Revisiting an old design

[Bizman62]

Our mileages definitely vary! I use 10's in all of my guitars, they're so much easier to bend than the 13's I thought to be "the thing" some decades ago. Before them I tried a set of 7's and also 8's but they seemed to snap too easily. And they didn't give any feedback to my fingers, it was too hard to tell whether or not there's a string under my finger. 

But yes, I guess you can't go wrong with 10's on that scale, they most likely feel like 8's or 9's, only a hair thicker by feel.

[ShatnersBassoon]

So, I slapped on a set of 10’s and wired up the Irongear ‘Hot Slag’ pickup, it sounds fantastic!

Only issue is the G, B and E strings slipping out of tune…especially when I bend. I’m hoping it’s just because I haven’t actually screwed on the tuners yet, some suitable screws are in the post now. For this reason it’s tuned down to D standard at the moment. I can’t see myself needing string trees because the face of the headstock is quite low from the top of the zero fret.