Sting Guage

[Danny]

Okay, it's poll time again.

Just 'cos I put this in the 'Clawhammer' section, all you bluegrassers still feel free to answer

Danny

P.S. I'm a 10's guy, I like a little bit of resistance, seems to make me work a bit harder and they sound better. To me anyway.

[scanbran]

I have to admit here, that I really don't know what gauge of strings I have

They're the ones that came with the banjo - that's all I know.

I'm guessing that they might be light gauge because the guy at Frailers sent me a spare set of lights in case of string breakage in transit when he shipped my banjo, but my banjo is designed for frailing (Gold Tone BC-350) which would suggest medium.

Anyway, I've been told that for old time, I don't need to change 'em till they break, so I should be ok for a while yet

[Danny]

The 'when to change strings' argument has raged from the beginning of time as near as I can tell. I don't see an end in sight.