As most people know, I use low-tension Newtone Heritage strings on Old Gura guitars. In the beginning I used 0.11 sets, but then went over to 0.12. With NH 0.12 you get thick strings with low voltage / tension which also sounds very good.
I have long suspected that regular 0.11 strings do not draw much more than NH 0.12 which can be difficult to obtain. For some reason, string manufacturers do not have the strength to measure the tension on their string sets and if they do, it is not known which menstrual cycle has been used. To really get to know what it's like, I did a test jig with the help of tuning screws and a real "traction scale" that can handle 100 kg. Used some junk wood that was in the room.
A scrapped string holder was bent and fastened with a bolt at one end of the scale, the other was fixed to the plank which is the base for the whole jig. An old saddle and tuning screws were attached to a "head" and a band was allowed to become "stable legs". The stable can be moved to any menstruation.
The strings were mounted in the jig and tuned up to the usual EADGbe. The jig can be used for other exotic moods as well. The tuning up took a while as the increased tension in the strings caused the wave to lengthen and give in, but after a while screwing I found the balance. Be most curious to compare the NH 0.12 and NM (Masterclass) 0.11 strings. As I suspect they had almost the same tension, NH 0.12 pulled 60 kg while NM 0.11 pulled 61,5 kg with 63 cm mens watch. You can therefore without hesitation replace NH 0.12 strings with a regular 0.11 set on an Old Gura!
Newtone reports tension only for the NH strings, for 0.12 sets they indicate 59,5 kg which corresponds well with my measurement for 63 cm mens watch.
Also did a test with different mens watches with the NM 0.11 strings.
60 cm 55 kg
61 cm 57,5 kg
62 cm 60 kg
63 cm 61,5 kg
64 cm 64 kg
65 cm 65 kg
It is seen that longer mens watches give higher tension, in principle linear with about 2 kg more per cm longer mens watch.
If anyone is wondering why the plexiglass on the scale is broken, the explanation is the first attachment to the plank, an open hook that now looks like this. That the guitars last is a small miracle 🙂
