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Greetings,
In the 'band' we have got together at work, amongst the covers we tried is Biffy Clyro's Captain, which seems to be in drop C tuning. All my guitars have variations on a theme of 10's for strings. These seem a little 'flappy' at drop C.
What gauge would you recommend for this, instead of 10's. They will be going on either a 25" or Gibson LP scale guitar.
Ta muchly,
Adam
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Either that, or if it's just for one song, consider a Digitech Drop pedal - not cheap, but works extremely well and will avoid needing to take another guitar - or two, if you're gigging and need spares.
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It really does work remarkably well - I was sceptical until I heard one, but in a band mix it's really hard to tell it's not a down-tuned guitar. The guitarist in my band has used one as far down as C standard and it sounded fine, especially with a bit of dirt on.
"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
Edit - Ignore. Answered my own question - The Whammy DT does this too, but a regular Whammy doesn't, by the look of it.
They'd work for tuning down to C standard.
Alnico - That's very kind of you indeed, but I think I have some 11's somewhere which I shall try first. Before I have to go re-filing nuts!
Cheers,
Adam