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RE: Help! anyone knows the answer fo... (in reply to gerundino63)
Hi P When you tune the string down it always go back up a little.You haven to pull the string a few times to get it right. If you leave it at D the tension off the neck might pull it up or if you keep the guitar at a place that´s too warm or cold.
That´s all i can say about this.I don´t really know a lot about the technical aspect of guitar construction and things like that.
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RE: Help! anyone knows the answer fo... (in reply to duende)
Hi Henrik
Thanks for your reply, but I put the E in D, strech it, play on it, and hang the guitar away. few hours later, the normal D (4th string) is exactly the same, and the tuned down string is a little up agian. I don't think the heat or the humidity is cousing that...
RE: Help! anyone knows the answer fo... (in reply to gerundino63)
Peter, I'm sure someone with a better grasp of physics than I could explain this, but I thnk it has something to do with the string's 'memory'. If you put on a brand new string and never tuned above D, the phenomenon that you discribed would probably not occur, unless it's exposed to a colder temperature. Phil
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RE: Help! anyone knows the answer fo... (in reply to Phil)
Yes phil, you are on the right track I think, otherwise it would happen at the normal E tuning too. But still strainge it tightens itself up... Perhaps a moleculair thing? Peter.
RE: Help! anyone knows the answer fo... (in reply to gerundino63)
Peter said,
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Perhaps a moleculair thing?
Absolutely! This is why it's so important to understand the the molecular structure of the strings you buy. That's why I recommend that all forum members inquire about the the molecular stability of the guitar strings they are going to buy. Knowing exactly where the nylon was manufactured as well as what alloys are mixed with nickel, is also very important. Phil
PS. I apologize for the above post. I got confused and thought I was on the F-T forum.
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RE: Help! anyone knows the answer fo... (in reply to gerundino63)
Strings! Strings! What kind of string do you like the most! Oh, wait, we're not on F-T? Never mind then... I won't bring up random thoughts on the Conde either.
RE: Help! anyone knows the answer fo... (in reply to Miguel de Maria)
Yeah, I like Savarez LLST (Long Life Self Tuning) myself. The windings are Depleted Uranium and the inner nylon is made from "smart fibre" which "remembers" the pre-stressed tension, thus pitch, so never go out of tune. Can be bought for different scale lengths, but are absolutely rubbish for open tunings.
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RE: Help! anyone knows the answer fo... (in reply to gerundino63)
Terwijl ome Ed zo dichbij is...........
Het heeft met de "boog"van de hals te maken.
Niks met snaarmoleculen veel te ver gezocht. Als je met bijv. 10 kilo trekt aan de hals, buigt hij bijv. 10 cm met 5 kilo buigt hij geen 5 maar bijv 7. De afstand van de boog punt, tot het "dode punt van de hals bepaalt het koppel. De hals krijgt bij het terugdraaien een minder koppel en een wringmoment. Dit wringmoment is er de oorzaak van. Het zijn voor het oog geen zichtbare verschillen, doch met een lange lineaal en een schuifmaat is het te zien. het zijn tienden van mm's
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RE: Help! anyone knows the answer fo... (in reply to Escribano)
Hi Simon,
The figure in cm, are examples to make it clear. By the twisting of the neck on the lower E-string, (the neck erects a little) the strength which is nessacary (right spelling?) to bow the neck again must be greater. Try it with a bamboo stick. Stick upricht. string on the top. then try to bow the stick while you are pulling the string downwards.
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RE: Help! anyone knows the answer fo... (in reply to Paco E.)
I am still freaked out, couse if that where the solution, the normal D 4th string,would be out of tune eather! And that is not so, only the low E, set to D is higher!
Still SPOOKEY!
can not we make this a duch foro, so much easyer..............