Bebop Slim
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Hi everyone. New to the forum and returning to my love of playing the guitar after far too much time away.
I bought a new PRS SE Custom 24 (saving my pennies till I can afford a Core). It came with PRS 09-42 gauge strings which I like. I also ordered 3 extra sets of these strings with the guitar.
When I opened a pack of the new strings to do my first change I find them just coiled in a bag with no indication of which string is what gauge.
Obviously the wound strings are easy to tell which is which, but the unwound strings are a bit more problematic. Especially the 009 and 011. I'm really having trouble differentiating between the two.
I don't understand why PRS would do this. Every other brand of string I have ever used were either individually packaged and labeled with the gauge or had color coded ball ends.
Do I need to buy a digital caliper just to know which string is which?
TIA.
I bought a new PRS SE Custom 24 (saving my pennies till I can afford a Core). It came with PRS 09-42 gauge strings which I like. I also ordered 3 extra sets of these strings with the guitar.
When I opened a pack of the new strings to do my first change I find them just coiled in a bag with no indication of which string is what gauge.
Obviously the wound strings are easy to tell which is which, but the unwound strings are a bit more problematic. Especially the 009 and 011. I'm really having trouble differentiating between the two.
I don't understand why PRS would do this. Every other brand of string I have ever used were either individually packaged and labeled with the gauge or had color coded ball ends.
Do I need to buy a digital caliper just to know which string is which?
TIA.