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kp8 · December 24th, 2004, 02:02 AM

Albert Lee used 8's for years (as noted) and grudgingly went up to 9s when he started playing with Clapton.

They didn't make 8's in the old days so the old rock guys, like Jimmy Page, used 8s taken from a banjo set.

I use 10s down from 11s... I like the string to have a little more fight in it... just a personal preference, more important: your style of play and what you play on it. Light strings make sense for an Albert Lee and heavy strings sound great for SRV...

December 24th, 2004, 02:02 AM	#16 (permalink)
kp8 Friend of Leo's Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Charlottesville, VA Posts: 2,814	Re: James Burton.... Albert Lee used 8's for years (as noted) and grudgingly went up to 9s when he started playing with Clapton. They didn't make 8's in the old days so the old rock guys, like Jimmy Page, used 8s taken from a banjo set. I use 10s down from 11s... I like the string to have a little more fight in it... just a personal preference, more important: your style of play and what you play on it. Light strings make sense for an Albert Lee and heavy strings sound great for SRV...