I hate it when people get all macho over string gauges . It is ridiculous . No one would put monster truck tires on a vintage sports car , would they ? Nine-gauge strings do not always feel wimpy and some guitars absolutely scream for them . Take a vintage Strat or Mosrite for example ( or anything with smaller vintage-style frets ). Nines feel and respond amazing on these guitars and many vintage surf-style guitars were designed specifically to work with the lighter-gauge strings . For many years , I rocked nines on my Mosrites until I discovered D ’ Addario Super Light Plus sets . They are basically a nine-and-a-half gauge set and they worked perfectly for both my Mosrites and my Reverend USA guitars when I was playing lots of surf-punk staccato runs and lighting fast down-strokes . I highly recommend this set for vintage guitars that require that little bit of extra tension without ever going stiff like ten-gauge strings tend to do with older axes . In my opinion , D ’ Addario is still king of the strings for vintage guitars in standard tuning .
ROCKING OLD SCHOOL WITH THE NINES
I hate it when people get all macho over string gauges . It is ridiculous . No one would put monster truck tires on a vintage sports car , would they ? Nine-gauge strings do not always feel wimpy and some guitars absolutely scream for them . Take a vintage Strat or Mosrite for example ( or anything with smaller vintage-style frets ). Nines feel and respond amazing on these guitars and many vintage surf-style guitars were designed specifically to work with the lighter-gauge strings . For many years , I rocked nines on my Mosrites until I discovered D ’ Addario Super Light Plus sets . They are basically a nine-and-a-half gauge set and they worked perfectly for both my Mosrites and my Reverend USA guitars when I was playing lots of surf-punk staccato runs and lighting fast down-strokes . I highly recommend this set for vintage guitars that require that little bit of extra tension without ever going stiff like ten-gauge strings tend to do with older axes . In my opinion , D ’ Addario is still king of the strings for vintage guitars in standard tuning .
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