I understand it depends on the style of music you play. I have noticed that metal guitarists use .11 upwords and blues players tend to use .9 or .8.
One of my favourite guitar players, Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top uses .8 and creates a great tone. Lots of bends but some gain as well. Is it the line of Expandoras that is doing the magic? Billy is a great master and has proved that lighter gauge strings can kick ass too.
I normally use Regular Slinkys (.10) but now I have changed them for .8 on my Les Paul Standard. Do I have to fiddle with the truss rod in order to get the best set up? Does someone now? It seems pretty fine now apart from some buzzing noise at the 12th fret on the 4th string.
I have never downtuned my guitars and know nothing about it. I read and hear metal bands use different tunings to obtain as low lows as possible. They tend to use very large gauge strings (that is what I read in guitar magazines). What is the effect from large gauge strings?
I would appreciate if someone can enlighten me.
