Re: Love Hurts...

On Sun, 14 Oct 2007 10:54:50 -0400, Les Cargill <lcargill@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Cap'n Ron wrote:
The long scale Fender Strat and Tele necks create more tension on the
strings and so you have to work a little harder to bend notes.

This has always confused me. Why does a longer scale make the tension
higher? If we exaggerate both ways, it would seem to be the other way
around:

1. If the distance between the nut and and bridge were 1 inch then the
tension would be quite high.
2. If the distance was 10 feet, it would be very easy to push down.


A longer string must be brought to a greater tension to reach the same
pitch as a shorter string.

And bent further to raise the tone the same amount.
--
Bob Mann

Sex is like air; it's not important unless you
aren't getting any
.

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