re: #71 steve_davis
funny thing, that. After a couple months playing the hell out of the Epiphone Les Paul with the 8’s on it, I put 10’s on it because I was having intonation issues with the first string and thought what the hell, maybe just put the recommended string gauge back on it. Yep, the intonation improved and my now-calloused left finger tips have no problem pushing up those big bends.
So you had an Epiphony?