Members apostrophe Posted November 1, 2006 Members Share Posted November 1, 2006 Are they designed to bend all over the place? Everytime I play a Strat I can bend that sucka' all over the fretboard. My Dot strung with 11-49's don't bend like that. Even when I had 10's on there they didn't bend like that! So is that just the nature of the Strat? What if you put 11's on it? Would they still bend like crazy?! Thinking of buying myself a Strat soon and I have no clue about them other than the ones I have played have felt like butter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members utterhack Posted November 1, 2006 Members Share Posted November 1, 2006 Some think it's harder because of the scale length. Some find it a little more precise because of the scale length. String gauge definitely makes a difference. The ones in the stores are usually strung with 9s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dwerlin Posted November 1, 2006 Members Share Posted November 1, 2006 i'm pretty sure it's due to the fretboard radius. Fenders (most of them) have a 9.5" radius. Gibsons (and Epiphones) have a 12" radius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members marloni Posted November 1, 2006 Members Share Posted November 1, 2006 maybe coz youre strings are light. it's supposed to be harder to bend on strats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members apostrophe Posted November 1, 2006 Author Members Share Posted November 1, 2006 So if I slapped some 11's on a Strat it would still most likely bend easier than my Dot, which is rather stiff. I'm not really much of a bender anyways....but that Strat just feels like he's asking for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members apostrophe Posted November 1, 2006 Author Members Share Posted November 1, 2006 Ok how about this: Chances are that all Strats in a store are strung with 9's, hence the semmingly easy bending? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LeftyTom Posted November 1, 2006 Members Share Posted November 1, 2006 Fender added more mojo to Strats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HMKRich Posted November 1, 2006 Members Share Posted November 1, 2006 Originally posted by dwerlin i'm pretty sure it's due to the fretboard radius. Fenders (most of them) have a 9.5" radius. Gibsons (and Epiphones) have a 12" radius. Yup. You're applying force from the fingertip towards the palm and can use your wrist as apivot point, whereas with Gibbys it's more of an extending the fingers movement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cratz2 Posted November 1, 2006 Members Share Posted November 1, 2006 Hrmm... if you think 10s on a strat are easy, you should try 9s or 10s on a Les Paul. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ryan Trevisol Posted November 1, 2006 Members Share Posted November 1, 2006 Originally posted by apostrophe Ok how about this: Chances are that all Strats in a store are strung with 9's, hence the semmingly easy bending? That's what it is. Fender sets up their guitars with ridiculously light strings. Play with 10's or 11's, it evens it up some what. There may be other factors, too. Maybe the strat you played had larger frets. But the radius should work the opposite way. A tighter radius (like ona strat) is harder to bend. I have 2 strats, one is harder to bend than the other. The one that's tougher to bend on has vintage size frets , which are smalelr than the medium jumbos on the easy-bender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 335clone Posted November 1, 2006 Members Share Posted November 1, 2006 Could be the factory .009's Could be only 2 springs on the trem, so in effect you are feeling the trem pull down while you are bending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members apostrophe Posted November 1, 2006 Author Members Share Posted November 1, 2006 Well regardless.....I'm really starting to dig Strats! Especially the 70's reissues! Gotta talk my wife into buying me one for Christmas! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted November 1, 2006 Moderators Share Posted November 1, 2006 Originally posted by apostrophe Are they designed to bend all over the place? Everytime I play a Strat I can bend that sucka' all over the fretboard. My Dot strung with 11-49's don't bend like that. Even when I had 10's on there they didn't bend like that! So is that just the nature of the Strat? What if you put 11's on it? Would they still bend like crazy?! Thinking of buying myself a Strat soon and I have no clue about them other than the ones I have played have felt like butter! Because God makes it easier:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted November 1, 2006 Moderators Share Posted November 1, 2006 Originally posted by dwerlin i'm pretty sure it's due to the fretboard radius. Fenders (most of them) have a 9.5" radius. Gibsons (and Epiphones) have a 12" radius. Nope, my Custom with the Warmoth neck has 10-16" compound radius and it's easy....told ya, it's cause God made it that way:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EdMan63 Posted November 1, 2006 Members Share Posted November 1, 2006 Originally posted by Ratae Coritanorum Because God makes it easier:cool: Profound! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Ratae Corieltauvorum Posted November 1, 2006 Moderators Share Posted November 1, 2006 Originally posted by EdMan63 Profound! Without sounding overly creepy, your gear list give me a major dripping erection:freak: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members markas214 Posted November 1, 2006 Members Share Posted November 1, 2006 Originally posted by apostrophe Well regardless.....I'm really starting to dig Strats! Especially the 70's reissues! Gotta talk my wife into buying me one for Christmas! That's why you need a Strat and a LP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zac503 Posted November 1, 2006 Members Share Posted November 1, 2006 I also find that to go up full step on a strat I have to bend the string twice as much as I do on my lp. Take that for what it's worth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members angus_old Posted November 1, 2006 Members Share Posted November 1, 2006 the necks are skinnier too, that gives you more leverage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members toothpicvic Posted November 1, 2006 Members Share Posted November 1, 2006 Originally posted by onbongos the necks are skinnier too, that gives you more leverage I find it way easier to bend strings on a fat neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jds22 Posted November 1, 2006 Members Share Posted November 1, 2006 Jumbo frets also help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Harry-L Posted November 1, 2006 Members Share Posted November 1, 2006 9's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitar-fish Posted November 1, 2006 Members Share Posted November 1, 2006 It's cause Fender strings are actually made from angel hair pasta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MojoFilter Posted November 1, 2006 Members Share Posted November 1, 2006 Funny how subjective something like this is. I actually find string bending to require a significant amount more effort on a Strat than on a Les Paul, and I use 9's for all my guitars. Neither is difficult, per se...it's just I feel more resistance on the Strat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RaVenCAD Posted November 1, 2006 Members Share Posted November 1, 2006 Mojo, you probably just need to stretch your strings more, that's all... LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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