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  1. I played a friend's arctic white Strat the other day, like the one someone (Alex?) was going to get, and I was surprised by the THICK strings he had on. They were 0.013's I think, and a real nightmare to play for someone like me who's used to 0.009's or 0.010's at max. He said he was a huge fan of Steve Ray Vaughan so he plays the same strings as him, but I really disliked it the experience. It was a shame, because the guitar was a true beauty, a 2002 (I think) American Strat which was really in great condition. It has a great neck as well, a fantastic and convenient action, and the triple single coils are swwwwwweeeeet... But the strings ruined it for me.

    What do you prefer? Thick, heavy strings or thin, fine ones?
  2. I have always played D'addario XLs 009-042. I have since day one, since my Ibanezzes came standard with those. I have used the same picks for over twenty years too (purple Dunlop Tortex, even before finding out Slash used those).

    I have tried a friend's SRV strat once, those fat sets of strings do take some getting used too, other jazz-playing friends also used very thick strings (incl wound Gs), the biggest problem I have with them is in tone (muffled highs). On occasion I would replace a broken 009 with a leftover 010, but I can't get used to that stuff, despite my large and relatively strong hands. It's probably because I'm used to bending strings almost off the fretboard.
  3. It's not only the bending - the whole playing proccess was so stupidly tough with those 013's that it didn't make any sense to keep on trying and not enjoying it.

    I use Tortex as well, but they're not the only picks I use. In fact, I play with whatever pick I get hold off, although my favorites are 0.73mm Jim Dunlop USA Nylon and Dunlop Max Grip Jazz III (thick but amazing to get Edge's Herdim-like special grit and chim, in case you can't or don't want to buy Herdim picks).
  4. Does anyone know a place where I can get some free drum tracks/loops to jam over? I've scoured YouTube and played over all of the decent rock ones posted there. I'm looking for something that isn't MIDI, if possible.

    I also unfortunately don't have GarageBand.
  6. Ahhhhhh thank you bunches

    I found one I hadn't tapped into on YouTube yet and it happened to be the PERFECT tempo (120 bpm) for the project I'm working on now....check "Songs You've Written" later today
  7. Originally posted by EyesWithPrideB3Ahhhhhh thank you bunches

    I found one I hadn't tapped into on YouTube yet and it happened to be the PERFECT tempo (120 bpm) for the project I'm working on now....check "Songs You've Written" later today


    I'm waiting.

    I think Line6 has loops on their website. I think maybe you had to have a product registered to use them.
  8. I feel like buying a guitar (again), this time, a steel stringed one with built-in mic system so that I can plug it in.

    Anyone with some more knowledge than me want to explain the advantages and disadvantages with a solid spruce top?

    Also, Cort CJ1F, a nice guitar?
  9. I tend to avoid Cort's, but it might be more of a personal dislike rather than a reasonable argument.
  10. Why do you dislike them?
  11. Feeling. Others dislike Ibanez's or Epiphone's, I dislike Cort's. Specially the electrics.
  12. Friend got a Gibson Les Paul the other day. The dream guitar since before we could even play guitar. It most definitely did not disappoint.
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