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- From: cc.swarthmore.edu (Brandon)
- Newsgroups: alt.guitar
- Subject: Re: String Guages [what to use?]
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- Date: 17 Nov 92 04:21:45 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov13.165435.8933@col.hp.com>, mikem@col.hp.com (Mike
- McTigue) writes:
- >
- >
- > Correct me of I'm wrong but a Les Paul has a shorter scale length
- > than a Strat. This should mean that the tension in all the strings
- > is less to achieve the same pitch. A Strat is something like
- > 25 1/4" and a Les Paul is 24 3/4" (anyone know exact numbers?).
-
- Sounds about right to me, too!
-
- > Again the tradeoff is sound. The longer scale lengths a usually
- > considered to give a warmer fuller sound at the expense of higher
- > string tension and longer reach for difficult chords.
- >
- I always thought that it was the _shorter_ scale lengths that imparted more
- emphasis in the upper mid-range, thus a warmer, fuller sound. Strats
- always seemed to me to have a brighter, almost more "nasal"or thinner
- sound. Perhaps this is why it is easier to get a Strat to cut through a
- heavy mix...being more biting and cutting to the ear...hmm, just my
- thoughts...what does everyone else think? Later much! -Brandon
-