Hey all, I recently purchased a Schecter Keith Merrow KM6 MKIII Ex (6-string 28” scale), and the factory strings are .012-.056.
I’m wondering what string gauges I should use for tuning to Drop F# (and inevitably Drop F or Drop G depending on what I’m playing)?
It came in B standard, so I tuned it down to Drop G# and the lowest & highest strings feel slightly floppy, the rest are fine.
I’ve bought two new sets of strings; 0.13-0.62, and 0.14-68, but haven’t tried either of them yet.
When I use the Stringjoy tension calculator with the 0.68 string set, the A and D strings have quite a high tension of 25lbs or so, but the low E string’s tension is about 15lbs. When compared to the calculator’s default 25.5” E Standard configuration, those A and D strings seem a bit too tight?
Any help is much appreciated, I know I can just change the strings and find out myself but I’m getting Final Destination style visions of being impaled in the eye with a broken string