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It also depends on how you're trying to sound- if I try to dial in two different guitars and amps to sound similar they'll sound a lot closer than if I dial them in to accentuate their differences (which is more or less what you're saying in the post above).
Don`t agree with this sorry, understand about the gain to a certain extent but that's more down to taste. If you are using really lights strings you don't play them hard or they can bend before the note is produced.
The heavier the string the harder you play it. Mate of mine played one of Knopflers strats, the action was so low with a set of 9`s that to my mate it was buzzing and clanging all over the neck, yet he watched Knopfler play it so lightly and without any issues what so ever.
If you have a hard hitting picking technique, you need heavier strings but to me string gauge (on an electric guitar) is far more a question of how hard you hit it than 'tone'.
Billy Gibbons (who sounds gigantic) and Brian May both use very light strings.
Robert Cray (who's tone is quite 'small') uses quite heavy strings.
"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
The point I was really making is that 'good tone' isn't the sole preserve of heavy strings (on an electric guitar).
I accept you get a 'different' sound from bigger strings, but not necessarily a 'better' one.
Knopfler would not have sounded 'better' on the first Dire Straits album if he'd played 12s. He would have sounded different - particularly as his ability to bend would have been greatly compromised.
Equally, it's hard to imagine SRV would have sounded like we are used to hearing him, had his No 1 been set up with a low action and 9s....
"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
"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
"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
Lack of top or bottom does not make sound small, more solid in the frequencies we hear.