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jimmythesaint
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Username: jimmythesaint

Post Number: 7
Registered: 12-2005
Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 8:48 am:   Edit Post

Does anyone use a standard set of 9's instead of 10's on their Tribute (or perhaps other Alembic guitar) and find that they don't sacrifice much or anything tonewise?
jazzyvee
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Username: jazzyvee

Post Number: 1274
Registered: 6-2002
Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 10:30 am:   Edit Post

I use 9's on all my guitars, including my Alembic Orion. Never had any problems with tone. I do also use a heavy dunlop Stubby 3.0 mm pick so that helps keep the tone strong.

http://www.hwaudio.co.uk/product/jim_dunlop_75053.aspx
jimmythesaint
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Username: jimmythesaint

Post Number: 8
Registered: 12-2005
Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 12:38 pm:   Edit Post

Based on your id, do you play jazz with 9's?

My experience with 9's on other guitars is that when I switch to them they always sound fine, but then when I switch back to 10's I realize how much the 9's were missing, particularly with clean sounds. Being a bass player, I don't use a pick, only fingers. I pulled my Tribute out of the closet for the first time in a year and it has 9's on it, which always feel good. It sounds great, but when I a/b with my Strat to get a clean jazz sound, the Strat is much better, with a fuller deeper bottom. Not like a true jazz box, but much jazzier than the Tribute with 9's.
lbpesq
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Username: lbpesq

Post Number: 3323
Registered: 7-2004
Posted on Thursday, October 16, 2008 - 1:10 pm:   Edit Post

My experience with 9s is similar to Jimmy's. My PRS CE24 came with 9 1/2's! I liked them a lot more than the 9's, but I had to buy strings from PRS direct as no one around here carries 9 1/2s. I eventually just went to 10's on it.

Bill, tgo

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