I just ordered a set of strings from Stringjoy to see how those are. I balanced the tensions a bit better than the 9 gauge set of strings I was using from Elixir, got looking at their tensions while coming up with a set and saw this to my horror:

That's a pretty bad balance as far as tensions go. I know balanced tension sets were all the rage years ago on SS, kind of got away from it because it was a bit of a pain in the ass. With the current Elixir shortage I decided to try something new, I had Chris send me 3 sets of Nanoweb 9s and I've only used 1 of them and both of the other sets are useless now since I had to use the high E from both of the other sets and the D from one other.
This is what I'm going to be running with the Stringjoy set I put together:

I know, I know, that's pretty fucking light. I figure the low B I'm using now (well, B flat) is probably only 13 lbs or so of tension given that the Elixir calculation is based on 27" scale tuned standard, and might as well be from a 8 gauge set given how horribly balanced the Elixirs are.
So, upping the tension on the low B slightly, lowering it on the low E, we'll see how that goes.
Anyone else run really light strings? I've created a group for us.
That's a pretty bad balance as far as tensions go. I know balanced tension sets were all the rage years ago on SS, kind of got away from it because it was a bit of a pain in the ass. With the current Elixir shortage I decided to try something new, I had Chris send me 3 sets of Nanoweb 9s and I've only used 1 of them and both of the other sets are useless now since I had to use the high E from both of the other sets and the D from one other.
This is what I'm going to be running with the Stringjoy set I put together:
I know, I know, that's pretty fucking light. I figure the low B I'm using now (well, B flat) is probably only 13 lbs or so of tension given that the Elixir calculation is based on 27" scale tuned standard, and might as well be from a 8 gauge set given how horribly balanced the Elixirs are.
So, upping the tension on the low B slightly, lowering it on the low E, we'll see how that goes.
Anyone else run really light strings? I've created a group for us.
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