8s vs 12s Electric Guitar String Challenge!!

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Published 2017-08-08
There's a lot of guitar folklore about players like Stevie Ray, Jimi Hendrix, Billy Gibbons & the like, as to whether or not the string gauge they used really contributed to their unique tones. So we took a Les Paul & a Strat, whacked some extra light/extra heavy strings on them & we compared the tones...
The Les Paul is a Les Paul Classic & the Strat is a modded Squier Classic Vibe.
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All Comments (21)
  • @OzziePete1
    Do Ernie Ball have a string gauge set above the "Not Even Slinky"? I can imagine a heavier set being called "Are You F*in' Kidding" or "Dude Just Play Bass".
  • @52Tele
    SRV used bridge cables on his guitars for strings - The Captain 😂
  • @trickylifts
    i've been using 0's and they play like air! not the best tone unfortunately
  • @Mitchnagel58
    The only thing thinner than an .8 guage string is my will to live.
  • @northof50now
    I've only been studying guitar for a few years, but cannot get over the "hate" directed at Rob on other channels and here. I've never seen or heard the man say a negative thing about anyone; he's always positive, industrious, encouraging. Not looking to kiss-a**, but "green" seems to be the color of a lot of guitarist-YouTubers. Thanks for the vids gents. Thoroughly enjoyable over the years.
  • @booyeah304
    when I first saw the title of this video I thought it was going to be a competition between an 8 string and a 12 string guitar
  • @thebigitchy
    The great surf rocker Dick Dale uses 16-60 because of his tremolo technique.
  • @NICKWAPPERER117
    Mad respect for Rob coming out and saying SRV's tone isn't a gift from God. I'm a major SRV fanboy but find it so annoying when people salivate over his amp and string preference. He was the shit though.....I'll never forget seeing him in Nashville. Dude almost set the damn building on fire. He opened the show with crossfire and tightrope and I almost had a stroke.
  • I've been playing for 8 years(roughly) and I've just been diagnosed with a neurological disease which severely limits my strength due to pain. I was playing 10s and 11s on teles and strats and now I have to play 8s on a Mustang. I don't seem to have noticed a change in tone that much. More just because of the way I play with them which I feel is the key difference.
  • @NicholasHolman1
    SRV is instantly recognizable but i think it’s due more to how he actually uses an axe & less about his tone.
  • The most important thing I learned from this video is that it sounds awesome when you guys mix in a bit more of the room sound/distance mics when you’re playing!!
  • @Unfaced85
    I somehow expected 8 String Guitar vs 12 String :-D
  • I use 7” strings and I have the best tone and no I didn’t leave out a decimal point I play in triple drop brown note
  • @craigparse1439
    Just play the gauge of strings you feel more comfortable with.
  • @budandbean1
    Captain, Congratulations on Over 300,000 Subscribers! You guys really rock! Way to go Andertons!
  • @PHAN226
    The disappearing strings in a puff of smoke was the best thing I've seen in any of your videos. Well done.
  • @budjohnable
    How could you dislike this video or any of their videos. I laughed the whole way through. Thank you both for making these videos.