Pasted as rich text. For someone who plays like Holdsworth, a set of 12-56 strings would not be wise. So mediums on a parlor will feel like lights on a jumbo, for example, if the parlor has a shorter scale than the jumbo. It wasn’t until the industrial revolution that metal and wires became commonly available to manufacture strings. Listen to those country shredders. Again, that's just physics, not bias. I use 10s, i play too aggressively for 9s, not aggressively enough for 11s. Modern classical guitar strings are made out high-tension nylon. I guess I'm asking, does the pick thickness make a difference in how fast you can go with a pick? Maybe a more important question is what guitar strings should you use?

I find - usually for most - that thin picks are more forgiving. × I learned some new things from it. Halfwounds are generally viewed as the perfect median of the two types. You need to test out all kinds of strings, brands, and gauges until you find the one that fits you perfectly. The shaded boxes represent strings that are wound.   Your link has been automatically embedded. – have fun! This way I get the best of both worlds. Heavy picks produce warmer, mellower tone. . I put mediums on everything, including my small size o guitar. (I was implicitly including vibrato under the 'bending' category). Some people enjoy the deep tone of heavy strings and can handle the harshness on their fingers. The advantages of lighter strings fall in the playability category, at the expense of the pitch, dynamics, and timbre. Pick thickness will affect your speed. One guy's 9's suck for a guy that likes 12's. As a result, when I play a piece of music that is mostly comprised of melodies or arpeggios I use a heavy pick. Now comes the age old questions. In general, which way do rockers go? However, the choice between light or heavy strings is definitely a trade-off. That's why so many players use middle-of-the-road gauges; they offer some of the advantages of both ends of the spectrum without painting you into a corner.

The outside wire that is wound around the core is always a round wire. I’m often asked by students which pick is best:  light medium, or heavy. Lastly, if you are interested in online guitar lessons, we’d love to hear from you! It's not that light strings 'sound bad'; it's that there's always a tradeoff. So if there is something not quite right, they will bend to help you out. Upload or insert images from URL. I wouldn't worry about 'fine' skills. "Wow - who'd have thought this could get so controversial ". You might have to experiment with some string gauges before you settle on “your” string gauge.

The grinding can take half of the wound material off the core, hence the name halfwound. For me it depends on the guitar i'm playing and what i want to play on it. I find heavier the string is, the less prescence you have. Does that make sense? Fingerstyle jazz players aren't going to use 8's; Yngwie is not going to use 12's (although I would LOVE to see him try ). However, that doesn’t mean that there is a situation where I might prefer the sound of a heavy pick on strummed chords, or a light pick on melodies. I don't agree with that.

For lack of a better word, they play more smoothly, or more legato...almost compressed in some cases. If you put lights on a parlor they will be too loose and you will get fret noise when strumming. Thanks. Rotating the pick usually does better. You brought up the good points about heavies and pissed on the lights.

They are flat and comfortable with less string squeaking and maintain some of the brightness of a roundwound. The steel wire is then fitted with a string ball. And thus, a guitar string is born. Once the modern steel guitar string was born, there was no turning back.

the difference in sound imo, is how hard you press on the strings. Basically, a halfwound string is a roundwound string that is ground down, pressed flat, and polished. i dont hear too much difference in string thickness. So I don't agree with more range. Despite what the packaging says, .008 and .009 sets are what I'd call 'light'....010 would be 'regular' or 'medium'... .011 and .012 would be 'heavy'.