How to make a Kite Guitar: Difference between revisions

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Microtonalist and luthier Tom WInspear can provide custom string sets at his website [https://www.winspearinstrumental.com/ www.winspearinstrumental.com]. His approach is to extrapolate from familiar string sets. He says this about string gauges: "Gauges can be scaled at the same ratios as frequency. A 41-edo downmajor 3rd is 2^(13/41) = 1.2458, thus from string to string the gauge changes by 24.58%. But you can't do that across the plain to wound transition. To tune to different keys, increase the gauges by 5.95% for each 12-edo semitone of transposition, or 1.705% for each 41-edostep. All this assumes a 25.5" scale. For a scale of S inches, multiply each gauge by 25.5/S and round off. For scales longer than 25.5", err on the side of heavier and round up, as longer scales do feel more flexible loaded with the same tension. Likewise, for scales less than 25.5", err on the side of lighter and round down. However, the plain strings should always be rounded slightly down, and should utilize .0005" increment plain strings where available."

www.JustStrings.com sells custom gauges singly or in bulk. Recommended (somewhat light) gauges for a 27" acoustic guitar: '''11.5 15 18 24 30 36 46 56''' (3 plain, 5 wound). For a 25.5" or 26.5" electric: '''10 13 16 22 26 32 42 52''', the wound 4th string could instead be a '''19''' plain.

[https://www.juststrings.com/ JustStrings.com] sells custom gauges singly or in bulk. Recommended (somewhat light) gauges for a 27" acoustic guitar: '''11.5 15 18 24 30 36 46 56''' (3 plain, 5 wound). For a 25.5" or 26.5" electric: '''10 13 16 22 26 32 42 52''', the wound 4th string could instead be a '''19''' plain.

== Saddle and Nut Compensation ==

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 Microtonalist and luthier Tom WInspear can provide custom string sets at his website [https://www.winspearinstrumental.com/ www.winspearinstrumental.com]. His approach is to extrapolate from familiar string sets. He says this about string gauges: "Gauges can be scaled at the same ratios as frequency. A 41-edo downmajor 3rd is 2^(13/41) = 1.2458, thus from string to string the gauge changes by 24.58%. But you can't do that across the plain to wound transition. To tune to different keys, increase the gauges by 5.95% for each 12-edo semitone of transposition, or 1.705% for each 41-edostep. All this assumes a 25.5" scale. For a scale of S inches, multiply each gauge by 25.5/S and round off. For scales longer than 25.5", err on the side of heavier and round up, as longer scales do feel more flexible loaded with the same tension. Likewise, for scales less than 25.5", err on the side of lighter and round down. However, the plain strings should always be rounded slightly down, and should utilize .0005" increment plain strings where available."
-www.JustStrings.com sells custom gauges singly or in bulk. Recommended (somewhat light) gauges for a 27" acoustic guitar: '''11.5 15 18 24 30 36 46 56''' (3 plain, 5 wound). For a 25.5" or 26.5" electric: '''10 13 16 22 26 32 42 52''', the wound 4th string could instead be a '''19''' plain.
+[https://www.juststrings.com/ JustStrings.com] sells custom gauges singly or in bulk. Recommended (somewhat light) gauges for a 27" acoustic guitar: '''11.5 15 18 24 30 36 46 56''' (3 plain, 5 wound). For a 25.5" or 26.5" electric: '''10 13 16 22 26 32 42 52''', the wound 4th string could instead be a '''19''' plain.
 == Saddle and Nut Compensation ==