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What gauge do you use for high F#?
.012
23%
 23%  [ 22 ]
.013
72%
 72%  [ 67 ]
.014
3%
 3%  [ 3 ]
Other (please explain)
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
I don't have a high F# string
1%
 1%  [ 1 ]
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Post  Posted 7 Jul 2017 2:07 pm    
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What gauge string do you use for high F# (first string) on E9th?
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Jack Stoner


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Kansas City, MO
Post  Posted 7 Jul 2017 2:23 pm    
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I use George L's "Nashville Gauges" strings. They have a .013.
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Jerry Van Hoose


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Wears Valley, Tennessee
Post  Posted 7 Jul 2017 3:10 pm    
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I've been using GHS, they also have a .013.
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Mike Perlowin


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Post  Posted 7 Jul 2017 4:49 pm    
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13 here as well.
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Howard Parker


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Maryland
Post  Posted 7 Jul 2017 4:55 pm    
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Stock D'Addario .013.
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Tim Russell


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Pennsylvania, USA
Post  Posted 7 Jul 2017 5:00 pm    
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.013, just switched to Jagwire Nickel, love 'em!
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Stu Schulman


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Post  Posted 8 Jul 2017 1:00 am    
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I probably use a .012or .013 whatever comes in a set of S.I.T. strings?
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Bill L. Wilson


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Post  Posted 9 Jul 2017 8:21 pm     .013 D'addario
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A friend just gave me a set of the new D'Addario NYXL E9th strings to try out. A few more gigs on my existing set and I'll put'em on. I'm interested in the difference between stainless and nickel.
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Brint Hannay

 

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Maryland, USA
Post  Posted 10 Jul 2017 7:38 am    
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Stu Schulman wrote:
I probably use a .012or .013 whatever comes in a set of S.I.T. strings?

S.I.T. "Buddy Emmons" sets have a .012.
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Wayne Quinn

 

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Post  Posted 10 Jul 2017 8:30 am     high F#
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I use a 013 GHS. also
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Jeff Mead


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Post  Posted 10 Jul 2017 8:35 am    
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Brint Hannay wrote:
Stu Schulman wrote:
I probably use a .012or .013 whatever comes in a set of S.I.T. strings?

S.I.T. "Buddy Emmons" sets have a .012.


That's what I use but I think I must have got a faulty batch as I sound nothing like Buddy Emmons.
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b0b


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Cloverdale, CA, USA
Post  Posted 10 Jul 2017 9:17 am    
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That's funny, Jeff!

Interesting facts:

Paul Franklin, whose recordings helped popularize the F# to G# lever, uses a .013 (according to Jagwire).

Buddy Emmons didn't have that lever (as far as I know), but his S.I.T. signature set has a .012.
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Pat Hattic

 

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Los Banos California
Post  Posted 10 Jul 2017 11:44 am     F#
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.013
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Clyde Mattocks

 

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Kinston, North Carolina, USA
Post  Posted 11 Jul 2017 9:14 pm    
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I use an .011 since I'm raising it to G*. Seems natural to me.
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Ricky Davis


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Bertram, Texas USA
Post  Posted 12 Jul 2017 9:44 am    
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I use .013 on 24" Scale...and .012 on longer scale.
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Jack Stoner


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Kansas City, MO
Post  Posted 12 Jul 2017 10:36 am    
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When I got my Franklin, new in 81, Paul Sr told me to use the "Nashville Gauges", which includes a .013 on the F#.
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