I Tried .007 Gauge Guitar Strings

Well that was an experience.

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[graysaw]

Being a player for over 50 years now, I’ve used the heavier strings in my younger days, but being on the upper end of 60’s now, the lighter Reverend strings are so much more forgiving on my fingers and accommodate the bends much easier with the hand strength I have now. I agree with your assessment and do exactly what you suggested by compensating tone through amp & effects settings! Great review

[benstokes]

The smaller strings sound the best to me. The fatter strings are too bassy in my opinion. I love the cut and crunch of the thinner strings rather than the dull thud. LOL!

[strumbum]

7s immediately turned the humbuckers into single coils to my ears. I couldn’t imagine playing 7s on a single coil pup guitar. JMO

[ruebenblancas]

At 3:58 the grin while playing 7s says a lot...

[erko]

I played on 8s for a very long time and moved to 9s for a short while. Ended up keeping 9s/10s on rhythm guitars and 8s on the guitars designated for solos. So far so good. Looking at 7s now, didnt even know they made them haha. Bytheway your guitar is absolutely gorgeous.

[rocknrollresignation]

8’s are where it’s at for me! Heavy gauge strings also seemed too muddy and woofy. Yes light gauge strings require a lighter touch but I feel the advantages are worth it.

[johnpulaski]

I think this is the best video I’ve seen on this subject. While the feel of the strings and the tonal capabilities are very personal, you nailed it when you spoke about the brightness and low end difference. My ears definitely prefer the heavier stings. I switched from 9s to 10a recently and could hear the subtle difference. With all due respect to Mr. Gibbons (Clutch shoutout!) I’m sticking with 10s.

[terryhimes]

I put a set of .007's on one of my Fender scale Guitars. I like them. I thought they might be toooo slinky on a Gibson scale length! I've not tried them yet on the 24.75 scale guitars... I did No adjustment to my Guitar for the 7's. It plays great. But I came from a .009 set! Not 11's... For us older folks getting some Arthritis etc. The .007's are an option to be able to keep playing.

[hijmestoffels]

I prefer the lighter sound of the 7’s to the muddier sounding 11’s.

[wolfgangwolflouvin]

Working man! Definitely awesome taste in classic music🤘

[phereracer]

The lighter strings sounded better to me

[Jeremiah_NE]

I've been using Reverend Willy's for years, if it is good enough for Billy, it is good enough for me. I still can't play worth a damn but I'll work on that, LOL

[simonnotthepieman]

A while back after watching the same videos you did, I switched from 10s to 9s and haven't looked back. Immediately my confidence went way up.

[chucklee]

I've seen this done several different times. And in every other case the lighter strings rung individually much better and clearer than the heavier strings. And the more gain used heavier strings just muffled out. You seem to be saying the opposite. I know you have ears. First time I ever saw you was when you blindly picked out men from women playing the guitar and got every one right. I was blown away. I think you did that a couple times and again got every musician right.

[neilpatrickhairless]

Nice Grand Funk riff from my favorite Grand Funk song 👍

[outlaw]

I prefer the lighter strings. I've done this same experiment. I ended up with the Rev willie. 008 's. I came from using daddario 10-52's I didn't notice that I needed to raise the action.

[andrewlee]

ive always used heavy gauge strings because i tend to play 'moderately heavy' riffs, BUT my go-to pick is a light thin flimsy .50 mm. Now im really wanting to try these .007s because i imagine it would make playing feel like rubbing your hands with butter and almost effortless if paired with my pick gauge. cant wait to test it out

[devinwilliams]

I really liked that you talked about the cons of the playability of the 7’s. I feel like those other channels mainly just focused on the tone being brighter and how that was so much better to them. Tone is great and all but if it’s full of buzz and going sharp every time you play the tone doesn’t really matter in my opinion lol.

[generalawareness]

I have a hereditary problem as my body destroys calluses, and by that I mean we (my family) don't get them. They start to form then go to bed to wake up with them 90-100% gone. It gets so bad that when I try to practise it feels like I am playing on razor blades and immediately have to stop. So much pain I am seven months in, and you wouldn't know that I wasn't in my first week. I play 10s, and I wonder if 8s (I am afraid of 7s, lol) would help at all? For the first month I was on 9s.

[AntonioCavicchioni]

These strings are great. Back in the 70s we asked for strings and always were .008.

And those were great strings very easy to play.