I know this is a silly question, but I am getting a new guitar soon, and I am going to set it up for drop-C tuning...only thing is I haven't played that tuning in years, and I forgot what string guages are best

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I bet the biggest set you can find would work best. GHS ZW drop tuning boomers might work good. I read another thread on strings here that those fuckers were like 13-70 or something crazy like that. Great for crazy low tuning.

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I know what you'er talking about. Zakk uses 10-60 for standard and drop-c...and 10-70 for drop B.....A....G.......whichever tuning he feels like using....I might just use the 10-60's

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Give them a shot. You can always change them later if you want to try something new.

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60s are hella tight. i use 54 - 56 depending on if i want my g wound or not. ill explain what i mean by that if u wish but its not important. anyway, i use around 56 - 54 and its perfect for me

I use those everly X rockers made for C#. The gauge is 12-16-22p-38-48-60. They should work for Drop C.

that is so fucking ridiculously thick. i just read that this band Jet (they suck) use 38s, they tune standard. that is insane as well

Hey thats your opinion. Some people like their strings floppy while other people like them tight.

haha im not talking down on it, im just amazed. i thought my use of 56s was a little tense

I Keep one of my guitars in drop C/Normal D and i just use DR 11's on it, works fine for me. Alot people just do it that way.

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my rule is:

half-step down: 10s
1 step down: 11s
1.5 step down: 11s
2 steps down and below: 12s

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similar, but slightly different

standard- 10-46
Eb - 10.5-48
D/drop C - 11-50/52
Db - 11-52
C - 12-54
B - 13-56

i actually sat down one day and figured out what would work the best for each tuning if i wanted a similar feeling as 10's in standard tuning

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