String guage and Sound

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Skai

Posts: 317
Joined: Sep. 12 2004

String guage and Sound

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to find out how string guage and tension actually affects the sound of your picado, alzapua, rasguedo etc. As for feel and playability, it's actually quite obvious to me while the changes in tone when different guages are used is rather subtle to me.

From what I know, using higher tensions will reduce buzzing but how else does it change your sound?

Thanks,
Cheston

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 19 2005 3:30:43

PacoPaella

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Joined: Nov. 7 2004

RE: String guage and Sound (in reply to Skai)

same brand, higher tension = more "signal", i.e. louder tone. Of course you have to invest more physical power to generate the tone but low tension strings cannot really exceed a certain head level which is lower than the level reached by high tension strings.

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 19 2005 10:27:17