String guage??

[h***@aol.com]

Does anybody know what guage strings Hendrix used?

[albert hall]

Post by h***@aol.com
Does anybody know what guage strings Hendrix used?

http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/8157/jhgear.html

Jimi played with Fender Rock 'N' Roll light-gauge strings, using a
regular E string for a B and sometimes a tenor A string for a little E
(.010, .013, .015, .026, .032, .038). Through the very early parts of
his career Jimi tuned his strings to the standard tuning of E, A, D, G,
B, E, but sometime after June of 1967 he tuned his guitar down half a
step to B-flat, A-flat, and so on. This tuning not only made it easier
for Jimi to sing but it also made it easier for him to do string bends,
which of course was one of Jimi's trademark techniques.

[Elmo' 7#9]

Post by h***@aol.com
Does anybody know what guage strings Hendrix used?

http://www.musicplayer.com/article/the-gear-jimi/Mar-05/4046

"Hendrix's strings of choice were light-gauge Fender Rock 'N' Roll sets
(gauged .010, .013, .015, .026, .032, .038). However, guitarist/producer Bob
Kulick-an acquaintance of Hendrix's during the Greenwich Village
days-remembers him breaking a string in a dressing room, and saying, "Uh oh,
I don't have any extras." Kulick asked him what he needed, and Hendrix said
he used an E string for a B. "That was the first time I'd ever heard of
anyone moving their string gauges over like that," Kulick says.
But, then again, Band of Gypsies drummer Buddy Miles insisted that Hendrix
used a very heavy E string, a medium gauge on his A and D, a Hawaiian G
string, a light B, and a super-light E. This was supposedly not just for
experimentation, but something Hendrix did because he thought the mixed
gauges would keep the guitar in tune better. (Michael Bloomfield apparently
tried some of the Hendrix Strats that Miles owned, and he was also a
proponent of the mixed gauge theory.)"