Recent content by Gilgland

As was said before, your nails will produce a tone similar to using a pick. The cool thing is that you can switch back and forth. The only trouble I have ever run into is my nails catching the string unintentionally. This can be corrected by practice and technique and by keeping your nails at a...

Good to know, my strings tend to go quickly so longevity is a plus.

Well I think I may have found a set od Lo-riders with a .130. Also there was one set of Ernie Ball SUPER SLINKY's that had a .135. Any advice on those?

Gotcha, would putting balanced strings on it require it to be set up differently to handle the new tension?

Cool I will check those out. I have been calling around this morning and it seems like no one carries anything over a .130 so maybe they have a set of the Lo-riders in. With these, why would the DR's have less flop than another .130? Is it just the way they are put together?

Are you using the .130 for your B?

Ok I'll look into getting that done once I settle on a size. Thanks.

Are there any threads on here explaining the standard vs balances tension setups?

Also will stepping up to a .142 or .145 require any nut reworking to accommodate it?

Thanks for the suggestions. I actually made a bit of headway on it by tweaking the EQ on the amp and the bass and raising the string height a bit. It will take a bit of getting used to as far as the string height goes but I think between that and with some of your suggestions on strings I may be...

Hello everyone, I was looking through the forums for an answer to my question but haven't been able to find one yet so I figured I'd go ahead and ask. I have an Epiphone Thunderbird Pro V playing through a Fender Rumble 350 standard BEADG tuning. The issue I am having is that the B string is so...