what strings and how low is your action!!!

[gibson]

i like to play fast so i lowered the action on my les paul.(its easy to play fast but the bends are a little bit hard) so what strings are best for low action on a les paul. i just put a set of gibson vintage reissue strings(9/42)

[metalnick]

I used to use 11-50's on my old guitar with about a this much: --- of clearance at the 12th fret. Now I use 10-46's on my new guitar with the action a little lower. I usually set it to where its easy to play and the notes don't buzz with chords. I don't like super low action as it takes away some of your tone. Those strings you have on there are about as light as you can go without losing all tone.

[Elysian]

i used 10-60's on all my guitars, and my action is low enough to hold a 1.5mm pick firmly in place.

[VB]

First of all Tone on electric guitars isnt decided by string height or action. Its the distance between the pickups and the strings. Unless you have pickups that cant be adjusted, your living a misnomer. As far as my normal shop set up... .007 neck relief. and will hold a dime behind the first fret.. and a fender heavy pick at the 7th fret with no audible buzz. For the ones that like to beat the shit out of their guitars I set the action at about 3mm.
Level frets and proper neck angle is really important.

[Elysian]

i should clarify my post... my guitars hold a 1.5mm pick at the 12th fret...

[Naifuzan]

I use 11-50. I dont know wether my action is low or high. I think its pretty standard.

[DannyBoy]

gauge 9-46 and can fit a 2mm jim dunlop pick between string and fret at 12th fret without displacing the string .

[Rid]

7-36....and I kid you not, the action is a few mm's of the board...but it is still hurting my hands when I bend

[Stiglar]

you use .007 - .036 ! whoa that is freeken light !

i use .012's - whatever the equivalent is on the low string .. on most of my guitars i think one has 11's .. as for action i wouldn't really know to be honest ! . pretty standard thing and not something i ever really thought about am i stupid for doing this ?

[Rid]

Lol nah...I was just having trouble with 9-42 on a gibson being hard to bend
I use 9-42 and 10-46, some times 11-48.
My action is not superlow, I prefer some air to move around with.

[HeReSy]

How do you set your action i dont know??? but my guitar has odd action at first fret its pretty low not to much but at 12th and beyond the action is sky high. how could i fix this. my guitar is a ibanez gsa60. think you could help????

[metalnick]

I usually will just feel it out. If it feels too hard to play up beyond the 12th fret, I'll lower the strings. Do this. Then adjust your pickups to compensate for the changed action. You might also have to adjust your truss-rod. But to adjust pickups relative to the strings, I'll use a 2.0mm pick on the High and Low E's to set the pickup's height. I'll raise the pickups to where they're almost touching the strings on the High E, then insert the pick so that the High E string holds it on the pickup. Then I'll lower the pickup until the pick falls out. Repeat this for the Low E as well and do it for both pickups. I did this yesterday and now my instrument's tone is much more controllable than before, and the clean sounds R better. This setup will work wonders for anyone.

[metalnick]

I use DR 10-46 Titefits on an RG320.

[trey85stang]

I use 9-42's on all my guitars. I have tried 8-38, 10-46, and 11-52, but 9-42 is what I like. I might switch to 9-46 if I ever become a professional musician.. but right now.. 9-42's are fine

[nroberts]

Originally Posted by gibson

i like to play fast so i lowered the action on my les paul.(its easy to play fast but the bends are a little bit hard) so what strings are best for low action on a les paul. i just put a set of gibson vintage reissue strings(9/42)

Basically I think you set your guitar up for a particular set of strings and stick to them. It isn't that one set is better for X guitar or whatnot...though pickup type can make a diff.