I'm looking for strings for my "new" old tenor guitar. It's a '36, so I want to keep the tension low and use cgda tuning. I will probably tune down 1/2 step.
My question is this..I read that you want to select gauges that will keep the tension balanced across the strings but then when I look at various sets or recommended gauges, I see that the tension is much higher on the d and a. Same thing when I enter string gauges into D'add string gauge tension calculator. So, does "balanced" not mean equal tension? What am I missing?
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