Musicians and producers from San Francisco Bay Area, California

Every Change Your Strings profile with a documented base of operations in San Francisco Bay Area, California, grouped by role. Each card links to the full gear breakdown for that person.

Also from San Francisco Bay Area, California

4 CYS profiles with documented base of operations here.

Guitarists(4)

Carlos Santana
Guitarist
Documented string gauges and brands Carlos Santana uses on his PRS Santana signature guitars. D'Addario nickel-wound .009-.042 (Super Lights) and the long-running PRS signature relationship since 1980. With citations.
Jerry Garcia
Guitarist
Documented string gauges and tunings Jerry Garcia used with the Grateful Dead on Wolf, Tiger, and Rosebud, his Doug Irwin custom-built electric guitars. GHS Boomers + standard E tuning + the canonical jam-band lead voice. With citations.
Joe Satriani
Guitarist
Documented string gauges and tunings Joe Satriani uses on his Ibanez JS signature electrics. D'Addario nickel-wound .009-.042 / .010-.046 across his solo catalog, Chickenfoot, and G3 tours. With citations.
Kirk Hammett
Guitarist
Documented strings, guitars, amps, and effects Kirk Hammett uses with Metallica. The Ernie Ball RPS-10/RPS-11 hybrid set (.010 to .048), the ESP KH signature line, the Mesa Boogie Rackmount Dual Rectifier years, the Randall KH signature era, the current Fractal Axe-FX III live rig, and Greeny. Every claim cited.