridge attachment. Heck, I even owned one myself at one point where I had a Fender Stratocaster HSS with a humbucker that split to single-coil. Bending and fretting becomes much easier and faster with a lighter set, but in my own experience you will have a “tinnier” tone that must be compensated for with your guitar and amp tone controls. Those are split toggle controls for each pickup. In a set of 9s, the thinnest ‘E’ string is 0.009 of an inch, and in a set of 10s, you guessed it, the thin ‘E’ is 0.010 of an inch. Hybrid packs usually comprise of thicker low strings and lighter higher strings. However, different brands will vary the thickness of equivalent strings. In recent years, carbon and other composites have entered the market. This stiffer tension allows for improved sustain and it better emphasizes attack and playing dynamics. That would work, right? Lots of companies refer to their string packs by the thinnest string. After all, string gauge is 90% preference. Phosphor strings are the most popular ever since D’Addario first released them in 1974. You're just not going to get Strat-like treble bite out of a humbucker no matter what. I'm playing them on a Gibson Les Paul Custom Black Beauty with a Fender Vibrolux Reverb. You might see Ernie Ball make a set almost identical to D’Addario, but one pack’s third thinnest string is .018, while the other’s is .016. Yes, you are better off than before with thickening up the Strat tone, but at the end of it all it's still not going to sound like a humbucker. Over time, they’ve picked up sweat and dirt from your hands and your surroundings. Guitar string packs are usually referred to by their thinnest string, e.g. It’s the feel, the warm tone, the ease with which they glide over the strings and, at 1.38mm, they are thick enough to change your picking style without feeling like you have changed instruments. But where Strats and Teles are concerned, those are all voiced thin very much on purpose - which is how they are supposed to sound because that's where you get that great top end t… i use 2 mm for electric just cuz i have more control and i find it more comfortable. Home > Strings and Accessories Listed by Manufacturer > GHS Strings > GHS Electric Guitar Strings > Boomers > GHS Electric Guitar Boomers Roundwound Thin-Thick, .010 - … One loaded with singles, one with humbuckers. But I'm tackling it anyway. The higher the number, the thicker it is. The thicker a string is, the more tension it holds. I'm going into dangerous territory tackling this topic... ...because it's completely subjective. Thicker strings hold their tuning better than thin strings when tuned down. Materials. The most common packs you’ll encounter are 9s, 10s and 11s. – Menachem Jun 23 '14 at 22:03 Researching string gauges can be a bit mind boggling and quite frustrating. As the final and most important factor of all… The material of the pick is what ultimately … Ernie Ball Earthwood Extra Soft Silk And Steel. Thinner and mid-thickness picks work well on acoustics as well, but also give great voice to electric guitars. But it won't replace a Strat or a Les Paul. Popular guitarists such as Stevie Ray Vaughan, however, favoured thick strings to get warmer tone. This is easiest to achieve using thinner strings. Thinner strings provide better clarity and speed for the picking hand. With these strings a player can dare to push the outer limits of pace and dexterity. If you are looking for a beefier thick tones that focuses on the lower registers, this is a set that's designed specifically for you - ideal for classic rock and blues players. No, that doesn't exactly work either. There's a lot of guitar folklore about players like Stevie Ray, Jimi Hendrix, Billy Gibbons & the like, as to whether or not the string gauge they used really contributed to their unique tones. They also make a variety of hybrid sets to bridge the gaps between the main packs in the range. The P90 brings the growl because it has more midrange response to it. A thicker plastic pick will be louder but will be less forgiving of pressure inconsistencies while strumming. GHS Thin Core Boomers Electric Guitar Strings TC-GBTNT Thin-Thick 10-52 - GHS Thin Core Boomers Slightly smaller core wire for lightning fast action, faster speed runs, more precise arpeggios and musical bends. What next? They standardised string gauges with their all-purpose nickel-wound Slinky string packs. They are made of an alloy of 92% copper with 8% tin and some traces of phosphorus (around 0.2%). It’s time for a change. Thick strings are great for rock and metal music which require fatter tones and incorporate drop tunings. It's great. Width. Other popular brands include D’Addario, Elixir, Rotosound, Fender, Dunlop and newcomers Curt Mangan. etc., etc.. Again, one with singles, the other humbuckers. What about an HH guitar with coil-split humbuckers? Thicker strings provide more bass, thinner strings produce more treble. Don’t be afraid to switch brands, as one company might have a couple of strings with different gauges in similar packs you prefer. The Les Paul is a Les Paul Classic & the Strat is a modded Squier Classic Vibe. Yes, but you haven't seen it where every pickup can be split to single coil. Gone was the "thick" sound of the Gibson, replaced by the "thin" sound of the Strat. A .056 is very thick and would be the thickest on a six-string. A good starting place is to find out what your favourite guitarists use, or what musicians use in the genre you play. Acoustic guitarists generally favour thicker strings as they provide more volume, warmth and resonance – key requirements for an acoustic instrument. Medium Picks are going to range in thickness from.60 to.80 mm. “ Why does tension matter, though?” Well, tension actually plays a huge role in tone, tuning stability, and playability. Thicker strings certainly help build up both picking strength and endurance in your fretting hand. He shares his birthday with Muse frontman Matt Bellamy and believes he will one day reach the same level of stardom. And even if you have 4 controls (two volume, two tone), you either have to turn one pickup waaaaay down or the other waaaaay up just so they're not fighting each other constantly. Free shipping for many products! Strings are commonly made of stainless steel, nickel, cobalt or copper. That's not a bad thing, but still not a humbucker. Thin gauges become very floppy and harm your tone’s crispness, as well as make it more difficult to play. The two holes became one, and all 8 strings came off). Country and folk music often involves a lot of finger picking. Medium thickness picks are the most popular choice among guitarists. When clean is the goal, get the singles. Hybrid strings don’t really suit any genre of music, in particular, but are a popular choice for many guitarists who need the versatility. Hypothetically your thickest string should be the tightest, and your highest string should be the loosest, but this isn’t the case with 90% of strings. The higher the number, the thicker it is. It still has the same issues any guitar has with humbucker pickups that can be split. Clean guitar player's second best friend, tremolo, How to easily avoid an expensive mistake with guitar pedals, Fender Stratocaster in that other yellow you never see, This is the easiest guitar to play with your fingers, For the guy who can't decide between a Strat and a Tele - Fender Deluxe Nashville Telecaster. Thicker, tighter strings, have a more "focussed" sound. A .056 is very thick and would be the thickest on a six-string. Thicker, tighter strings, plucked the same distance, are louder, because they contain more energy. Great for rock and blues, as you can dig in and get chunky sounds out the low tuned strings whilst retaining the flexibility for solos. But let's go two steps beyond that. Blues styles favour a lot of string bending. Here’s everything you need to know in a nutshell: Guitar strings obviously have a very thin diameter, so require a digestible measurement for the regular player to understand what they’re buying. There is more metal being waved back and forth in front of the pickup. Let’s compare two sets of strings: .009 .011 .016 .024 .032 .042, .011 .015 .018 .026 .036 .050. I find that thin strings tend to be more clear and vibrant sounding as long as they're not so thin that they don't vibrate properly. One of the two most popular "flavors" of guitar strings (the other being 92/8 Phosphor Bronze), 80/20 Bronze refers to the 80% copper/20% zinc composition of the bronze alloy* in a string's wrap wire. Ernie Ball has fun names for their sizes and also lists the gauges of each string. Look at those 3 switches below the pickups. As any material gets thicker, it gets more rigid/stiff. They reach their resonant frequency more quickly, because the extra tension leaves them less scope to flap around. Cheers The thin strings are the higher pitched sounds. Great if you’re playing lots of notes in quick succession. Very thick gauge strings (with the thickest string being 48 and heavier) tend to suit tunings from drop C and beyond. A thin string gauge is ideal because you don’t have to put as much effort into fretting. You add in compression (this "squashes out" some treble and raises midrange some), and punch up the midrange EQ, and wire your Strat so that you have tone control on the bridge pickup (traditional Strat wiring does not have bridge tone control), allowing you to take out that biting top end treble by rolling the control down to around 5. For lead tones however, you may be in for a fight trying to get the lead sound you want with single-coil pickups. Medium string gauges are a versatile pick for almost any genre. For example, a 10-gauge string is 0.010 inches. Many have tried to build the all-in-one guitar that has both the thick and thin tones. https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_wORcBvoagI/default.jpg. If you enjoyed this read, check out more of our Learn articles! Notice how the first set is thinner across every string than the first. Every possible pickup sound you ever wanted out of one axe. Kind of annoying to deal with. Or rather, it works, but a common complaint by those who use humbuckers that split to single-coil is that a) the volume drops too drastically when split, and b) the split-to-single tone doesn't sound "single enough". Light strings take less effort to bend. That is why it’s important to understand what you’re buying and what’s changing when you buy a new set. Comparison: 08-38 VS 13-56 or Extra Super light VS Extra Heavy. Page 1 of 4 - Thin picks Vs. Yes, there are some humbuckers that are voiced to have more treble than others, like the kind found in many Gretsch guitars. What about going with H/S? From here, it’s time to experiment. The P90 brings the growl because it has more midrange response to it. Using the Strat as an example, okay, so you don't have a lot of midrange response coming out of the pickups, so you just add in EQ at the amp and problem solved, right? 10s. There are ways to get around this with hybrid packs, which we’ll get onto. There's just no arguing that point. Of course, the tradeoff with the P90 is that you lose some of that top end treble compared to a Strat or Tele single-coil pickup, but again, it does bring the midrange thunder when overdriven. You can find out more info about string material in our ultimate Andertons guide. They also, by their very nature have less control. Pop music suits lighter strings, too, as the sound is more focused on higher middle and treble frequencies than they are bass. But still, a Gretsch won't be as trebly as a Telecaster bridge pickup - nor would you want it to be. Of course, the tradeoff with the P90 is that you lose some of that top end treble compared to a Strat or Tele single-coil pickup, but again, it does bring the midrange thunder when overdriven. These strings are great for music genres that require mellower tones like folk and classical fingerstyle. Back in the 1970s when there was a lot of electric guitar experimentation happening, there were many attempts to make guitars that had both the crisp clean tones of the single and midrange-heavy lead tones... ...hence why the '72 Telecaster Custom came into existence: Single in the back, humbucker in the front. You’ll find thicker strings help maintain tension when you tune down from standard, or for extended range guitars. The downside is they don’t sound quite as chunky or produce as much power as their thicker equivalents, especially on the lower-tuned strings. 2. Buy a T Shirt: https://goo.gl/4mRRyy Some brands give general names to their packs like light, medium, or thick, respectively. This is one of those instances where if you want it all, you have to own 2 guitars to get it. The only limit to your speed is your dexterity. What is better in your opinion, thick of thin strings. Well, if you have ever tried that, you know that doesn't magically change a Strat single to a humbucker sound. Guitar straps widths typically range from 2″ on the thin side, to 4″ on the thick side. They fit the popular musical attributes of the genres. A stone cold classic and one of the best guitar picks for good reason. These include a 9-46 Hybrid Slinky, 10-48 Ultra Slinky, 10-52 Skinny Top, Heavy Bottom and 11-52 Burly Slinky. Each company has a different take on string gauge combinations. Andertons Guitar & Bass YouTube Channel: https://goo.gl/wRsx1P A thin plastic pick will be flexible and more forgiving but may be to soft to play with other musicians or at faster tempos. When you want the absolute best clean electric guitar sound, singles are required. note that I used to have thick strings for the same reason. I've been using .09's for as long as I have been playing, but I was wondering what the up and downside were of having either very thick or very thin strings. As Arpit Gupta and User-12844516704366656179 point out, the main effect is via the mass: for equal tension it goes roughly as 1/sqrt(mass) which means 1/sqrt(area), which means 1/radius. With singles, the one I know to have the most "thickness" to it is the P90. They are one of the best electric options for low tension guitar strings. But where Strats and Teles are concerned, those are all voiced thin very much on purpose - which is how they are supposed to sound because that's where you get that great top end treble response from. Essentially, the thickness of each string is measured in inches. Click on one of these links to find out more… Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for GHS GBTNT Boomers Thin Thick Electric Guitar Strings X 12 at the best online prices at eBay! Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for GHS Boomers Thin-Thick 10-52 Electric Guitar Strings at the best online prices at eBay! In fact, I will give you a real example of a guitar that attempts to do it all that you can buy right now at the time I write this: This, dear reader, is a Schecter Ultra III. Lots of companies refer to their string packs by the thinnest string. The Thin Core Boomers electric guitar strings have a slightly smaller core, providing lightning fast action. The Thin Core Boomers are in available in Extra Light, Custom Light, Light, Thin-Thick and Medium sets with gauges ranging from 9 to LC52. The GHS Thick Core Boomers sit on the other side of the fence, featuring thicker cores that add to string tension. Guitar strings determine more in your music and playing than you might think. Contemporary jazz guitar usually involves a lot of technical, fast playing and advanced techniques. The best acoustic guitar strings for those with finger … On to the thick vs thin, you should use what you want to achieve the sound you want: Thin picks have a very different sound then thick picks. 80/20 strings tend to be bright and articulate with a rich low end, though the nature of this bronze alloy means that they tend to become "broken in" faster than some other sets of strings. Andertons Drummers YouTube Channel: https://goo.gl/gjAEAs Andertons Keyboard YouTube Channel: https://goo.gl/kFxnYu 8s vs 12s Electric Guitar String Challenge!! You’ve played through your current set of guitar strings. The smaller core provides greater flexibility making them softer to use and giving the rapid sounds more clarity. This stiffness interferes with the free vibration of the string, adding odd harmonics and reducing sustain. And yes, that's how they are supposed to sound. What single-coils are best at doing is clean tone. Andertons Shopping Web Site: https://goo.gl/TPsG2Q Sometimes you want a humbucker in the back and a single in the front, and you can't get that out of a Tele Custom. It’s worth stating that string gauge is extremely subjective and you could potentially use almost any gauge for any genre. This is not to say the Ultra III isn't good. Cian is a big prog/modern metal fan so naturally loves Bare Knuckle pickups and pointy guitars. The round core is wound with nickel-plated steel. Yes, there are pickups that when split do retain the same volume as they do in full humbucker, but the same tonal problems remain. Very cool guitar. String gauge is the thickness/diameter of a guitar string. However, there are some general guidelines you can follow if you wish to create the associated sound with a particular musical style. However, if you play bass, are exceptionally tall, like your guitar hanging low, or any combination of these… Choose an extra long strap, which typically extends up to 70″ or more. Standard acoustic guitar strings are between 0.011 to 0.012 inches for the high E and 0.049 to 0.054 inches for the low E. Then I got one of the strings caught on something and ended up ripping the Begged (I have Chabad Tzitzit, so there are two holes next to each other, with a little space between them. They might also make their strings out of materials like steel, cobalt and titanium, which further expand the tonal and texture possibilities. Metal is less common than the various plastics, but is easily the second most common guitar pick material. That means, in general, they’ll be easier to play for many beginner guitarists because they require less finger strength. So even when a guitar is built with all the control you'd ever want, in the end you would still have been better off just buying an all-single guitar and a separate all-humbucker guitar. Andertons Music Tech YouTube Channel: https://goo.gl/a2vnDT In my experience, both thin and thick guitar tones can't be had in the same guitar. Cian is a writer for the Andertons web team. That’s why these are the pick for metal and more old school tones. On the humbucker side of things, scooping out the midrange and punching up the treble control at the amp won't magically get Strat tone out of a humbucker either. Basically, thinner strings are brighter and have more apparent attack. The humbucker doesn't have enough midrange bark, and the split single doesn't have enough top end treble bite. The specific thick Clapton sound that's being referred to can be heard in this film clip from 1968 where at the time Eric was using an SG - and note that even when he describes a certain sound as "thin", the sound is still thick with plenty of midrange bark: It is the pronounced midrange of the humbucker that really thickens up the sound more than anything else. You may look at this and say, "Three humbuckers? Until then, all the various string gauge combinations and brands can lead you down a deep rabbit hole. In our experience, thicker and tapered picks work extremely well with thicker guitar strings on acoustic guitars. The argument I've seen most for what defines thick vs. thin guitar tone is when Eric Clapton in 1969 switched over to the Fender Stratocaster from Gibson guitars. Anyhow, I used to use Clayton Rounded triangle .38mm picks...more commonly known to my friends as 'pieces of paper'. There is none. The biggest name in the guitar string industry is easily Ernie Ball. For example, a .008 string is extremely light and would generally be used for the thinnest string on an electric guitar. I've seen that before." They don’t require as much force but do require more accuracy. It’s down to you to test them out and work out your favourites. That midrange is great for lead tones, "fuller" sounding jazz chords and so on. The Ibanez RGA42FM seen at top can get the sound just as well, or pretty much any solid body electric with humbuckers. Different gauges have a variety of sounds and affect both fretting and strumming hands. Every player has a natural preference in tone and, most important of all, feel. Try not to make too much use of flimsy guitar picks, as you will have to exert more effort to get a good tone out of it. Metal. Perfect guitar, right? For example, a .008 string is extremely light and would generally be used for the thinnest string on an electric guitar. 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