- Nov 20, 2007
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I've only been playing guitar for a few weeks and I'm a total novice, so apologies for the noobness.
So I got my new heavy slinky strings today (11-54), I got them because my old ones were too light to play drop c. Anyway after replacing the strings and tuning to CGCFAD, I've noticed the saddle bit is facing upwards way more than it used to, so much so that I can fit the side of my hand beneath it. As a result the strings are much further away from the frets than they were in standard tuning. This has got me thinking that I've actually tuned them UP rather than down. But I'm sure that's not the case because I tuned them down to the same notes to check and the strings were way too loose... So if that's the case then going back to my original point why does the saddle bit face upwards with so much tension on the strings?
So I got my new heavy slinky strings today (11-54), I got them because my old ones were too light to play drop c. Anyway after replacing the strings and tuning to CGCFAD, I've noticed the saddle bit is facing upwards way more than it used to, so much so that I can fit the side of my hand beneath it. As a result the strings are much further away from the frets than they were in standard tuning. This has got me thinking that I've actually tuned them UP rather than down. But I'm sure that's not the case because I tuned them down to the same notes to check and the strings were way too loose... So if that's the case then going back to my original point why does the saddle bit face upwards with so much tension on the strings?