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    Swapping four strings in under 7 minutes

    in Accessories and Misc

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    At least four times a year I perform several check-ups and clean the board. As my fingers are dry as a desert, fretboards don't get dirty. On the G&L I change strings about every eight weeks, so I don't save all old string sets. I've got a few used sets, of course. Regarding stabilizing, I press the strings over the nut and saddles to set the break angle. Normally that's enough to get things stable. Retune the next day and I'm good to go.

    The fatter the string, the fatter the tone?

    in Accessories and Misc

    Posted

    4 hours ago, GisserD said:

    Interesting topic! You clearly have gone to a lot of trouble to record those!

    Any chance you have a waterfall plot like the one below to show comparisons on a frequency scale?

     

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    No I don't. For further analysis I should have arrays with numerical data, which I don't have. The graphs were made directly from the wav-files.

    The fatter the string, the fatter the tone?

    in Accessories and Misc

    Posted · Edited by Jay2U

    I don't think so!

    A fatter string requires more tension in order to make it's higher mass resonate at a given frequency. More mass and tension require more energy for the same amplitude. Apart from the fundamental tone, harmonics appear along the string. The more energy, the more harmonics. As those harmonics are multiples of the fundamental frequency, the result will be a richer tone, not a fatter tone.

    As the proof of the pudding is in the eating, I analysed the waveforms produced by both, thin and fat strings. It can be clearly seen that the percentage of harmonics versus the fundamental frequency depends on string gauge. In other words: Thinner strings produce more boom.

    In the graph tone, gauge and tension are listed.

    StringTensionCompared.jpg

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    Flat Chromes query

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Jay2U

    D'addario flats is a safe option, as is Ernie Ball. There's no real difference between both. I was told D'addario used to produce Ernie Ball's flats till a few years ago.

    A few years ago I tried the Cobalts, but I'm not a fan of those. They lost their semi-brightness rather quickly, the most frequently played strings first.

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    Flat Chromes query

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    7 minutes ago, dmccombe7 said:

    Thanks for posting the clips.

    Think there's maybe a little too much happening in the clips to really hear the bass sound but it definitely sounds nice in the mix. 

    Dave

    You're right. To me it's the mix that counts. I try to fill the spectrum from 30 to 200 Hz.

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    Show us your playing videos!

    in General Discussion

    Posted · Edited by Jay2U

    The last post is exactly one year old. Time for some new stuff... I got a ton of playalong videos on my YouTube Channel. Let's start with the one I like most. Last summer I was invited to play on stage with The Lillingtons, a punk rock band from Wyoming.

     

    Hello!

    in Introductions

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    20 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

    Good evening, Jay, and ...

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    Plenty to read and amuse you here, and lots to learn and share.

    Yes, use the 'Share' button just below the U-tube video, copy the link displayed and simply paste it into your post. The System will then embed it. Try it..?
    Hope this helps. B|

    I'm used to copy the address displayed in the browser. I'm gonna try straight away... and YES it works!

     

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