chaosforclarity
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Ive yet to restring mine but that .056 and .074 sound like a good idea. Though I was thinking .060 for the B string. I havent decided yet but the stock strings definitely need changed out.
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I ended up going with the ernie ball 7 string regular slinky set and added a 70 to make it 10-13-17-26-36-46-56-70. Seemed to make sense to me. On my 7 strings I use power slinkys at 11-14-18p-28-38-48-58 so it should work out closely. I dont get why there is such a jump on the low B and F# on the intrepid specs (54 to 72). It didnt make sense to the luthier I have working on my intrepid but he suggested the strings I actually got.
Indeed. Those bottom two strings especially are going to feel downright floppy compared to the rest.With the four strings you have that all increase by .010" from string to string, I bet the tension gets lower each string down.
len 28.625"
E4 .010" PL == 20.43#
B3 .013" PL == 19.38#
G3 .017" PL == 20.88#
D3 .026" NW == 23.19#
A2 .036" NW == 24.62#
E2 .046" NW == 22.03#
B1 .056" NW == 18.64#
F1# .070" NW == 16.22#
The relationship between the change in gauge and the change in tension from string to string isn't linear. With the four strings you have that all increase by .010" from string to string, I bet the tension gets lower each string down. To keep the tension more balanced, not only does the gauge have to increase from string to string, but the amount you increase the gauges by from string to string has to go up, too. You wouldn't string up a guitar with 10-13-16-19-22-25, would you?
Sorry to quote this so late, but the reason I had asked was because this page said that the Grover tuning hole drilled was larger than that of the Sperzel, which would mean the Sperzels wouldn't fit, right?
Indeed. Those bottom two strings especially are going to feel downright floppy compared to the rest.
Code:len 28.625" E4 .010" PL == 20.43# B3 .013" PL == 19.38# G3 .017" PL == 20.88# D3 .026" NW == 23.19# A2 .036" NW == 24.62# E2 .046" NW == 22.03# B1 .056" NW == 18.64# F1# .070" NW == 16.22#
Yeah, that sounds good. I try to get my high E at 1.7 mm (basically under 2) and the low F at 2.0 or so. But, until later today (I'm sitting here waiting for UPS) I haven't set up an 8 string, so I would think the 2.8 is right. Glad to hear you got it worked out! I'm prayin' I don't have to mess with the nut height on mine, tho.I got my action quite a bit lower by carefully filing the nut --- I set the slot depths so that the first fret action was the same as the width of the string. No open string buzz, and a lot of existing fret buzz went away --- which tells me I was working too hard to press down the strings in the lower fret range. I think that caused me to monkey around with the truss rod when I didn't need to.
Now the action is at 1.5 mm treble side 12th fret, and 2.8mm bass side 12th fret. Does that seem more or less right?
Here's a couple of pics my wife took ,while I was at work, of my Intrepid Standard Dual GhostBurst:
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