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micpoc · June 28th, 2008, 03:27 PM

I've been wanting to work on my jazz chops recently, so I just made the switch from 9-42 gauge to 12-52 gauge - widening and (slightly) lowering the nut slots, reintonating, etc - and the tonal change is, of course, remarkable, and tuning stability issues appear to be a thing of the past. But the characteristic Tele twang is, if not non-existent, a mere shadow of its former self. I guess Tele twang is a combination of the bridge pickup characteristics AND the interaction of the strings with the bridge plate. Seems like all that's left now is the pickup portion of the tone. It's fine for what I want to do right now, but has anyone else noticed this phenomena when moving up the string tension?

June 28th, 2008, 03:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
micpoc Tele-Holic Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Louisiana Posts: 653	Heavy Strings: Hello Tone, Goodbye Twang I've been wanting to work on my jazz chops recently, so I just made the switch from 9-42 gauge to 12-52 gauge - widening and (slightly) lowering the nut slots, reintonating, etc - and the tonal change is, of course, remarkable, and tuning stability issues appear to be a thing of the past. But the characteristic Tele twang is, if not non-existent, a mere shadow of its former self. I guess Tele twang is a combination of the bridge pickup characteristics AND the interaction of the strings with the bridge plate. Seems like all that's left now is the pickup portion of the tone. It's fine for what I want to do right now, but has anyone else noticed this phenomena when moving up the string tension?