8string

I am finally settling down with this string gauge for my Ibanez RG2228:

• D'Addario EXL110-7 set (.010 - .059)
• additional SIT .008 high E as the 8th string

One of the obvious setbacks of owning an instrument of this ilk is the unavailability of a ready string set. Before this decision, I had to buy 2 packs of strings & do a mix-match accordingly. I can't make do with a regular 7-string set + the additional .008 as the RG2228 sports an extended scale length so it has to be thicker to avoid that slack feel once the guitar's in tune. By the way, I tune this guitar only a half step down...