bonesofwrath
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I know the answer for myself, but.. I just set up a Squier mini for this kid at church. He's probably 10. I asked about string gauge and he didn't know (it had 9's, they were black.) He's trying to play it in standard.
I set the truss rod, set the nut height to 0.018 and set the action and intonation, but after playing this thing in E-std you have to have a super light touch to keep from pulling it sharp, 9-42 is just kinda floppy at 22.75".
If i were to play this myself, I'd tune it up to G or even A. But transposing on the fly will be beyond his abilities.
Should I just set him up with 10's? I would ask but he has no frame of reference. I think nothing of jumping around string gauges, but what think the peanut gallery? I don't think they'll be too heavy for him when 9's are barely hanging on. String it in 10's and let him know because of the short scale he should use 10's if he wants to play in standard tuning? Leave him in 9's?
I set the truss rod, set the nut height to 0.018 and set the action and intonation, but after playing this thing in E-std you have to have a super light touch to keep from pulling it sharp, 9-42 is just kinda floppy at 22.75".
If i were to play this myself, I'd tune it up to G or even A. But transposing on the fly will be beyond his abilities.
Should I just set him up with 10's? I would ask but he has no frame of reference. I think nothing of jumping around string gauges, but what think the peanut gallery? I don't think they'll be too heavy for him when 9's are barely hanging on. String it in 10's and let him know because of the short scale he should use 10's if he wants to play in standard tuning? Leave him in 9's?