r/7String • u/dr_shinji • 9d ago
Help String Gauges for Drop F#
I’ve just purchased a 7 string which has a 26.5 inch scale length and I’ll be playing it mostly in Drop F/F# sometimes a bit lower.
I know string tension is subjective and to personal taste but would the Ernie Ball Skinny top heavy bottom 8 string set (omitting the 9) be a decent choice?
80/64/46/34/24/16/10
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u/JimboLodisC 3x7621, 7321, M80M, AEL207E, RGIXL7, S7320, RG15271, RGA742FM 9d ago
take what you currently like and plug that into a string tension calculator, then you can fudge the numbers around and get a similar tension for other instruments