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Duncanpup

(15,127 posts) Mon Sep 8, 2025, 07:11 AM Sep 8

Trying to keep sane in these times. Rev. Willie Mexican lottery guitar strings.

Gauge 07/38 put a set on a Les Paul clone i have and oh my. As in get behind thee 12 -56 gauge you painful bastards.
I’ve ordered a set of 10-46 of this brand of strings to put on my Mexican strat.

https://www.jimdunlop.com/billy-gibbons-custom-rev-willys-guitar-strings-07-38/

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Trying to keep sane in these times. Rev. Willie Mexican lottery guitar strings. (Original Post) Duncanpup Sep 8 OP

Were you jamming solo or were there a young trooper or two supporting your act? marble falls Sep 8 #1

So you never got into the navy band I'm assuming. Duncanpup Sep 8 #3

No, the bastards included me out. I was loud, just not any good. Thanks for bringing it up, dammit! marble falls Sep 8 #4

Apologies for triggering your PTSD. Duncanpup Sep 8 #5

Grrrrrrrr. marble falls Sep 8 #6

I'd like to try the gauge but I require RPS strings on anything lighter than 09. IrishAfricanAmerican Sep 8 #2

marble falls

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1. Were you jamming solo or were there a young trooper or two supporting your act?

Reply to Duncanpup (Original post)

Mon Sep 8, 2025, 07:53 AM

Sep 8

... those strings are not budget breakers. I'm from the Ernie Ball generation. If you didn't at least break an e string, you really weren't playing. Never could play worth a lick, but I could tune pretty well and carry a guitar into a venue. And the board, amps, boxes, cables, mics and stands, the drum cases (though most drummers I knew hauled and set up their own stuff. I learned quick: leave the cymbal case alone).

Duncanpup

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3. So you never got into the navy band I'm assuming.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 8, 2025, 07:21 PM

Sep 8

marble falls

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4. No, the bastards included me out. I was loud, just not any good. Thanks for bringing it up, dammit!

Reply to Duncanpup (Reply #3)

Mon Sep 8, 2025, 07:56 PM

Sep 8

Duncanpup

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5. Apologies for triggering your PTSD.

Reply to marble falls (Reply #4)

Mon Sep 8, 2025, 08:00 PM

Sep 8

marble falls

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6. Grrrrrrrr.

Reply to Duncanpup (Reply #5)

Mon Sep 8, 2025, 08:04 PM

Sep 8

IrishAfricanAmerican

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2. I'd like to try the gauge but I require RPS strings on anything lighter than 09.

Reply to Duncanpup (Original post)

Mon Sep 8, 2025, 10:24 AM

Sep 8

I currently am using 08-38 with RPS, (reinforced plain strings.) I find if I don't use RPS, they come unwrapped from the ball end before long. I played 11s for decades and my left hand is very strong. I haven't had an RPS ever come loose. The 08s make a big difference in how long I'm able to play.

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