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- From: bud@megatek.com (Wayne Francis)
- Subject: Re: String Guages [what to use?]
- Message-ID: <1992Nov18.152350.223@megatek.com>
- Sender: bud@megatek.com (Wayne Francis)
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- Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 15:23:50 GMT
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- The nasal sound that is usually associated with a stratocaster is a product
- of the wood that the guitar is made of, alder and in some of the older ones
- ash. A friend of mine used to have an old B. C. Rich that had a 25.75
- inch scale length like a Les Paul but the body was made of alder so it
- sounded very much like a strat. The nasal sound (or as some have called it
- "that snarky sound" is usually produced by using the neck pickup which is
- positioned where the 24th fret would be. This is the reason strats have
- only 21 or 22 frets and not 24 which is becoming more and more popular
- today. String guage doesn't have much to do with this nasal sound thing.
- Since a longer scale length means higher tension on the strings for a
- given pitch, you usually get a stronger signal from the longer scale
- length. I personally have an Ibanez with a 25.5 inch scale length that I
- string with 10s and am considering trying 11s. I enjoy just beating the
- hell out of them and not breaking any strings. I also have an old Ovation
- solid body with a 24.75 inch scale length that I string with 9s. I like
- how easy it is to push the strings around. There is something to be said for
- lighter and heavier string guages. It's all in what you like.
-