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Jack Devereux
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Brooklyn NY
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Posted 13 Aug 2014 9:33 am |
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So, I've noticed that due to the length of the key head, strings 5 and 6 break over the nut at a much shallower angle than the other strings. I could be totally imagining this, but this seems to give those strings a slightly spongier feel and sound. Has anybody ever used something like the string tree you see on Fender guitars to give those strings more downward tension onto the nut? I'm probably over thinking something that doesn't matter, but just wondering.
Thanks,
Jack |
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 13 Aug 2014 9:54 am
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Slightly spongier or more expressive? They're right at the heart of the tuning. If they were a problem I'm sure someone would have tackled it. I suppose the keyless tuner is the answer if there is a question....
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Scott Duckworth
From:
Etowah, TN Western Foothills of the Smokies
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Posted 13 Aug 2014 11:56 am
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Jack, I believe I have seen a string tree on some older GFI steels.
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John Billings
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 13 Aug 2014 1:41 pm
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| I recall someone here making a locking string tree for those strings. |
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Jon Light
From:
Saugerties, NY
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Posted 13 Aug 2014 1:46 pm
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I've got a steel with a rattling 6th string (at the roller nut) because of inadequate down-angle. I've eliminated noise by reverse-winding the string on the peg. If I played this guitar more (it pretty much stays in the case) I'd have looked into fabricating some sort of string tree long ago.
I know this is a whole other thing than the tone subject but... |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 13 Aug 2014 1:50 pm
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| That's one advantage of a keyless tuner head. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 13 Aug 2014 2:02 pm Re: String Tree
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| Jack Devereux wrote: |
| ...strings 5 and 6 break over the nut at a much shallower angle than the other strings... I could be totally imagining this, but this seems to give those strings a slightly spongier feel and sound...I'm probably over thinking something that doesn't matter, but just wondering. |
I'm in total agreement with you...you're overthinking.
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Jack Devereux
From:
Brooklyn NY
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Posted 14 Aug 2014 3:58 pm
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| Hahaha, I guess that settles that! I should be practicing instead of inventing problems... Thanks for the input fellers. |
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