strings on a Jaguar

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I recently started playing a jaguar after a few years playing a Gibson SG.
I find however that the 10 gauge I use (as I did with the Gibson) feel more like 9's and I don't have the same control over them as with the SG. I gonna try 11's but has anyone else noticed this with Jaguars?

fourmations

hi

i have a jazzmaster,

the reason your strings feel lighter
is because of the lenght of string behind the bridge

try 11's, they are much better that 10's (on my JM anyway)
sound way better, better tuning stability etc
and i would imagine its the same on the jag

they wont feel like 10's (i have 10's on an lp and a tele)
still a little heavier feel but well worth it for the sound

rgds

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deaddonkey

fourmations wrote: »

hi

i have a jazzmaster,

the reason your strings feel lighter
is because of the lenght of string behind the bridge

try 11's, they are much better that 10's (on my JM anyway)
sound way better, better tuning stability etc
and i would imagine its the same on the jag

they wont feel like 10's (i have 10's on an lp and a tele)
still a little heavier feel but well worth it for the sound

rgds

4

no, the reason the strings feel lighter is because it's a shorter scale guitar

you can add all the length in the world behind the bridge or the nut, it doesn't change the scale length of the guitar.

The jaguar is a 24 inch guitar, you need .011s really.
i personally would use 12s on a jag.

fourmations

deaddonkey wrote: »

no, the reason the strings feel lighter is because it's a shorter scale guitar

you can add all the length in the world behind the bridge or the nut, it doesn't change the scale length of the guitar.

The jaguar is a 24 inch guitar, you need .011s really.
i personally would use 12s on a jag.

ok, makes sense, i have been educated!

but, why does everyone say that 11's dont feel
as tight on a jm as they would on a strat for example
I always thought it was due to the extra string lenght

to be honest all the advice i have read on jazzmasters
says to use 11's, so i did and was happy with the difference
but i didnt read into it too much

rgds

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Dord

Right but Jaguars are shorter scale and a different feel to Jazzmasters.

deaddonkey

fourmations wrote: »

ok, makes sense, i have been educated!

but, why does everyone say that 11's dont feel
as tight on a jm as they would on a strat for example
I always thought it was due to the extra string lenght

to be honest all the advice i have read on jazzmasters
says to use 11's, so i did and was happy with the difference
but i didnt read into it too much

rgds

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they're the same tension.

they may feel slightly different because there's different amount of resistance on the bridge when you bend, but for notes that you don't bend, any difference you feel in standard tuning is your imagination or dependent on the setup of the guitar - it physically isn't possible to have different tension and the same note and the same gauge wire



f = fundamental frequency (the pitch you hear)
L = length of the string
T = tension
P = string mass/unit length, number of kg per metre of string

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Karl Hungus

fourmations wrote: »

but, why does everyone say that 11's dont feel
as tight on a jm as they would on a strat for example
I always thought it was due to the extra string lenght

Because the strat has a 25.5" scale lenth.

deaddonkey

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Because the strat has a 25.5" scale lenth.

so does a jazzmaster, which is what he's talking about

strat/tele/jazzy = 25.5 inches
jag/mustang = 24 inches
duo-sonic/musicmaster = 22.5 inches

Johnny Storm

Also a guitar with a floating trem will feel slightly looser than a hardtail esp when bending a string.