string tension

[cnltb]

how about round core versus hex?

 

[bigbottomline]

IME, it's not just about the overall mass. if you have a thin core with a heavy wrap, verses the same gauge with a thicker core with a thinner wrap, the thinner core string will have less tension.

The string with less mass will have less tension. Period.

 

[knuckle_head]

So, if I understand this correctly, you are saying that the perceived stiffness of a rope core string is much more directly related to the tension than with a simple solid core string. Is the reason we don't see this construction in bass guitar strings mostly due to cost? It is pretty common construction in double bass strings but those are much more costly.

S

There generally isn't enough magnetic material in a rope core string to allow them to work on an electric.

Interesting, this . . . . the original strings on a P bass had metal wraps over just the pickups. The balance of the string was gut.

Rope core is a much more difficult string to manufacture, hence their price.