What is the best brand of guitars and strings to get if I'm trying to tap solos?

Question

I'm having trouble getting good tapping sounds out of my equipment. I'm using a Fender Standard Fat Strat, and I'm running it through a basic Frontman 25 amp. I have the drive on, and the volumes is pretty high, somewhere around 8, which is EXTREMELY loud if you so much as blow on the strings. I'm tapping around the 12 fret of the B and high E string and the sound is really quiet. Those two strings are still the same gauge and thickness as they were when I got the guitar. Would changing those two strings to thicker ones with a bigger gauge be of any help?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

It might help a little bit, but not much. Try tapping using the flat side if the pick instead of using you finger. Use the neck pu with a lot of gain to pick up the sound better. Tapping takes a lot of practice hope this helps a little.

Answer 2

make sure your action is low