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Are light guage strings more bendable than medium guage?
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knuckle_head
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Well they are thinner, So they will be more loose at regular tunings compared to thicker strings.
Yes they are more bendable but if you are looking for bendability you could always put together a custom set. I use a 35-55-80-100 D'Addario XL set that gives me the flex and sound I want.
Yep ~ also more breakable, and (in my heavy-handed experience) also with a considerably shorter bright-life.
knuckle_head
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Truly - it depends upon the manner in which they are made.
I make a .254 that is more flexible than some .135s
I make a .254 that is more flexible than some .135s
I can slightly bend the strings on my Hofner (La Bella Beatle Bass), but on my P (Fender 9050ML), as they say in New York, fuggedabouddit! 
I find string tension has more to do with it than string gauge - although they sometimes overlap.
I can lightly bend (half step) my .50 chromes after the 7th fret (flats just seem to slip under the fingertips... wonder why 
). To get a whole tone bend I must go past 12th (and it is stiff anyway). Using my old .40 rounds I could bend easily from, like, 4th fret.
). To get a whole tone bend I must go past 12th (and it is stiff anyway). Using my old .40 rounds I could bend easily from, like, 4th fret.
i think you will find a bendier string comes from its core... a round core will let the outer winding move about a lot more than a hex core which will grab the out winding more thus giving a tighter feel...check out the difference between DR Low riders (hex) and DR High Beams (round)...
also with a hex core you can get a lower action...
also with a hex core you can get a lower action...
