I must say I dont think those string gauges would be a very good choice for me! It will depend on your own perspective and want you want to feel under your fingers but personally I would aim for a far more even tension on all the strings. On a 23” scale for GDAE we could look for 20lb on each string to give and even feel and a total of 80lb tension. That would be 12 p 20w 30w and 45w
@@foxfish7115 That make absolute sense to even out the tension. I was hoping to just go up one gauge on each string, but that's all I had at hand. I kind of miss the chime of the unwound A string.
@@tenorguitartime I have spent many hours working out string gauges, I do use the on line calculators but I also built my own manual version. The end choice is often a compromise of feel, sound and the instraments integrity! Certain models of tenor guitar like the Blueridge can take higher tension strings without concern but, I would still match the tension or each string. Most Tenors seem to work very well with 20ld per string but shorter scales with need slightly thicker strings to obtain the same tension as longer scales . CGDA is slightly more difficult as the high A will always be a taught but 9p 14p 20w 30w works well. For a heavy set or for a 21” scale 10p 15p 22w 34w is good.
What are the names of the tunes you played?
Hi Thomas, the Irish tune is called Patsy Geary's and the other tune is one of my own.
I must say I dont think those string gauges would be a very good choice for me! It will depend on your own perspective and want you want to feel under your fingers but personally I would aim for a far more even tension on all the strings.
On a 23” scale for GDAE we could look for 20lb on each string to give and even feel and a total of 80lb tension.
That would be 12 p 20w 30w and 45w
@@foxfish7115 That make absolute sense to even out the tension. I was hoping to just go up one gauge on each string, but that's all I had at hand. I kind of miss the chime of the unwound A string.
@@tenorguitartime I have spent many hours working out string gauges, I do use the on line calculators but I also built my own manual version. The end choice is often a compromise of feel, sound and the instraments integrity!
Certain models of tenor guitar like the Blueridge can take higher tension strings without concern but, I would still match the tension or each string. Most Tenors seem to work very well with 20ld per string but shorter scales with need slightly thicker strings to obtain the same tension as longer scales .
CGDA is slightly more difficult as the high A will always be a taught but 9p 14p 20w 30w works well. For a heavy set or for a 21” scale 10p 15p 22w 34w is good.
@@foxfish7115 Awesome info! Thanks foxfish!