Originally Posted by: William MG

Thats going to change the feel of the guitar, it comes with high grade 9s. Personally I think your strings are fine from the factory. This is not a cheap guitar you have. Between my son and I we have 4 Yamaha guitars and basses they all came with good strings. And 9s are much nicer to play, imo, than 10s.

Whatever you decide, keep practicing. That's where its at.

thanks for the advice, not knowing what gauge I had from OEM meant it was a bit of a guess about the 10's, but next restring I'll go for a set of quality 9's