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07-20-2010, 05:34 AM
| | |  Are light guage strings more bendable than medium guage?
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07-20-2010, 10:02 AM
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07-20-2010, 10:04 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Leeds, England | | | Well they are thinner, So they will be more loose at regular tunings compared to thicker strings.
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07-20-2010, 10:12 AM
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07-20-2010, 10:24 AM
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07-20-2010, 10:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: San Diego, CA | | | I've found that they are... Something to do with them being *lighter*...
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07-20-2010, 10:33 AM
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07-20-2010, 10:39 AM
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07-20-2010, 10:57 AM
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Owner; Knuckle Guitar Works & Circle K Strings | | Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Seattle | | | Truly - it depends upon the manner in which they are made.
I make a .254 that is more flexible than some .135s
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07-20-2010, 11:12 AM
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07-20-2010, 11:17 AM
| | | | No. Get strings made out of compressed Jello - much more bendable.
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07-20-2010, 11:20 AM
|  | I'm gonna love and tolerate the **** out of you! | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Memphis/Knoxville TN | | | I find string tension has more to do with it than string gauge - although they sometimes overlap. |
07-20-2010, 11:48 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Florianopolis - Brazil | | I can lightly bend (half step) my .50 chromes after the 7th fret (flats just seem to slip under the fingertips... wonder why  ). To get a whole tone bend I must go past 12th (and it is stiff anyway). Using my old .40 rounds I could bend easily from, like, 4th fret.
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07-20-2010, 02:35 PM
| | | | yes, but with bass they can also be too floppy for very low action.
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07-20-2010, 02:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: cheltenham(UK) | | | i think you will find a bendier string comes from its core... a round core will let the outer winding move about a lot more than a hex core which will grab the out winding more thus giving a tighter feel...check out the difference between DR Low riders (hex) and DR High Beams (round)...
also with a hex core you can get a lower action...
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07-22-2010, 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by knuckle_head Truly - it depends upon the manner in which they are made.
I make a .254 that is more flexible than some .135s | holy crap!
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