D'Addario Balanced Tension sets?

[BloodRose]

Anyone tried these yet? Beneficial or Snake oil?? I may give em a whirl, but wanted to know if anyone has used em?

http://www.daddario.com/balanced_tension.page?sid=67275354-aea6-4b64-87f1-23b8c67399bc

 

[Myaccount876]

Re: D'Addario Balanced Tension sets?

For me, the idea of balanced tension puts me off a little bit. So I am not going to even bother trying them. I want my low E string to have the tension of a low e string, not the tension of the high e string. that would just feel weird.

Other than that I don't see them being any different from standard D'Addario strings.

 

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

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Got them....the funny part is that they feel like D'Addarios from times long gone!
They sound and feel good, I for one is using them regulary now, along with their ProSteels as well.
Good stuff in my book, and I still miss the old Fender 250's made with Swedish steel.....but these new Balanced ones really sounds like old school D'Addarios.

 

[Edgecrusher]

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Got them....the funny part is that they feel like D'Addarios from times long gone!
They sound and feel good, I for one is using them regulary now, along with their ProSteels as well.
Good stuff in my book, and I still miss the old Fender 250's made with Swedish steel.....but these new Balanced ones really sounds like old school D'Addarios.

Now this has me intrigued

 

[loversmoon]

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Ive been wondering about these myself. Ive used normal daddario for years. Now, Im very curious about these. May have to pull the trigger and give it a go

 

[JeffB]

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Yeah. If Neils is singing their praises they are probably worth taking a look at.

I had a set of XL 11s recently, and I could see why people would want better tension balance. They felt pretty strange with a 3x3 headstock. inline 6 would probably not feel as weird.

I cannot stand "hybrid" or heavy bottom, light top sets because of the huge variance in tension.

 

[Rockstar216]

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Got them....the funny part is that they feel like D'Addarios from times long gone!
They sound and feel good, I for one is using them regulary now, along with their ProSteels as well.
Good stuff in my book, and I still miss the old Fender 250's made with Swedish steel.....but these new Balanced ones really sounds like old school D'Addarios.

Could you elaborate a bit more on this? What did the old school strings sound and feel like compared to now?

 

[Chad]

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Not necessary. Just another option. Choose string gauges that feel best. For some, that may be balanced. Personally, I prefer totally unbalanced and like light top/heavy bottom sets.

 

[sgstrat]

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I recently bought my first set of EXL110BT's and put them on my Fernandes strat. They feel really nice, but I can't say that I notice a dramatic difference. One night I'll have to play this guitar side by side with my Fender, which has regular EXL110's on it. I'll let you know my findings.

 

[blueman335]

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I haven't tried them yet, but it's a great idea. Everybody else is being innovative, string makers should be too.

 

[Ashurbanipal]

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Might be interesting. I have 9s on my #1 (25.5 scale) and have always found the top E somewhat tight in relation to the B and G.

 

[rts99]

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I haven't used the D'Addarios but I use the Newtone Heritage Classics on my acoustic. Same idea, balanced tension on all 6 strings. I use the 16 lb set. It is great for my old acoustic since the guitar isn't as tight & stable as it once was. My hands are also a little arthritic and so this REALLY helps. I've also used the Martin Silk & Steels but they don't project like a classic bronze string. They also have a mellower tone. The result w/ the Newtones is that my acoustic plays like my strat. I love it.

I am very keen to give these a go for my electrics. Having even tension on all strings means bends should require equal effort on all 6 strings. How's that a bad thing?

Thanks for the head's up.

 

[Chad]

Re: D'Addario Balanced Tension sets?

Having even tension on all strings means bends should require equal effort on all 6 strings. How's that a bad thing?

It doesn't work that way on most guitars. You are looking only at the static tension. Once a string is bent, other factors like elasticity come into play. For example, even if a regular headstock Strat has strings with the exact same tension, the high E will bend differently because of the extra string length difference behind the nut. To clarify, it will require less pressure to reach a given pitch, but you would have to push the string further in the vertical direction on the fretboard.

 

[Archer_of_Fish]

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I like em.