Standard scale guitar tuned to B standard

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jasonbone75 said:

CHRISB50 said:

jasonbone75 said:

That Posen set is daft and completely unnecessary. Check out the total tension on 25.5 scale at B standard. I have put in a set of D'Addario EXL148 underneath to compare. The top set of the three is what I have on one of my 25.5 scale Majestys C standard and that feels roughly like a standard tuning set of 9.5s and plays fantastic.

If you are on Gibson scale well I'll bow out gracefully...

I would save the money for now and just get a set of 12s or 13s from your usual brand and try them. No need to go as heavy as the Posen set - it will feel like a scaffold board and need about 3 turns on the truss rod.

Do you actually have your own spreadsheet that can compare strings?

I do. You and anyone are welcome to save a copy: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18JC7vvjPNgdSQmZpb0q3Oovpr1LVGqPx/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102991997688816848157&rtpof=true&sd=true

It uses D'Addario specs for the calculations because most manufacturers don't publish unit weights of their strings. If you really wanted to you can rearrange the tension formula to derive the unit weight from published stats on the others but I have never bothered.

thanks


I've been using this one for years, have a look:

THE (WHICHEVER) GUITAR STRING-SET SELECTION PAGE (free.fr)