Hi. Do you guys know of a string tension meter specifically for guitar? I'm not sure they're available on the market. I own a tension meter for bike wheel spokes. They sell tension meters for tennis racket strings. But I've never seen one for guitar. If not, do you guys have any ideas about a tension meter on the market that you think would give accurate readings on the guitar strings?
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when I worked at the Textile Mill, we had a tensile meter for threads and such
but I haven't seen one in almost 20 years
I left there in '98
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look here
these look right
https://www.checkline.com/tension_metersLast edited by ehdwuld; 02-10-2017, 06:45 PM.EHD
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Awesome! Thanks for your help. Those look like they'd be pretty accurate. It says they're even designed to be calibrated to what you're measuring.The things that you wanted
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they are
they are awesome expensive as wellEHD
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RG2EX1 w/ SD hot-rodded pickups / RG4EXFM1 w/ Carvin S22j/b + FVN middle
SR500 / Martin 000CE-1/Epiphone Hummingbird
Epiphone Florentine with OEM Probuckers
Ehdwuld branded Blue semi hollow custom with JB/Jazz
Reptile Green Gibson Custom Studio / Aqua Dean Shire semi hollow with piezo
Carvin Belair / Laney GC80A Acoustic Amp (a gift from Guitar Player Mag)
GNX3000 (yea I'm a modeler)
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Originally posted by Clint 55 View PostHi. Do you guys know of a string tension meter specifically for guitar? I'm not sure they're available on the market. I own a tension meter for bike wheel spokes. They sell tension meters for tennis racket strings. But I've never seen one for guitar. If not, do you guys have any ideas about a tension meter on the market that you think would give accurate readings on the guitar strings?"So understand/Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years/Face up, make your stand/And realize you're living in the golden years"
Iron Maiden - Wasted Years
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Originally posted by Clint 55 View PostTo have definitive proof that the string length outside the sounding portion adds to the tension of the playable string in the scale length.
I hope you just want to know for your own knowledge (and that you will report your results because I would like to know as well) because if you're looking to actually convince others it is doomed to failure.
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Originally posted by Dave Locher View PostYou want to use accurate and precise measurement to solve an ongoing dispute between musicians? That will NEVER work!
I hope you just want to know for your own knowledge (and that you will report your results because I would like to know as well) because if you're looking to actually convince others it is doomed to failure.The things that you wanted
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Yeah he's right
Just ask the Bigfoot enthusiastsEHD
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Ehdwuld branded Blue semi hollow custom with JB/Jazz
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I can prove it. The nut and saddles don't divide the strings tension wise, only pitch wise.
http://m.wikihow.com/Calculate-Tension-in-Physics The 6th example
It talks about a rope brought under tension by weights of different values and divided by a pulley and says the tension is identical on both sections.
The nut doesn't provide enough friction to divide the string tension wise. You can only tune and maintain tuning stability while playing if the string moves freely through the nut.
Tension is defined by overall length for each string of ball to tuner, not scale length.Last edited by Clint 55; 02-12-2017, 08:14 PM.The things that you wanted
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Originally posted by Clint 55 View PostI can prove it. The nut and saddles don't divide the strings tension wise, only pitch wise.
http://m.wikihow.com/Calculate-Tension-in-Physics The 6th example
It talks about a rope brought under tension but divided by a pulley and says the tension is identical on both sections.
The nut doesn't provide enough friction to divide the string tension wise. You can only tune and maintain tuning stability while playing if the string moves freely through the nut.
Tension is defined by overall length for each string of ball to tuner, not scale length.
Because longer part of the string would be between nut and saddle."So understand/Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years/Face up, make your stand/And realize you're living in the golden years"
Iron Maiden - Wasted Years
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