
Now, each of these gauges tuned to standard would exhibit somewhere north of 40 lbs of tension on the neck, which is a lot of tension for an electric guitar. So the custom guitar string set that we’re gonna be putting on today in order goes.

I haven’t put a set of 17s on this guitar before… The Gameplan And moreover, I want to show you today that it’s possible to put really strange gauges on your guitar without necessarily causing any damage-or at least I don’t think it’s going to cause any damage. Would I recommend the extremes of those to everybody? No, probably not…īut extremely heavy gauges do have their uses.

TranscriptionĪs I’ve mentioned before, we have players that play everything from sevens up to things like 19s, or sometimes even heavier for very specific uses. Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to keep up with more great videos like this one.
