Revelation
New Member
I'm surprised you use light gauge strings on Tele. They are bright guitars and the back pickup can be ice picky. For that reason I use 10's and the thicker blue turtle picks. Both help in adding some meat to the Tele sound and reduce the ice pick2) On my Teles I use the lightest gauge I use. They are 9-46 Hybrid set. On Everything else I use the 10-48 or 11-50.
3) I have been with DR for a very long time. I have since tried some other strings and like the Ernie Ball 10-48 and 9-46. Their Hetfield set (11-50) is nice as well but I haven't tried them extensively. I am also testing out the 10.5-48 set as well.
4) I am usually in standard tuning. If I drop to a lower tuning it is balanced across all strings and I only go a half step or whole step at the most.
I use 10's on all my guitars with DR strings. Ernie Ball and DAddario are fine but I think DR quality is a little better