Pulling/Stretching Out New Strings Query ?

[mtdmind]

Originally Posted by dosland

My hearing is not nearly refined enough for this, but I do know some classical guitarists who insist that pre-stretching the strings like others here (and I) do can cause annoying pitch variations due to the (treble) strings stretching unevenly along their length. The claim is that this leaves some bits of the string thinner than others, and that those minute variations cause a cacophonous effect that is especially vexing as one climbs the fretboard. This strikes me as plausible, but, again, my ears don't hear well enough to notice.

I have heard of this too. Most quality strings stabilize fairly soon. Quality tuners help too.Some tuners on good classical guitars go upwards from a few hundred dollars.

[DownUpDave]

Originally Posted by MarkinLA

Why does anyone need more than one uke ??!

Well let’s see. There is soprano, concert, tenor and baritone sizes. Tenor and concert can be strung low G as well as reentrant. There is spruce, cedar, redwood, mahogany, koa, myrtle etc. etc. etc for tone woods. Also laminate, carbon fibre, ekoa and plastic as alternate materials. Let’s not forget standard scale and than long neck, usually a 2” longer scale and neck length on the same body size.

Same question could be asked “Why does anyone need more than one” about guitars. Because we can and variety is the spice of life.

[brandall10]

Originally Posted by DownUpDave

Well let’s see. There is soprano, concert, tenor and baritone sizes. Tenor and concert can be strung low G as well as reentrant. There is spruce, cedar, redwood, mahogany, koa, myrtle etc. etc. etc for tone woods. Also laminate, carbon fibre, ekoa and plastic as alternate materials. Let’s not forget standard scale and than long neck, usually a 2” longer scale and neck length on the same body size.

Same question could be asked “Why does anyone need more than one” about guitars. Because we can and variety is the spice of life.

I think it pretty much can be summed up as "if your chosen primary hobby is X, you need N number of X things, because you're really into X".

[MarkinLA]

Originally Posted by mtdmind

Be careful not to stretch them sideways..this can break a nut.

Good call !! Never thought of that. Lucky I never did !!