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Originally Posted by 7 Dying Trees
What you are probably thinking off, actually, is that a longer string has more elasticity overall, as there is more metal to bend and stretch.
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Right! Thanks, I have a hard time explaining things in simple terms, sometimes I wish I could just explain it simple like that, lol. Yes that's basically what I'm saying. I find I have to add more tension on longer guitars to achieve the same feeling.
And so many times people are saying you can get a longer guitar and it will be tighter in lower tunings without having to get huge strings, but the problem with that is, you DO have to get bigger strings so that it doesn't feel as floppy! (unless you like it floppy, which in case there is no problem!)
If you kept the same strings as your shorter guitar and you put it to the same tension it would be dropped in pitch, but then it'd also feel floppier because it's longer so in that case you'd have to tune to standard... but what people say is "a baritone is good because then you can tune low without having to get bigger strings" you see where that is kinda not true?
They should say "a baritone is good because it accomodates lower tunings better" but saying that you can go low without needing thicker strings is totally wrong!! 17 lbs of tension in a dropped tuning on a baritone isn't going to feel like 17 lbs of tension on E on a shorter guitar unless you get thicker strings. So that's what has been bothering me.