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Roland,
I think most people are aware that a nylon string, for instance, can be a
much thicker gage but produce a lot less tension when brought to pitch.
-Marty
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kahuna Kawentzmann" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 4:34 AM
Subject: RE: [SurfGuitar101] Re: In the bowels of the ($399) beast(STRINGS)
>
> --- Roland Bettenville <>
> wrote:
> > Just to add a little bit of science to this
> > discussion.
> > The general idea to most people is that the string
> > gauge determines the
> > tension.
> > This is not 100% correct.
>
>
> I want to add, that for wound strings, it seems like
> the core wire gauge is determining the tension more so
> than the overall gauge, so an 050 low e-string from
> GHS Boomers is feeling tighter than a 052 low e-string
> by Thomastik or Pyramid.
>
> Sustain is more related to mass, than to tension I
> feel, and the overtones are all there in any string,
> it's just a matter how long they stay audible with the
> basic tone.
>
> KK
>
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