10's on a tele?

[MAXIFUNK]

Hey guys my CV Thinline just arrived at the local place I buy my gear.

Question Does a Tele sound better with 10's or do a lot of you guys do this?

 

[markb]

My tele' is more resonant and twangy with 10s than the 9s it came with. I've had others that don't care.

 

[tot_Ou_tard]

Who cares about 10s or 9s, how is the guitfiddle?!?

 

[MAXIFUNK]

Who cares about 10s or 9s, how is the guitfiddle?!?

I do not know yet I will not pick it up until Saturday.

 

[birv2]

I just joined the tele brigade, and I've got 10's on mine. They sound fine. 9's are too wobbly for me, and I can bend the 10's fine.

 

[wingsdad]

... more resonant and twangy with 10s than the 9s it came with...

...sums it up well. :AOK

The bit more mass & strength of 10's inherently yield richer tone and a shade more volume, and not just with Tele's. Thus, any single coil pup performs better with 10's than lighter gauges, while 'buckers handle 9's or lighter better with ostensibly twice the magnetism. 10's are also less prone to prematurely stretching out of tune from agressive bending, since they're stronger.

I go with 10's on all my electric 6's, not just the Tele-type. 9's are just too flabby and weak for my style of play, primarily rhythm & chord-lick, grounded in Motown/Memphis soul, r&b & blues.

 

[hubberjub]

.10s on the Fender scale guitars and .11s on the Gibson scales. That's what works for me. Although I did have .08s on my Ibanez Jem I had when I was 15. Those were the days.

 

[MAXIFUNK]

Thanks everyone for your input I am going to try 10's on the Tele and next time I re-string one of my Strats.

I have D' Addario XL 110's on my LP like the sound a lot but just to see the difference I'll try 11's next time. Not worried about bending the strings since I started out as a Bass player bending guitar strings no matter the size should not be an issue.

 

[MAXIFUNK]

I do not know yet I will not pick it up until Saturday.

Well the CV ThinLine is one extremely great looking guitar felt great in my hands the neck was spot on perfect.
BUT the neck had a ding or nick on the neck right near the top right side of the 1st fret next to the 1st/2nd fret separator. UGH!!!! So, now I will wait to see if they can get a new one in or fender will let them mark down this one but honestly I would just rather a new with out any flaws if it was on the body of the AXE I properly would not care but on the neck no way.

So, now I must wait it out but the guitar was way more than I expected once I get it worked out it is another keeper to add to the collection for sure.

 

[MAXIFUNK]

Well the CV ThinLine is one extremely great looking guitar felt great in my hands the neck was spot on perfect.
BUT the neck had a ding or nick on the neck right near the top right side of the 1st fret next to the 1st/2nd fret separator. UGH!!!! So, now I will wait to see if they can get a new one in or fender will let them mark down this one but honestly I would just rather a new with out any flaws if it was on the body of the AXE I properly would not care but on the neck no way.

So, now I must wait it out but the guitar was way more than I expected once I get it worked out it is another keeper to add to the collection for sure.

Fender only wanted to give them $10.00 off of the guitar with a chipped/dinged neck So now I have to wait 3 weeks for a replacement. :what :thwap @#!@$!#@$#@!%$@#@!
but it will be worth it once I have it in my hands.

 

[Duffy]

Really?

That sounds foolish of Fender to offer such a small price cut, especially if the ding is under your finger during any playing or bending. It just won't sound right, I mean for a brand new guitar.

UPS is terrible I know, but who do you blame? Quality control should have picked it up, in my opinion.

Nice way to take the wind out of your sail and increase the anxiety level waiting all that time. Then they might move the date back even farther. I'd ask for something for the inconvenience in additon to the defective neck.

 

[MAXIFUNK]

That sounds foolish of Fender to offer such a small price cut, especially if the ding is under your finger during any playing or bending. It just won't sound right, I mean for a brand new guitar.

UPS is terrible I know, but who do you blame? Quality control should have picked it up, in my opinion.

Nice way to take the wind out of your sail and increase the anxiety level waiting all that time. Then they might move the date back even farther. I'd ask for something for the inconvenience in addition to the defective neck.

I am still waiting!!!!!!!!! :thwap LOL
Good thing I have plenty of new toys to enjoy!!!

 

[FrankenFretter]

Like a lot of other guys here, I like the sound and feel of 10s on my Fender-ish guitars. It just feels like the right gauge of string for single coils/ inline tuners. Or something like that.

That sucks about your "almost" guitar. I really like those Thinlines. Hopefully the replacement will come soon, so you can satisfy that GAS pain.

 

[ZMAN]

I found a happy medium. I use the D'Addario 9.5 set. They are just a little thicker than 9s but not a full 10. I use them on all of my guitars. When I bought my CV Tele Custom I am pretty sure they set it up with 10s. I always get them to do a set up before I buy, and a different person did the set up. My normal guy would have automatically put on 9.5s. With the 3 saddle bridge there is a lot less tension on the strings and it make for a nice light feel.
I find it easier to switch from my Strats to my Gibbies with the 9.5s.

 

[MAXIFUNK]

Finally It's Here Ngd!!

Well finally the CV ThinLine Tele arrived yesterday I picked it up today.
This one has some starches on the bottom edge of the pick-guard but you can not see it unless you hold it upside down. The rest of the axe was spotless no dings or neck issues this time. :happy

Pics and a little review to follow. I am almost certain I am going to swap out the pups with these!

http://store.guitarfetish.com/nehaviotenep.html

http://store.guitarfetish.com/nehavinobrpi.html


Time to go check out the axe!

 

[Iago]

I don't think they sound necessarily "better". 9s will give you a thinner tone, but it's easier to bend and in my own experience, they last a little less than 10s. 10's are a little thicker sounding, a tad harder to bend at first, but you get used to it. I have been using 10's for 7 years, then for 1 year I switched to 9s and I couldn't consider it "worse".

 

[gregsguitars]

10's on my Tele's and Les Pauls, 9's on my Strats...it works for me.

 

[BluesHack]

I've got 10s on my Warmoth thinline, works for me.

 

[Presto]

I use 10's on my tele and prefer them over 9's.

 

[player]

I found a happy medium. I use the D'Addario 9.5 set. They are just a little thicker than 9s but not a full 10. I use them on all of my guitars. When I bought my CV Tele Custom I am pretty sure they set it up with 10s. I always get them to do a set up before I buy, and a different person did the set up. My normal guy would have automatically put on 9.5s. With the 3 saddle bridge there is a lot less tension on the strings and it make for a nice light feel.
I find it easier to switch from my Strats to my Gibbies with the 9.5s.

I just bought a set of 9.5's so should be interesting gauge to check out.if I like em on one git the others might get them too.

 

[Earle G]

I use 10s on Teles. These seem to be a happy medium and balance. I like
.011s too but there is a trade off a bit on .009s and .011s for Teles.

 

[Commodore 64]

I too, use 10s on my Teles. Sometimes the Ernie Ball Hybrid (heavy top skinny bottom), but recently bought a 10-pack of D'Addario EXL 110.

 

[Duffy]

Nine point fives.

I might try some 9.5s today when I have the Fender locking tuners put on my LPB CV fifties strat. Just fo the fun of it. They might hit those Texas Specials just a little harder. Pretty soon I won't be able to call it a CV anymore without feeling guilty.

 

[MAXIFUNK]

I might try some 9.5s today when I have the Fender locking tuners put on my LPB CV fifties strat. Just fo the fun of it. They might hit those Texas Specials just a little harder. Pretty soon I won't be able to call it a CV anymore without feeling guilty.

HEY Duffy whats on that cv parts wise?

 

[progrmr]

I just joined the Tele club over the weekend - I put 10's on it and it plays great but the pickups suck. It's an Arbor..?? Anyway I've got some GFS pickups and a stewmac tele rewire kit coming in to resolve the sound issues. On a squier tele I had the sounded great with 10's (and fender noiseless pickups).

How's the pickups on that CV sound??

 

[Tig]

I just joined the Tele club over the weekend - I put 10's on it and it plays great but the pickups suck. It's an Arbor..?? Anyway I've got some GFS pickups and a stewmac tele rewire kit coming in to resolve the sound issues. On a squier tele I had the sounded great with 10's (and fender noiseless pickups).

Wow, nice Tele. I'm looking for one with a mini-humbucker in the neck, but will likely have to buy a regular one and convert it. I might go with CV Custom with Al 5's and put in a Seymour Duncan SM-3n mini-hum for the neck. All the CV Tele's (Custom and 50's) I've played sound pretty good, but not as nice as the American Special with the Texas Special pickups.

 

[progrmr]

Only paid $120 for that thing too! It was a steal.

 

[Duffy]

Maxi,

The CV is a strat in Lake Placid Blue with a white pearl pickguard and Custom Shop Texas Special pickups. I recently put the brushed metal Fender Locking tuners on it. Very nice guitar. It has the bridge tone control mod so you can adjust the tone on the bridge switch setting only, the middle pickup is wide open. Sounds super great.

I put some Fender Vintage Noiseless pickups in my Squier Standard tele, walnut finish, black pickguard, nice looking guitar and sounds good with the noiseless pickups but not like a traditional tele. Not having noise is nice though. However, it seems like you have to be willing to put up with that noise if you want to get real good tele sound, to one extent or another. My MIM std tele has hot ceramic single coils and is noisy, '09. Great tone though. But I keep thinking, there has to be something better out there for this guitar to cut down this noise. My Nashville tele has Tex Mex pickups and isn't nearly as noisy, but they are alnico pickups.

I think one pickup solution may be to install, "low output" pickups. I think these would sound better and might be less noisy, but when you turn them up they might get real noisy, I don't know. I suspect, however, that the low output pickups will be much quieter.

 

[Jipes]

Hey guys my CV Thinline just arrived at the local place I buy my gear.

Question Does a Tele sound better with 10's or do a lot of you guys do this?

I have a 10-52 Fender set which sounds great on both my Esquire and my Thinline Custom

 

[GREENMACHINE]

My Fender Am Deluxe Tele came with 9's on it. I liked them for abit cause they were really easy to bend on but I couldnt get a thick enough sound out of them for my liking and I play a mixed gauge of 10 - 52 (light tops, heavy bottoms) on my strat, so I thought I'd put the same set on my Tele and bam! They were a huge imporovement