| Author | Message | ||
| jalevinemd
Senior Member Username: jalevinemd Post Number: 916 Registered: 12-2003 |
Hey guitarists… I've got my action and truss rod set perfectly one on of my guitars. The TR is a bitch to get to…kinda like the 50's Fenders but worse. Anyway, I've got 10's on there now and the E/B and G are just too much for me when it comes to bending. I'm weak and lazy. I would love to go to 9's but am afraid I'll need to loosen the TR. Then I thought about hybrid 9/10's. So here's the question…which strings are responsible for the most tension in the neck? The E/A/D or the G/B/E? My first reaction would be the heavier but I think there's more tension in the lighter strings. Opinions and facts welcome... | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 11299 Registered: 5-2002 |
Since I knew that Thomastik-Infeld publishes their string tension numbers, I looked up a set. Here's the tension in pounds for each string in a set of Infeld Superalloy 9's. Click the link for their 10's and 11's and for their Power-Brights and Sliders. E - 13.4 B - 11.2 G - 14.2 D - 15.8 A - 15.3 E - 14.7 (Message edited by davehouck on March 08, 2014) | ||
| jalevinemd
Senior Member Username: jalevinemd Post Number: 917 Registered: 12-2003 |
Thanks Moder Dave. | ||
| elwoodblue
Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 1523 Registered: 6-2002 |
For what it's worth, I've been using TI power brights on my guitars for a year or more now, I can't go back to anything else. Before that I was hooked on Curt Mangan (still pretty good for the price). There are a couple Heavy Bottom versions of the power brights. They last a long time too . elwoodblue |
