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This site is pretty useful for calculating string gauges, it is based on D'Addario strings but it's pretty representative for similarly constructed strings also - http://www.stringtensionpro.com/
Not sure if you mean E flat SRV/Hendrix style in which case you can leave as is - or serious de-tune for modern rock styles
He says E flat in his post
A Gibson in E flat with 9s would feel like playing rubber bands I would think.
If you normally use 9-46 I'd go to 10-52 rather than 10-46, as otherwise the bottom strings will be a bit floppy - I tend to find it's more noticeable than with the top ones.
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This is compounded the lower you go. If you use the string calculator site I posted there is a point, IIRC around a C#, where the lower strings start needing a much thicker gauge to keep the feel similar. On my guitars, I use the D'Addario 11-56 set in C#/Drop B, but because I use the low B the majority of the time I switch out the .056 for a .064 otherwise it feels too floppy.
Same goes with basses, and similar notes too IIRC. Actually, on paper, even a .130 is quite a bit more floppy as a B than a typical low E string from any given pack would be, but there starts to be a trade off with thicker strings where thicker sounds duller and (subjectively) worse. This is part of why multi scale and longer scale instruments are more popular these days for people who tune lower.
I actually quite like the variations in string tension you get with different tunings. I've a Jazzmaster with a standard set of 11's on it which is tuned to CGDGCD. The loose C string is part of the sound.
Appreciate that was not the OP's question though.
I did another one that was tuned A-A with a .075" as well, that was surprisingly fine even on a 25.5" scale.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I've not compared prices between double ball end bass strings and guitar strings, but it's pretty easy to get hold of very thick guitar strings online these days, you can get up to an .074 in Daddarios, possibly higher.
I found that from .066 onwards the tone starts getting a little bit too thick and dull for my tastes though. I actually think this starts being noticeable above .056, but the .064 I use seems to be the thickest I can go before I don't like it anymore, while being nice and tight for playing. I do prefer slinkier plain strings and thicker/stiffer wound strings though. Someone with a lighter touch could get away with a thinner low B probably. I'm always surprsised at how thin the low B is in typical 7 string packs on this note.
Fender seem to have changed the gauges now so they're the standard 10-46, and possibly less rolled than they used to be - the old ones were very smooth, the new ones seem less so.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein