i put some chromes on my squier jag

luciguci · Post by **luciguci** » Mon May 13, 2013 9:40 am

and shimmed the neck with a couple pieces of gift card and THEY'RE FUCKING AWESOME I WISH I HAD THEM ON THERE SOONER

AN D THE INTONATION IS FUCKING PERFECT ITS GREAT

DAMN DUDE LIKE I DIDN'T KNOW A JAG COULD BE THIS AWESOME

sounds pretty nice too, really helped to get rid of the honky sound on the bridge pickup.

BearBoy · Post by **BearBoy** » Mon May 13, 2013 10:17 am

I've got Chromes on my Jag and Mustang and they're ace. Oh, and my Dot too.

FredJr · Post by **FredJr** » Mon May 13, 2013 4:43 pm

BearBoy wrote:I've got Chromes on my Jag and Mustang and they're ace. Oh, and my Dot too.

Chromes? As in D'Addario Chromes? What gauge on the Jaguar???

luciguci · Post by **luciguci** » Mon May 13, 2013 4:54 pm

Yes, those Chromes. I don't know about BearBoy, but I put on some 11-50 Chromes on my Jaguar and it sounds fantastic.

LizardKing · Post by **LizardKing** » Mon May 13, 2013 5:00 pm

I am using TI JS111s on my Jag.
Quite nice and sound great.

BearBoy · Post by **BearBoy** » Mon May 13, 2013 5:01 pm

Currently got 11s. Had 12s on previously.

Edit: sorry, yes, D'Addario Chromes.

FredJr · Post by **FredJr** » Mon May 13, 2013 5:47 pm

OK - gotta try them now since I am due for a string change.....

LizardKing · Post by **LizardKing** » Tue May 14, 2013 2:42 pm

FredJr wrote:OK - gotta try them now since I am due for a string change.....

I am told that the D'Addario strings are much higher tension than the old school
nickel TIs or Pyramids and you may have to do a neck adjust.

FredJr · Post by **FredJr** » Tue May 14, 2013 3:58 pm

LizardKing wrote:
FredJr wrote:OK - gotta try them now since I am due for a string change.....
I am told that the D'Addario strings are much higher tension than the old school
nickel TIs or Pyramids and you may have to do a neck adjust.

Is there a material difference in the brands because I believe that is the only variable other than diameter to affect tension. Am I missing something else?

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Tue May 14, 2013 6:21 pm

Couple gift cards? That sounds a little extreme. I use about one cardstock thickness.

FredJr wrote:Is there a material difference in the brands because I believe that is the only variable other than diameter to affect tension. Am I missing something else?

Most strings have all kinds of different formulas and just a difference between the composition of nickel and steel and using nickel core instead of steel, stuff like that can influence the tension. The same string made of gold will be much heavier than the same thickness of nickel, so a string made of gold will be heavier and have greater tension to get to the same pitch. Also, a flatwound string will have greater tension because given the same thickness of string, a roundwound string is less dense than flatwounds.

From D'Addario: http://www.daddario.com/DAstringtension ... d7763d35e5

T (Tension) = (Unit Weight x (2 x Length x Frequency)^2) / 386.4

Unit Weight is affected by both thickness and composition of the string.