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Topic: E9 String Packs with wound 6th string? |
John Larson
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Pennsyltucky, USA
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Posted 5 Oct 2020 8:52 pm |
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Above is the copedant from Jackson that is on my Maverick HD however I've been unable to locate string packs that feature a wound sixth string. |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Georg Sørtun
From:
Mandal, Agder, Norway
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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David Nugent
From:
Gum Spring, Va.
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Posted 6 Oct 2020 5:52 am
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| Ernie Ball E-9 sets feature similar gauges with the exception of the 3rd string which is a .010. |
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Jim Fogarty
From:
Phila, Pa, USA
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Roger Crawford
From:
Griffin, GA USA
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Posted 6 Oct 2020 10:47 am
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| How does the wound 6th tone compare to a plain 20? How much extra travel is required to raise it to pitch? A plain 20 seems to have some strange overtones at times. I can’t tell if it’s a string issue or can it be dialed out with amp settings. |
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Tucker Jackson
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 6 Oct 2020 10:59 am
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| Roger Crawford wrote: |
| How does the wound 6th tone compare to a plain 20? How much extra travel is required to raise it to pitch? |
In my experience, the tone of a wound 6th is a little fatter, a little darker, and a little softer in volume than a plain string.
It does required a little more travel versus a plain string. You may or may not have to move the raise rod on the bellcrank for the B-pedal (try to get there with the nylon nut first).
But if you lower the 6th a whole tone... that takes a lot of travel and you will almost certainly need to move the rod that handles that.
I love the tuning stability of the wound 6th. That's the big selling point. |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 6 Oct 2020 11:01 am
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I actually prefer the tone of a .022w over a .020p, but it's hard to get the wound string to drop to F#. That's a very long pull. If you don't have that knee lever it's not a problem. You'll just need to change to a further hole in the bell crank to switch from plain to wound.
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Paul Pearson
From:
Alabama, USA
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Posted 6 Oct 2020 3:27 pm Wound 6
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| Roger I think I moved 1hole on my Mullen to me the tone is much better I drop it a half tone no problem tuning is much better to I use the Ricky Davis set of jag wire best strings I’ve ever used hardly ever brake one now |
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Michael Douchette
From:
Gallatin, TN (deceased)
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Posted 7 Oct 2020 5:22 am
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| Tucker Jackson wrote: |
| Roger Crawford wrote: |
| How does the wound 6th tone compare to a plain 20? How much extra travel is required to raise it to pitch? |
In my experience, the tone of a wound 6th is a little fatter, a little darker, and a little softer in volume than a plain string. |
I fixed that by going to .024W. It made the volume equal to the other strings, really balanced it all out.
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Tucker Jackson
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 7 Oct 2020 10:40 am
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| Michael Douchette wrote: |
| Tucker Jackson wrote: |
In my experience, the tone of a wound 6th is a little fatter, a little darker, and a little softer in volume than a plain string. |
I fixed that by going to .024W. It made the volume equal to the other strings, really balanced it all out. |
Nice. On my gigging steel, I fixed the issue by raising the adjustable pole piece on the Tonealigner pickup.
Last edited by Tucker Jackson on 4 Dec 2020 7:48 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Larry Bressington
From:
Nebraska
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Posted 16 Oct 2020 5:10 am
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| Yip, 22 wound here too, the selling point as Tuck said, is tuning stability especially if you do lots of outdoors stuff. I have had no trouble lowering them a full tone drop on an old MSA and a newer Mullen, but you will need the quickest pull holes...however as a fan of a minimalist copedent i deleted that change. |
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