It still has the same issues any guitar has with humbucker pickups that can be split. On to the thick vs thin, you should use what you want to achieve the sound you want: Thin picks have a very different sound then thick picks. Guitar string packs are usually referred to by their thinnest string, e.g. What about going with H/S? You might see Ernie Ball make a set almost identical to D’Addario, but one pack’s third thinnest string is .018, while the other’s is .016. What about an HH guitar with coil-split humbuckers? From here, it’s time to experiment. Traditional Strats and Telecasters with single-coil pickups don't have a thick sound, nor are they meant to. They are one of the best electric options for low tension guitar strings. The Thin Core Boomers electric guitar strings have a slightly smaller core, providing lightning fast action. So even when a guitar is built with all the control you'd ever want, in the end you would still have been better off just buying an all-single guitar and a separate all-humbucker guitar. Contemporary jazz guitar usually involves a lot of technical, fast playing and advanced techniques. Many have tried. Very thick gauge strings (with the thickest string being 48 and heavier) tend to suit tunings from drop C and beyond. Thicker, tighter strings, plucked the same distance, are louder, because they contain more energy. A typical set of 9s will run from a 0.009 string, to a 0.042 string (9, 11, 16, 24, 32 42). Andertons Shopping Web Site: https://goo.gl/TPsG2Q Thinner and mid-thickness picks work well on acoustics as well, but also give great voice to electric guitars. Thicker strings hold their tuning better than thin strings when tuned down. Thinner strings provide better clarity and speed for the picking hand. On paper, the Ultra III sounds like it can do anything. Lots of companies refer to their string packs by the thinnest string. The Ibanez RGA42FM seen at top can get the sound just as well, or pretty much any solid body electric with humbuckers. But it won't replace a Strat or a Les Paul. Does this work? The thin strings are the higher pitched sounds. Until then, all the various string gauge combinations and brands can lead you down a deep rabbit hole. Metal. The thicker a string is, the more tension it holds. They fit the popular musical attributes of the genres. Andertons Music Tech YouTube Channel: https://goo.gl/a2vnDT While they may not provide that same shimmer on acoustic strumming that thin picks do, medium picks still have enough flexibility for good rhythm playing while still retaining the stiffness needed for those leads. However, different brands will vary the thickness of equivalent strings. Andertons Drummers YouTube Channel: https://goo.gl/gjAEAs The thicker strings are made to produce lower sounds. They standardised string gauges with their all-purpose nickel-wound Slinky string packs. That midrange is great for lead tones, "fuller" sounding jazz chords and so on. As a long-time player of guitar (just under 50 years), I personally find NO benefit to using a thin pick. Yes, there are pickups that when split do retain the same volume as they do in full humbucker, but the same tonal problems remain. Using the Strat as an example, okay, so you don't have a lot of midrange response coming out of the pickups, so you just add in EQ at the amp and problem solved, right? The P90 brings the growl because it has more midrange response to it. The Thin Core Boomers are in available in Extra Light, Custom Light, Light, Thin-Thick and Medium sets with gauges ranging from 9 to LC52. The humbucker doesn't have enough midrange bark, and the split single doesn't have enough top end treble bite. He shares his birthday with Muse frontman Matt Bellamy and believes he will one day reach the same level of stardom. And yes, that's how they are supposed to sound. Medium string gauges are a versatile pick for almost any genre. The P90 brings the growl because it has more midrange response to it. The Les Paul is a Les Paul Classic & the Strat is a modded Squier Classic Vibe. Over time, they’ve picked up sweat and dirt from your hands and your surroundings. Unfortunately for us, these differences tend to be most audible when the strings are particularly thin or thick. The higher the number, the thicker it is. “ Why does tension matter, though?” Well, tension actually plays a huge role in tone, tuning stability, and playability. Page 1 of 4 - Thin picks Vs. Width. The example Guthrie Govan uses, is imagine you are writing something on paper with a pencil - but the pencil is all floppy, makes it a heck of a lot harder to be precise. i use 2 mm for electric just cuz i have more control and i find it more comfortable. Medium Picks are going to range in thickness from.60 to.80 mm. They reach their resonant frequency more quickly, because the extra tension leaves them less scope to flap around. That's not a bad thing, but still not a humbucker. Kind of annoying to deal with. Ernie Ball has fun names for their sizes and also lists the gauges of each string. The round core is wound with nickel-plated steel. Other popular brands include D’Addario, Elixir, Rotosound, Fender, Dunlop and newcomers Curt Mangan. Nobody has ever been able to get both the thin and thick sounds in the same instrument. It’s time for a change. GHS Thin Core Boomers Electric Guitar Strings TC-GBTNT Thin-Thick 10-52 - GHS Thin Core Boomers Slightly smaller core wire for lightning fast action, faster speed runs, more precise arpeggios and musical bends. That’s why these are the pick for metal and more old school tones. Cheers The most common packs you’ll encounter are 9s, 10s and 11s. I've seen that before." It's great. For example, a 10-gauge string is 0.010 inches. Picking out a set of guitar strings is simple when you know what you’re looking for. There's just no arguing that point. There is none. Notice how the first set is thinner across every string than the first. Hence, these strings are more corrosion resistant compared to the 80/20 bronze strings and seem to last longer. The only limit to your speed is your dexterity. The higher the number, the thicker it is. Try not to make too much use of flimsy guitar picks, as you will have to exert more effort to get a good tone out of it. © 2020 Andertons Music Company Thick Picks: The Debate - posted in Guitar Q & A: I know there are probably tons of posts on here already...I've done a search and read quite a few of them already. And even if you have 4 controls (two volume, two tone), you either have to turn one pickup waaaaay down or the other waaaaay up just so they're not fighting each other constantly. Bending and fretting becomes much easier and faster with a lighter set, but in my own experience you will have a “tinnier” tone that must be compensated for with your guitar and amp tone controls. Those are split toggle controls for each pickup. This stiffness interferes with the free vibration of the string, adding odd harmonics and reducing sustain. For lead tones however, you may be in for a fight trying to get the lead sound you want with single-coil pickups. Each company has a different take on string gauge combinations. You can find out more info about string material in our ultimate Andertons guide. Some guitar string companies sell strings with thick lower strings and thin higher strings, but this information is always written on the front of the package. Every player has a natural preference in tone and, most important of all, feel. With singles, the one I know to have the most "thickness" to it is the P90. As any material gets thicker, it gets more rigid/stiff. You may look at this and say, "Three humbuckers? The smaller core provides greater flexibility making them softer to use and giving the rapid sounds more clarity. The downside is they don’t sound quite as chunky or produce as much power as their thicker equivalents, especially on the lower-tuned strings. This is to cater for some players that like the tightness of the low strings but want to relieve the tension on the high strings, and vice versa. 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