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Author:  kente777 [ Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:51 pm ]
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Can you guys help me out?  I have 3 different combinations that I need total string tension for.


Guitar 1:  Light Gauge strings (12/16/24/32/42/53) tuned at standard pitch.


Guitar 2: Medium Gauge strings (13/17/26/35/45/56) tuned 1 full step below standard (DGCFAD)


Guitar 3: Medium Gauge strings tuned 1 full step below standard and a 24.9" scale.


Thanks so much!


Ken
Author:  Dave White [ Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:58 pm ]
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Ken,

Go here and you can calculate the string tensions. The answer for guitar 3 is 142.99lb. I don't know what the scale length of guitars 1 and 2 are.
Author:  Dave-SKG [ Tue Sep 04, 2007 10:58 pm ]
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Sorry I can't give you a link but if you go to D'addarios' site look for Tension 101 or something similar. They list all the tensions and explain how to substitute one guage for another when drop tuning. They have a conversion chart.
Author:  Arnt Rian [ Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:16 pm ]
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The one I like best is "The McDonald Patent Universal String Tension Calculator", click here.   
Author:  kente777 [ Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:16 pm ]
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[QUOTE=Dave White]Ken,

Go here and you can calculate the string tensions. The answer for guitar 3 is 142.99lb. I don't know what the scale length of guitars 1 and 2 are.[/QUOTE]


The scales on the first two would be standard scale (25.5)


thanks.
Author:  Dave Rickard [ Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:16 pm ]
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Very cool site Dave W. Some people I know use mediums on the unwound strings and lights on the wound strings. Now can tell them how much they are reducing the pull on the top.
Author:  Dave White [ Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:29 am ]
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Ken,

Guitar 1 is 163.42lb and guitar 2 152.41lb.

Mattia,

The calclator I use was also done by Graham MacDonald - maybe an earlier version. I'll have to look at the other site.
Author:  Dave White [ Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:31 am ]
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Dave,

That mix is quite common with people who use DADGAD and dropped tunings a lot. In DADGAD the unwound strings are both dropped down a step. Some people also substitute a heavier woumd 6th string.
Author:  kente777 [ Wed Sep 05, 2007 12:44 am ]
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[QUOTE=Dave White]Dave,

That mix is quite common with people who use DADGAD and dropped tunings a lot. In DADGAD the unwound strings are both dropped down a step. Some people also substitute a heavier woumd 6th string.[/QUOTE]


Thanks, Dave!
Author:  Michael Dale Payne [ Wed Sep 05, 2007 7:32 am ]
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Everyone beat me to it. I am following closely Ken
Author:  Heath Blair [ Wed Sep 05, 2007 11:33 am ]
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wow, thats actually really amazing! so cool. thanks for posting that guys.
Author:  Dave Stewart [ Sat Sep 08, 2007 1:08 am ]
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I'm coming late to this but a thought has occurred.


In terms of good balance, would it make sense to size individual strings, up or down a bit, so that they each generate about the same tension (say 25lb) at set up??
Author:  Dave Stewart [ Fri Sep 14, 2007 3:18 am ]
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I "bumped" this thread because I'm very interested in any thoughts on equalized string tension.


Does it make sense (re sound quality) to choose individual string sizes to achieve more or less equal tension for each (as opposed to just stringing a "set", whose tensions may vary quite a bit from one to another)
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