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Post by geddarby on Jan 9, 2018 10:44:28 GMT
Who has had a similar experience or are my perceptions playing tricks? I have two Martin guitars, a D15s and a 00028vs both are strung with D’Addario 12-53 strings. On the 00028vs the gauge feels like an even spread however on the D15 the the Unwound strings ( B and top E ) feel as though they are a lighter gauge. This is not a new phenomenon but I have just got around to asking. Any comments?
Ged
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Post by jangarrack on Jan 9, 2018 11:47:47 GMT
I'm not sure if mine is exactly the same experience, but certainly similar. I had 2 GC Taylor guitars, both exactly the same scale length, same 12-53 D’Addario EXPs and as far as I could tell both had exactly the same neck relief, nut height and action when measured, yet one was noticeably easier to fret than the other. The easier playing one always felt like it had lighter gauge strings. I thought I must have been imagining it, but was told it was just to do with the way it was set up. Although the set seemed pretty good anyway, I had it set up again and all was well. So the the short answer is yes, I've had a similar experience, but still don't really understand the dark art of how all the fine details of a good guitar set up work together to make a really easy player.
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Post by andyhowell on Jan 9, 2018 21:55:45 GMT
It’s like quantum mechanics. I know this can be happen but just can’t comprehend it :-)
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Post by geddarby on Jan 10, 2018 11:19:44 GMT
jangarrack and andyhowell thanks for your response. The guitar is going to be booked in for a service soon so the matter may be resolved then. In the meantime I shall follow Andy’s lead and start brushing up on my string theory. Ged.
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Post by Riverman on Jan 10, 2018 11:41:59 GMT
jangarrack and andyhowell thanks for your response. The guitar is going to be booked in for a service soon so the matter may be resolved then. In the meantime I shall follow Andy’s lead and start brushing up on my string theory. Ged.
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Post by lavaman on Jan 10, 2018 12:21:01 GMT
Hi geddarby I vaguely remember someone telling me that the break angle of the string over the saddle affects how the tension of the string feels. The setup should sort it out. cheers Iain
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Post by andyhowell on Jan 17, 2018 12:05:37 GMT
Hi geddarby I vaguely remember someone telling me that the break angle of the string over the saddle affects how the tension of the string feels. The setup should sort it out. cheers Iain It does and — for some of us — this has some interesting possibilities. I first realised this when watching Eric Skye talk about his signature 00 sized model. This has a custom scale (kind of intermediate length) with the saddle break angle steeper than usual, which apparently helps with lower tunings. SaveSave
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Post by martinrowe on Jan 17, 2018 17:20:14 GMT
I think Phil Davidson does this on his mandolins. He explains it as, the bigger the break angle on the bridge, the greater volume. I'm speaking as one who has a slim grasp of these things.
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Post by ocarolan on Jan 17, 2018 17:29:40 GMT
- it isn't the increased break angle directly that increases volume, it's increased string height over soundboard by raising the bridge(which does increase the break angle) resulting in greater leverage through the bridge to the soundboard. Or so I believe!
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Post by geddarby on Jan 20, 2018 23:20:38 GMT
Thanks to you all for your constructive comments We shall see how things are post set up
Ged
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