So i want to buy the steve harris sig set and his gauges are all the same as mine except his A string which has a guage of 95, so will this fit in my bass guage of 90 or will i have to alter my bass ? Thanks
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String guage question
- Thread starter Metalmaster6254
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I seriously doubt it'll be an issue.
I've gone up in gauges on 3 of my basses and had no issues with the nuts.
On two of my 5 strings I replaced the stock .130 B string with a .150, and had no issues. Any bigger and it might need to be addressed.
Replaced my 4 string charvel with a balanced tension set, going from a .105 to a .124, no issues there either. And that's a whole set, E A D G, for a tuning of C# F# and whenever else the other two are. Lol, I play metal so I rarely touch those strings.
Cliff notes, you'll be fine
I've gone up in gauges on 3 of my basses and had no issues with the nuts.
On two of my 5 strings I replaced the stock .130 B string with a .150, and had no issues. Any bigger and it might need to be addressed.
Replaced my 4 string charvel with a balanced tension set, going from a .105 to a .124, no issues there either. And that's a whole set, E A D G, for a tuning of C# F# and whenever else the other two are. Lol, I play metal so I rarely touch those strings.
Cliff notes, you'll be fine
Think about it like this: the highest string on a guitar is "normally" .9/.10/.11 It shouldn't be that bad.
Mostly, I've had no problem going up .010 in size, but if the string is 'sticky' while tuning, the slot needs to opened just a little.
I also use pencil graphite in the slots to lube them and slow the wear.
I also use pencil graphite in the slots to lube them and slow the wear.
a .090 is a bass string
I guess it's just a typo, but the fact that you corrected the post writing the correction wrong is funny 
it should be .009
you have to try. I strung my P with La Bella Jamerson, with a .095 A strong, and I had to file a bit the nut, because that string was too high on the first frets. but I had on a set of Roto Swing 66 with the .080 A string.
probably, with just that .005 you won't need any correction
Ha-
whoops- only corrected part of the post...
yeah, missed adding 'bass' before the "guitar",
only changed the sizes.
whoops- only corrected part of the post...
yeah, missed adding 'bass' before the "guitar",
only changed the sizes.
