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Mike Perlowin
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Posted 17 Mar 2013 3:27 pm |
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Recently I put two different sets of Live Strings, one nickle, and one stainless steel, on my 2 guitars so as to compare them. Now if you recall, I fractured my left heel back in December, and have been wearing a cast which I finally took off (hopefully forever) just yesterday. So when I tested the strings, I didn't use the pedals.
I started woodshedding again today, and all my pedals were out of tune, some of them by as much as a half step. The new strings are the same gauges as the old ones. I don't understand why the pedals went out of tune.
Does anybody have any theory as to why this happened?
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mike nolan
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Forest Hills, NY USA
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Posted 17 Mar 2013 6:12 pm
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Were you using Live Steels before?
I had to retune all of my pulls after i put on my first set of Live Steels.... same gauges as the Jagwires that came off of it. Since that first set, subsequent sets required no adjustments.
I think that the LS strings are of a different, and in my opinion better, composition than other brands. |
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Mike Perlowin
From:
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Posted 17 Mar 2013 8:56 pm
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| mike nolan wrote: |
Were you using Live Steels before?
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No, This is my first time. I changed strings on both steels the same day. I put stainless steel on one, nickle on the other. The guitars are as identical as possible, aside from color.
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| I think that the LS strings are of a different, and in my opinion better, composition than other brands. |
My initial reaction is the same. I like the stainless steel more than the nickle, although I like them both.
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mike nolan
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Forest Hills, NY USA
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Posted 17 Mar 2013 9:45 pm
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 17 Mar 2013 10:00 pm
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The string gauge is the outside diameter of the strings. The tension required to pull a string to pitch is determined by the alloy and gauge of the core. A difference in the alloy used for the plain strings will knock your pedals out of tune. Furthermore, a difference in the gauge of the core on would strings will change the pedal tuning.
I remember that some of the wound Jagwires had an LC designation for "large core". This allowed for a shorter pedal travel on the same gauge string.
The bottom line is that when you change brands, you'll probably have to retune your pedals.
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 18 Mar 2013 1:22 am
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The string gauge is the outside diameter of the strings. The tension required to pull a string to pitch is determined by the alloy and gauge of the core. A difference in the alloy used for the plain strings will knock your pedals out of tune. Furthermore, a difference in the gauge of the core on would strings will change the pedal tuning.
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I kinda figured it was something like that.
Anyway, I'm happy to be able to play again. I'm pretty rusty, but it'll all come back soon enough.
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