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- From: bss2p@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Brent S. Stone)
- Subject: Re: String Guages [what to use?]
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.170846.18209@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
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- Organization: University of Virginia
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 17:08:46 GMT
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- Response to stevenra@feserve.cc.purdue.edu
- >Well actually your increasing the area by (.10^2 -.09^2)/.10^2 which is
- > 19%. Actually I don't have a clue to where you say that distortion increases
- > by 10%.
- >Now my string theory is a bit fuzzy, but distortion is caused by a number of
- >differnet things. In relation to strings, I believe it has to do with
- >certain string harmonics being exited. If this is the case, then the opposiite
- >would be true because more force would be required to excite those harmonics.
- > I've always found that the heavier strings yield less distortion, and a
- >brighter and "heavier" tone.
- > On the other hand, heavier strings could cause more distortion my exiting
- >some lower harmonics, which may be at the lower end of the frequency response
- >of the amp and/or speaker which sometimes tend to "distort" the frequency.
- > Like I said, I haven't brushed up on string theory lately, so corrections
- >are welcome, but flames aren't....
- >
-
- Yes, the harmonics are (usually) reduced with the larger strings,
- but the key word is mass.
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- Increase cross sectional area = increasing mass/length =>
- increasing output voltage => increasing distortion.
- And that increase depends on what's between the string and the
- speaker. Piece of pie.
-
- BS
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- ps. I'll take a lot more than an E+M book to predict a 10%
- increase in distortion. B)
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