What string guage are you guys using currently?

[Simon_F]

10-46

Mostly standard tuning, occasionally Eb or drop D.

[ImmortalSix]

[the guy who invented fire]

10-52's all the way

[blueman335]

9's for me. I constantly bend strings as I play, from micro to extreme, and love to do that wild Peter Green/Danny Kirwan vibrato regularly. I just can't get the control I need with 10's. If I played solos in a different style, I'd use 10's for the fuller tone they have.

[ErikH]

Like blueman here, I do a lot of bending and such. My style calls for 9-42. I string up my single-coil loaded Strats with 10's but my humbucker guitars get 9's. They're just plain more comfortable over 3 one hour sets.

[Jay 77]

Blue Steel 9-46's for the most part, usually a half step down.

[Ninja Monkey]

9 1/2, 11 1/2, 16, 25, 33, 43. GHS Santana signature big cores. Got 'em on sale for $1.49. They suck on a 24.75 inch scale. I use 'em in standard(A440) and drop d.

[blueman335]

Like blueman here, I do a lot of bending and such. My style calls for 9-42... They're just plain more comfortable over 3 one hour sets.

+1. If you're playing a lot of solos & compliacted chords til 1:00 in the morning, finger fatigue is a factor. If we were pros & played for a living, we'd probably build up more finger strength, but since we have day jobs & can't play 8 hours a day, lighter strings make a lot of sense. Why struggle with your strings & let them impact your style? I adjust my PU's/magnets/amps to compensate for the tones that 9's have. Std tuning BTW.

[Sanford]

I've been using 11-50 for several years. Mostly DR, sometimes GHS. It's a comfortable gauge for me, but when I play a guitar with 10's or 9's I find myself over-bending or gripping chords to hard and having to be careful not to break someone else's strings.

[Laughing Kookaburra]

Standard 10s. I was using 11s for years, but a combination of style change, and playing a bit less lead me back to 10s.

I see a few people use 10 - 50s, or 52s? What do you like about the thicker lower strings?

[lex666]

9-46 (standard)
10-46 (drop half & drop D)
11-52 (drop full)

[Curt]

10-46 on my 84, 11-54 on my squier(it gets played in drop tunings)

[ratherdashing]

Up until recently, I've been using D'Addario 11-48 on every guitar except my Tele, which is 10-46. I tried 10-52 on the new Strat, and I'm really digging it. I'm going to switch everything to 10-52.

[Bludave]

D'addario XL 115's (11 thru 49) on all electrics..... mostly tuned standard (one is tuned to open E and another tuned to open G)

D'Addario J17 (13 thru 56) on all acoustics

[ES350]

generally .011 to .046 on 25.5 scales, .012 to .048 on 24.5, mostly nickel...on archtops, I use up to .014 to .054, Thomastiks when I can get 'em. I used to use .013 to .050 on nearly everything for a long time, gigging 25 nights a month.

[Top Jimmy]

EBMM .09-42 I believe. I hated them at first but kind like them now.
Ibby z520 .10-46

[Philcguitars]

10.5's - 48 and I change the G from an 18 to 16. I use the 18 on my acoustics to change the wound 23 G to an 18.

Anyone want some .23 Brass wound Acoustic singles?

[Jackson Distortion]

Cuhraazzy Eights! Super bright stainless steel strings at that! I know how much guys just love those. Mmm-mm. Just slap 'em on an import with a bolt-on maple neck, a floating bridge, mix with high output ceramic pickups, and send all o' that info into a solid state amplifier -- and then you have got yourself the perfect nightmare! Or so most guitarists assume.

[BloodRose]

This has been my wire of choice for along time too! However, I have got 2 used guitars that came set up with
009s and my LTD and Im really loving the .009s. So, I may start migrating to .009s.

[DesertRat]

11-50 usually, except my strat, which is 12-52 in an open D or D6 tuning.