Comments on: Slide Guitar Lesson: What kind of strings should I use?

By: John Tuggle

John Tuggle — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:24:10 +0000

Thanks! .012s will tear your thumb off as well. Thanks for the comment.

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 09 May 2010 23:51:35 +0000

I find the thumb rake technique doesnt really work with ultra heavy strings because the bass strings arent rubbery enough. I tried for months to get the same sound you and Derek get with 12s on my guitar but I wasn’t able to get even close to it until I changed to lighter gauge strings (10s.)

Thanks for all your videos btw, youre becoming one of my biggest influences!

By: John Tuggle

John Tuggle — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:40:19 +0000

Thanks for the comment. Yeah I’ve never liked the ernie balls very much.

By: oliver

oliver — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:25:31 +0000

for over a year I played ernie ball powerslinky 011 strings;
with higher action on my sg 61 reissue; the sounded pretty cool;
but now I put the ghs boomers on my sg; the sound is much brighter, more powerful and full of brillance – my new favourites strings for slide playing – thanx john