Effortlessly, no breakage!
Yeah man, I’d lose my mind if they discontinued it!
Golden advice!
Drew do you think there might some more elasticity on the 8s? I don’t know what’s going on with them but they’re really strong and last longer than anthing I’ve used before.
10s dont belong on this guitar. This guitar is made to be played with the YJM strings.
The question was specifically about the YJM strings. Tuned to Eb, with the scalloped neck, there’s nothing to worry about
In my experience 8s hold up longer than 9s. I definitely believe there is a component of elasticity there. Probably why Fripp uses 7s or 8s for the high G on New Standard Tuning.
I doubt it - if there was, wouldn’t that simply be accounted for as the string stretched while being tuned to pitch? I’m no material scientist of course, but it seems like that shouldn’t be the case.
No guitar is “made” for a specific string gauge, much less brand of strings.If you’re worried about breaking Es, use something heavier. If not, and you like light strings, use something lighter. Use whatever works for YOU, and you’ll be happy. If for you that’s Yngwie’s signature model strings and gauges, right on, but if someone else is happier with a set of 10s on a Yngwie strat in standard tuning, I don’t see how you can say they’re “wrong” to make that choice.
s_Lindste, specifically asked about the high e string in the signature YJM set. This wasn’t a general question regarding high e string breakage.
I will disagree with you concerning the yngwie strat. It’s a custom guitar, with a custom string set. Its optimized to facilitate his playing style.
Putting 10s on this guitar kinda defeats the purpose imo. It’s a hybrid set made for his signature guitar.
It was a general question worried about breaking 9s, actually.
And I 100% guarantee you that the Yngwie strat wasn’t “designed” for a particular brand or gauge of strings. Yngwie likes 8s, but if you like 9s or 10s, or even 7s, you can absolutely use them on his guitar. He personally likes 8s, and that’s fine, and if you like 8s, that’s fine too, but you’re absolutely not going to hurt anything if you threw a set of 10s on, and if someone wants to play his guitar with a set of 9s through a Mesa Mark IIC+ and digs the sound they’re getting, then it’s not on us to tell them they’re wrong - we can all do whatever we like, because since we’re not Yngwie, we don’t have to exactly mirror his gear choices.
Heck, my favorite singlecoil pickups are Suhr ML Standards, which I guess are a Michael Landau signature set…? I don’t think I’ve ever even heard the guy’s playing, the extent I care is I picked up a Suhr with one in the neck position, loved it, and bought a set for my go-to strat. And they rule. I have no idea what strings he uses or what amp he plays into or what pedals he likes, all I know is they sound phenomenal through the amp I like.
Use whatever you like. It doesn’t matter what a particular celebrity uses, since none of us are that exact person, and we all have our own preferences.
You should probably check out a YJM sig strat set up right with the signature strings into a marshall type amp, then you might know what we’re on about. We may sound crazy but it’s freaking awesome!
I dont think NCASO was being literal, it’s just that it works really well, hell this would make a great SRV guitar for 13s!
The question was specifically about 8s handling the virtual 24th fret and if the Yngwie string will hold up. To that the answer is yes, and brilliantly. End of story.
Also you should check Landau out, he’s insanely good.
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You can hear around 3:48 and other places, bending up on the 21st fret. Super fun and effortless, though I’d just figured out that dim run after it, few mins before recording it. Also the obvious one at 1:17ish
Hey guys! Thanks for all the feedback. The YJM strings arrived today but I got impatient while waiting so I bought a few single .008 D’Addarios from the local guitar shop. I put the .008 on with the current 9-42s and got to bending. As for the primary issue: The Bend, …well, I find getting that Eb on the virtual 24th quite doable, now. Perhaps more so than I expected for only a difference of 0.001". To be clear, it was also doable with the 9s but the amount of force it took to get there felt wrong to me. Now, I am not without understanding that just because I’m not bending with as much force that the 8 is not undergoing equivalent if not greater stress and hence subject to eventual breakage. I think what I was up against was the psychological boundary of what felt “normal” as far as bending force was concerned. Anyhow, the new strings will go on this evening and we’ll see what the real deal is like.
Your going to love em; also let us know how different the 8s feel from the D’Addarios! The whole vibe of the guitar is going to be different with the YJM strings! Enjoy 
Here reread it:
" I fear that if I adopt the Yngwie strings I’m gonna end up breaking them all the time trying to achieve that note "
His question was aimed at the YJM strings.
Yngwie has used several hybrid gauges on his guitars over the years. This is signature guitar.
If you’re buying it, it makes sense to uses his signature strings because that’s what he uses.
It facilitates his playing style.
Putting 10s on THIS guitar makes no sense.
please stop with the rhetoric on string choice and preferences.
Oh god, lol. You should probably go have a word with everyone using an unwould G string on a Gibson Les Paul!
There’s no rhetoric here - there are no Viking Police that will go around burning Yngwie strats with 10s in standard tuning. Use whatever makes you happy, let other people use whatever makes them happy. 
None of us are Yngwie, we don’t have to have identical gear preferences.
I have, and honestly it wasn’t for me - even 9s feel too slinky to me, even before you account for the scallop. Which is cool, that’s why there are so many options out there for guitars, and it’s so easy to swap things like strings, and even pickups and bridges, to tweak a guitar to what works for YOU.
Drew my friend, we’re just voicing our opinions as are you, and there’s not much else to say but this is a YJM strat thread, if it’s not for you as you say then why bother commenting on things that don’t work for you. A member ask asked specifically about 8s, that’s all.
edit: guys calm down, sometimes enthusiasm gets perceived as arrogance. Happens with high flowing passions. Let it go! This is a great thread. Lets keep it that way.
Drew, you’re a fantastic person, I even drew you a number one picture of you a while back…
But, I’m afraid you’re just standing in the wrong line right now…
This isn’t general guitar 101 thread. Its specific to a signature model guitar that I started.
This guitar is very much custom in a lot of ways to fit the eccentricities of the master himself.
It might be the only production scalloped guitar.
I spent months agonizing over this guitar only to return it and buy it again. There’s something very unique about using his custom set with this guitar, when playing his music.
It’s not just marketing hype. Every interview you hear with the man, he does things for a reason.
If you’re buying His signature model guitar, then it must be for a reason!
Look at this guitar as a "custom build " and then you’ll stop with this one size fits all bs.
You know it actually is the only production full scalloped guitar! If I could have more of them I would, I’d love to have one with lindy frailin vintage hot pickups for normal strat duties.
I was looking at the Joe Stump ESP custom the other day, twice the price if I remember correctly and half as cool!
Simple thing like the recessed stap locks! Attention to detail is sick on this model.
ESP guitars are expensive.
I’m selling my Charvel Bengal and getting the ESP E-II eclipse BB…
Looks like a lovely guitar, I had a Lentz Croyden Carve Top Custom that I waited three years for, double cutaway LP essentially, paid 5k for it. I sold it, big mistake 
I’m sorry guys, but I don’t think I’m saying anything at ALL controversial by saying you don’t have to use YJM strings on a YJM strat. Everything I do is for a reason, too, but if I sold you one of my guitars and you put 8s on it, I wouldn’t exactly lose any sleep about it. One of the reasons you can change string gauges on a guitar is to figure out what works for YOU.
Do you own other guitars? Do you use different strings on them?
By the way, missed this earlier, but @Twangsta - what do you like by Landau? I’ll give it a listen.
