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08-25-2011, 07:29 AM
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String tension help
Hi everyone!
I was shopping for strings for my Taylor NS7 a couple of days ago and I picked up a pack of Daddarios Folk Nylon with 'Normal Tension' and a pack of Pro Arte 'Hard Tension'. When I read the back of the packaging, where they actually list the tension of each string, I noticed that the Folk Nylon with Normal Tension actually has higher tension than the Pro Arte 'Hard Tension'. Given that they are both Daddarios products, can someone help me understand the difference?
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2004 214-E-L1 (sold) 2002 814CE (gone in the "Blockbuster 3-Way Trade") 2006 615CE (Blue...beautiful Gone) 2006 T5-S Tobacco burst (40th birthday present from my wife! :-) 2008 516CE (KEEPER!) 2002 NS-7 Ibanez Concord 670 (my first guitar!) Tanglewood TSF-CE (Red) 
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08-25-2011, 08:49 AM
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Its important to understand that classical guitar strings are not as standardized as steel string,,,, with steel , light , medium etc are pretty
much the same weather ghs,or d'addario etc... with nylon string, one mfg normal tension might be another mfg's hard tension, so the divisions are blurred... for a Taylor NS,, the D'Addario proarte basses , hard tension are as good as anything else (nobody takes ball end seriously)'ad D'addario trebles sound dead and thuddy to my ear,, so i get galli titanio treble sets.. I always bring up www.stringsbymail.com not because they are any better or worse than other online string sources but they have the largest selection of nylon string and they will break up brands ,, you can order bass sets from one maker and another mfg treble set, good luck,, Rick
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08-25-2011, 12:53 PM
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Thanks Rick! I noticed you said "nobody takes ball end strings seriously"...I have heard similar comments echoed by a few others on this forum. Being a Nylon string newbie, I found them to be so easy to install...for people who don't like them, is there something inherently lacking in their tonal quality...or is it more of a "tradition" kind of thing?
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2004 214-E-L1 (sold) 2002 814CE (gone in the "Blockbuster 3-Way Trade") 2006 615CE (Blue...beautiful Gone) 2006 T5-S Tobacco burst (40th birthday present from my wife! :-) 2008 516CE (KEEPER!) 2002 NS-7 Ibanez Concord 670 (my first guitar!) Tanglewood TSF-CE (Red)
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08-25-2011, 01:09 PM
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original ball ends were introduced as "folk singer strings" more often than not brass wound basses and black nylon trebles. They were marketed to singers who liked the soft sound of nylon so the voice stays prominent so they dont have much power and as easy to change as steel string... almost all true quality nylon strings are tie,,, maybe a little tradition, but mostly because it is not hard to learn how to tie them once you have a little practice, they make better overall contact with the bridge, and sometimes ball ends fail, with the ball breaking off... the ball ends are ok for cheap guitars or if it is used to accompany a soft voice,but classical players seem to concider them a joke. now this is my opinion, so if others have a different take on it, it would be interesting, Rick
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