my G&L

[TheisZone 666]

It allways seemed strange to me that the people I would meet at a music store or whereever I was, that when ever I said I had a G&L , the last guitar that Leo F. made, people didn't know what I was talking about. I allways thought that I was getting a little piece of guitar history. I set my G&L up with some heavier strings than the original set of very light gauge. I replaced the factory strings with " GHS Boomers #GBL light" . In order to satisfi intonation, I had to trim down the lenght of the saddle springs to move the saddles back far enough to accomadate the heavier strings. By using the heavier string I get a much fatter tone especially on the treble strings. I get a lot of mileage with these strings and have used them exclusively on all my electric guitars for years, these strings (GHS Boomers) are not only long lasting they give me much more tone in the treble strings. I was a little surprised when I found out that Steve Ray Vaugh also used GHS Boomers (" hard rockers") much the same as the "GHS GBL light". I would like to try a set of GHS #GB 10 1/2, but I have to get the store to order them special.
The heavier the strings the bigger the sound. I am using a Fender super champ (tube type) and I really like the sound I get. Every time I try out a new guitar it is set up with XL Light guage, to me there is no way to get the full tone out of a guitar with out using a heavier string. I don't know if I have posted these thoughts in the right place. TheisZone