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Forum: music.stackexchange.com
Tags: <electric-guitar><strings>
Title: What electric guitar string set should I use to go down to B?
Question: My band and I are planning to play some Slipknot and maybe Korn (A) but we don't want to get 7-s guitars so what string should we use?

Answers:
sents: text: Ah, I had to do this very recently, I grabbed a set of Ernie Ball
text: Not Even Slinky's: http://www.ernieball.com/products/category-916-Nickel-Wound#/product/Not-Even-Slinky-Nickel-Wound-012---056-
text: and they worked fine on my Telecaster. .012
text: .016
text: .024p
text: .032
text: .044
text: .056
text: I actually went a step further and tuned down to A on my Tokai Telecaster and it seems fine, a little loose, but doom all the way.
text: Hope that helps : )
answer_details: author: music.stackexchange.com/users/None/
score: 6
sents: text: You have a couple of alternatives.
text: Either use a heavy gauge string (13-56 or more), or get a baritone guitar.
text: The longer scale length of the baritone means you can still have a similar level of tension in the same gauge of strings but with a lower tuning.
answer_details: author: music.stackexchange.com/users/None/
score: 5
sents: text: Epica and Carcass, two bands that have guitarists that tune down to B use .13 strings (though I can't seem to find the respective interviews right now
text: , I'm pretty sure of the fact).
text: That being said, I tuned a guitar down to B once with .11 strings.
text: It's not the best option (playing gets too light), but it's doable.
text: For metal, I'd recommend going for the .13 though.
answer_details: author: music.stackexchange.com/users/53/Rafael Almeida
score: 2
sents: text: I use .13-56's on my Jackson King V and they work beautifully in B, I've even gone down to A with them no problem.
text: I use Dean Markley DT strings if that helps you.
answer_details: author: music.stackexchange.com/users/397/Dwayne Charrington
score: 2
sents: text: Buy a 7 string set and use only the 6 lowest strings.
text: They'll be the correct gauge.
text: Note that you'll have to adjust the intonation after a big string gauge change like that.
text: The biggest question that you'll need to answer is how you want to tune the top two strings?
text: You can tune them the way the 2nd and 3rd strings are tuned on a 7 string (B and G) or like a baritone guitar (B and F#).
text: The advantage to the baritone guitar way is that all the chord shapes you are used to will work, although the chords will all be different (for instance, an E chord shape will give you a B chord tuned that way).
answer_details: author: music.stackexchange.com/users/492/Dave
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
To get down to B on an electric guitar either use a heavy gauge string (13-56 or more), or get a baritone guitar.  Alternatively, buy a 7 string set and use only the 6 lowest strings.  
A 13-gauge string set (13-56) seems to be the recommended option for tuning down to A. An alternative may be to use the lowest 6 strings of a 7-string set.
Forum: music.stackexchange.com
Tags: <guitar><storage>
Title: Will hanging a guitar by its headstock damage it?
Question: I like to leave my guitars out, otherwise I don't play them. I have a couple of wall hangings and stands all over the place too. Will hanging a guitar from the wall damage it at all? Warp the neck? etc.

Answers:
sents: text: It won't warp the neck.
text: The force of gravity on the neck is much less than the force asserted on the neck by those strings under tension.
text: I would still not advise long term storage of guitars by hanging them on the wall.
text: The safest place for your guitar is in its hard shell case.
text: While hanging on the wall your guitar is far more susceptible to changes in humidity and temperature.
text: And these changes can definitely have an adverse effect on the wood your guitar is made from.
text: You can also experience finish issues with some nitrocellulose-based finishes when they're left in contact with rubber and foam, such as you might find covering the guitar hanger's hooks, for any period of time.
text: It can discolour the finish and even rub it off the guitar with little effort.
text: And then there's the accident factor: a guitar hanging on the wall is far more likely to be bumped, banged, knocked, touched, dropped, sneezed on, puked over, drooled on, viewed by potential theives...
text: you get the idea.
text: It's just not wrapped in the layers of protective foam and plywood that a case provides.
answer_details: author: music.stackexchange.com/users/394/Ian C.
score: 17
sents: text: I doubt it.
text: Every single music store I have ever been in hangs instruments from the headstock.
text: If it caused damage I don't think use of them would be so widespread.
answer_details: author: music.stackexchange.com/users/568/Samuel Andrew
score: 13
sents: text: It won't except for the effect of weather.
text: But no matter what you do, don't let it lay flat on a surface without supporting the neck.
answer_details: author: music.stackexchange.com/users/None/
score: 2
sents: text: It'll do less damage than your kid running into the guitar on its floorstand and knocking it over, then falling on your precious instrument.
answer_details: author: music.stackexchange.com/users/None/
score: 2
sents: text: I'm doing it for many years now, without any problem... except the kids issue mentioned before of course :-)
answer_details: author: music.stackexchange.com/users/None/
score: 1

Summary of the answers:
S3: The safest place for your guitar is in its hard shell case.  While hanging on the wall your guitar is far more susceptible to changes in humidity and temperature. And then there's the accident factor: a guitar hanging on the wall is far more likely to be bumped, banged, knocked, touched, dropped, sneezed on, puked over, drooled on, viewed by potential theives...
Hanging a guitar by the headstock will not warp the neck. While hanging on the wall your guitar is far more susceptible to changes in humidity and temperature. And then there's the accident factor: a guitar hanging on the wall is far more likely to be bumped, banged, knocked. The safest place for your guitar is in its hard shell case.
Forum: ell.stackexchange.com
Tags: <phrase-request><politeness><informal-language>
Title: What's a polite way of asking "who are you?" on the phone?
Question: Say, you're working in a company. The phone rings and you pick it up. On the other line, someone wants to speak to one of your co-workers. You want to tell your co-worker who this person is.  I think asking "May I know who you are?" is a bit rude? What's a more common or softer alternative?

Answers:
sents: text: "Who should I say is calling?"
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/66909/JeremyC
score: 94
sents: text: As far as politeness goes, the following examples, along with what JeremyC has already suggested, would also be some of the safest ways to ask people for their names when talking with them over the phone:
text: Could you please tell me who I'm speaking with?
text: May I ask who's calling?
text: Would you mind telling who's talking?
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/6450/Michael Rybkin
score: 50
sents: text: In my experience, "Who is this?" is generally perceived as more polite than "Who are you?" or similar.
text: I don't have a good reason for it.
text: There are other more-polite forms, as noted in the other answers, but "Who is this?" is direct, reasonable, and unlikely to offend.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/6186/R.. GitHub STOP HELPING ICE
score: 18
sents: text: May I tell X who is calling? has always worked for me.
text: If they refuse, I hang up.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/64237/Jeff Morrow
score: 6
sents: text: There's not one perfect answer for every situation.
text: If you don't hear the name the 1st time, just say that.
text: Or, if the caller just gives his/her 1st name, state that you need the last name as well, and the reason why.
text: I encounter this often.
text: Although I am a native English speaker, most of my callers speak Spanish.
text: So, I am confronted with two problems:
text: First, the need to know the full name of the caller; and second, the fact that I am not trained in the culturally-appropiate way to ask my client's identity in Spanish.
text: (And the most appropriate way to ask this, may vary from country to country, anyway.)
text: My advice is to listen to the caller, and to respond in a way that seems correct for that situation.
text: Your tone of voice, and your attitude, probably are more important than the exact words that you use.
answer_details: author: ell.stackexchange.com/users/71294/user71294
score: 4

Summary of the answers:
"Who should I say is calling?", "May I ask who's calling?", "Would you mind telling who's talking?" and "Could you please tell me who I'm speaking with?" are all polite questions. However, the more direct "Who is this?" is also  reasonable.
"May I ask who's calling?" or "Could you please tell me who I'm speaking with?" are both acceptable ways of asking. "Who is this?" is more direct, but unlikely to offend.