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String Tension question

menamestommenamestom Frets: 4445
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Quick question, would 13's tuned down to D (DGCFAD) be similar in tension to 12's at Concert pitch?  Not sure of scale length, it's an S&P Dread.
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  • ToneControlToneControl Frets: 11438

    I use this to experiment with gauges, I was using it just today

    http://vinic.free.fr/strings/?l=0


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  • menamestommenamestom Frets: 4445
    ToneControl said:

    I use this to experiment with gauges, I was using it just today

    http://vinic.free.fr/strings/?l=0


    Thanks, that's great.  It does not have every exact gauge but it's close enough.  13's a tone lower pull less tension than 12's at concert.
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  • stickyfiddlestickyfiddle Frets: 24852
    I'd say yes "ish" :)
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  • richardhomerrichardhomer Frets: 24339
    I do this on my D28. The short answer is there or thereabouts.
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 69426
    I tune my D35 12-string down to D with 11s on as well, instead of to E with 10s. It just sounds much better, and the tension is slightly lower, which matters on a 43-year-old 12-string with no truss rod! (Martins from before 1985 don't have them, just a non-adjustable steel rod.)

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  • GuitaristGuitarist Frets: 0
    Yes
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  • imaloneimalone Frets: 748
    Plug! http://imalone.co.uk/stringbendcalc.html
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  • maltingsaudiomaltingsaudio Frets: 2910
    6 string work our fingers up to heaviest gauge you can cope with for best tone 
    12 string tune down half a step then as above
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