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fuzzb0x
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06/05/2023 8:28 pm
#1 Originally Posted by: Blakeney8

HI Guys...hope everybody is doing well. I am an acoustic player, mostly dreads and a concert type body. I have used 13s in the past, but quickly went down to 12s and 11s. I approaching my 70's and the 11s, I am finding that I am having to press harder and my finger tips are suffering because of it. The action is set up perfect, so I am wondering if going down to 10's will help and will the tone suffer? TIA everyone!


Blakeney

from my experience it doesn't effect tone anywhere near as much as the internet would have you believe so i say give it a go.