How To : Increase Tension on Guitar Strings

[Nicholasim]

Is it possible to do it without increasing the action ?

 

[incara]

increase string gauge?

 

[Nicholasim]

no other way ?

someone told me can put something on the head of the guitar like on fenders they have them :?

 

[Marksman]

string trees?

 

[Crawldaddy]

Hmm.

I don't quite understand your issue... is it that you feel your strings are too "floppy", and you'd like to feel the tension of the strings when doing bends etc?

Perhaps you could share with us what music genres you play, and whether you're more rhythm or lead inclined.

Many people (including myself) go after the Ernie Ball Slinkies because, well, they're slinky and all kinds of lead playing including bending is pretty easy on these strings.

However, if you read up many rhythm player's set-ups, some of them tend to use heavier gauge strings because they need not perform so much fretboard trickery, but rather focus more on laying down a solid rhythm sound. One of these proponents is Malcolm Young of AC/DC.

hope this helps.

 

[Nicholasim]

ohh , yeah i want to increase my string tension cause somehow when i go fast picking the string "slack" then its kinda difficult to do tremolo picking or fast pick .

like instead of the string staying in place , it moves with my guitar pick a lot

 

[dhalif]

bro you dont need that extra tension man.. tell me what thickness of pick you're using?

 

[Nicholasim]

the Jim Dunlop USA Jazz 3

 

[MadWerewolfBoy]

i think u are using too much of ur pick to pick the strings... try using just a tiny tip of ur pick...

it's a good pick to shred with since its a hard pick, but make sure u using only the tip. its easy to do with a jazz 3 since they are sharper than standard picks

 

[markedymark]

ive been using the jazz3's for eons, and havent found anything else to play faster with man. like mr wolf there said, use the tip of the pick. very very effective.

 

[fgl]

get heavier gauge strings

 

[suckasucks]

personally i think you dont need light strings and heavy picks to pick fast. i can use .88 picks and 11s-52s and pick the same speed as i do when using dunlop jazz 3s and 9s.

dont look too much into these things, just continue practicing.

 

[MadWerewolfBoy]

Well, Yngwie uses 08s to shred the house down... low tension indeed! haha :lol:

 

[I_M_Ken]

i dont understand why you would want to increase tension or why the strings would feel slack when you play.
you are playing in standard E tuning right?

increasing the gauge would be a good idea as well as it might give you a tighter feel when bending strings and such.

 

[Nicholasim]

guitar was sent to shop , the DR strings i had used had a factory defect not changed to ernie ball still gauge 10 and works wonderfully thanks