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it's the one on the left by the way !!
That really is a lovely Les Paul
Use what is most comfortable for you and ignore those who claim great tone only comes from heavy gauges. Billy Gibbons has used 8s and he doesn't have a weedy tone.
Remember, it's easier to criticise than create!
Question: what size of gap do you guys set between your pickups and your strings? I'm pretty technically minded and I know my way around a set of feeler gauges and a steel rule. I'm constantly playing around with pickup height and I was just wondering what other players set them to.
Also, while I'm here, what size do you guys set your neck relief to?
I'm actually going to set up one of my guitars to C Standard tonight and I have a set of D'Addario EXL148s (12-60 gauge) ready to go. My plan is to set it up as though it had regular strings and then make adjustments to suit. I'll take any advice on that though.
I got myself some feelers and an 18" rule and set the relief to 0.010 on my standard and 0.012 on the custom to account for the thicker strings. For shame, intonation was out remarkably on both guitars so I sat down and fixed that too. Adjusted action to taste and I've been playing both of them all night. So far so good.
I've never liked the low strings slapping about and can't be bothered with the effort of bending 11's anymore
Great compromise imo
(formerly customkits)
9s on Strat and Jaden Rose. 12s on the Heritage and 13s on acoustics.
Heavy strings on electrics are for playing really dug in Malcold Young or Rick Parafitt style unless they are flatwounds and you want to go all George Benson. They do sound different when hit hard. (By heavy I mean 13s and 14s). If your young, practise a lot and have strong hands 11s should be fine for anything once your used to them. Not every guitar asks to be strung with them though. For most people 9 or 10 are fine and unless you play hollow bodies the difference in tone is not huge.