Artist Guitar Setups

Jimi Hendrix

.010, .013, .015, .026, .032, .038 (Heavy-high, light-low setup)

Eric Clapton

.010-.046 (Electric), .012-.054 Phosphor Bronze (Acoustic)

Jimmy Page

Led Zeppelin

.009-.042 (Electric), .010-.050 Extra Light (Acoustic)

David Gilmour

Pink Floyd

.010, .012, .016, .028, .038, .048 (Stratocaster), .0105, .013, .017, .030, .040, .050 (Les Paul)

Eddie Van Halen

.009-.040 (early career), .009-.042 or .009-.046 (later)

Stevie Ray Vaughan

.013, .015, .019p, .028, .038, .058 (Custom heavy gauge)

Keith Richards

Rolling Stones

.011-.048 (typical)

Carlos Santana

.0095, .0115, .016, .025, .033, .043 (Custom 'Big Core' gauges)

Jeff Beck

Variable: .009-.042 to .011-.049 (changed throughout tours)

Brian May

Queen

.009-.042 (Originally used banjo strings for high E)

Kurt Cobain

Nirvana

.010-.052 (Light top, heavy bottom)

Jerry Cantrell

Alice in Chains

.010-.046

Stone Gossard & Mike McCready

Pearl Jam

.010-.046 (McCready), .011-.052 (Gossard varies)

Billy Corgan

Smashing Pumpkins

.009-.042

Dave Grohl

Foo Fighters

.011, .014, .018, .028, .042, .060 (Custom hybrid set)

Tom Morello

Rage Against the Machine

.010-.046

Chris Cornell

Soundgarden

.009-.046 (varied by tuning)

J Mascis

Dinosaur Jr

.010-.046

Kim Thayil

Soundgarden

.009-.046 (heavier strings for lower tunings)

Thurston Moore

Sonic Youth

Variable (often used A strings for both low strings)

James Hetfield

Metallica

.011, .014, .018p, .028, .038, .050 (Signature set)

Kirk Hammett

Metallica

.009, .011, .016, .026, .036, .048 (Hybrid: light top, heavy bottom)

Tony Iommi

Black Sabbath

.008, .008, .011, .018w, .024, .032 (D# tuning), .009, .010, .012, .020w, .032, .042 (C# tuning)

Dimebag Darrell

Pantera

.009-.042 (Standard), .009-.046 (Drop D), .009-.050 (D Standard), .011-.050 (C#)

Randy Rhoads

.009-.042 or .010-.046

Zakk Wylde

.010-.060 (heavy), .011-.070 (extra heavy for extreme drop tunings)

Dave Mustaine

Megadeth

.010-.052 (Signature set)

Kerry King

Slayer

.009-.042 (D#), .010-.046 (C#), + .052 for drop tuning

Adam Jones

Tool

.010-.052

John Petrucci

Dream Theater

.010, .012, .016, .024, .036, .046 (6-string), .009-.056 (7-string)