Gibson to raise prices for 2015 (Page 4 of 4)

Can i ask a question about G-Force?

I've been told to use .009 on electric if i wanted to tune up to Open E, as the tension could hurt the guitar's neck.
In Standard tuning I can use up to .012 (usually .011) and i like the feeling and tone i get from bigger strings.

Can the G-Force handle bigger strings? and if so, won't it hurts the neck if the G-Force tune .011 or .012 in open E? Or does the mechanism compensate in some way and we don't have that actual tension on the strings?

Just curious, because i don't want to be forced (G-forced!!!   ) to use only light strings. At least for the strings i'd still like to have a choice (if i can't have it for the guitar)

Hogsniper wrote:

Stefan76 wrote:

Can i ask a question about G-Force?

I've been told to use .009 on electric if i wanted to tune up to Open E, as the tension could hurt the guitar's neck.
In Standard tuning I can use up to .012 (usually .011) and i like the feeling and tone i get from bigger strings.

Can the G-Force handle bigger strings? and if so, won't it hurts the neck if the G-Force tune .011 or .012 in open E? Or does the mechanism compensate in some way and we don't have that actual tension on the strings?

Just curious, because i don't want to be forced (G-forced!!!   ) to use only light strings. At least for the strings i'd still like to have a choice (if i can't have it for the guitar)

If I remember correctly max string gauge is .13 to .56 or you could break the tuners.  Thinking you meant tuners and not neck?

No i actually mean the neck, as to tune up to open E, you will have to rise the tension on the strings, and with bigger strings this will end up with a massive tension on the neck that can hurt the guitar. I don't know if this is really true, or if is only with bolted neck. Maybe a glued neck as for Gibson doesn't have this problem.

I don't really know about it, and so i asked just to have an answer from someone with more experience!

Hogsniper wrote:

That wouldn't have anything to do with the guitar having the G-force or not.  Open E is a standard tuning that comes pre-programmed in the model I have.

Does the G-Force compensate in some way and we don't reach the actual tension that we will have on a normal guitar?

Rusty wrote:

Stefan76 wrote:

Does the G-Force compensate in some way and we don't reach the actual tension that we will have on a normal guitar?

I dont think that is possible. The only way would be to tune to a lower open chord and capo up.

Correct. For a given natural (vibration) frequency, it doesn't matter to the string whether the tuner is motorized or not. The tension required for any given tuning doesn't change. Whether the motor mechanism can do it for a specific string weight would be the question, but that's not relevant to your question on whether the neck can handle it.

timb wrote:

Let's hope history views this as the guitar version of "New Coke". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Coke

lol yeah!  For the 2016 range they will go back to how they where made in 2013, and have a price increase because of that too!

cindyron wrote:

I am fully confident that whatever marketing Bozo at a Gibson started this whole in your face you must have auto tune thing will be on the street. Sooner or later the brass at Gibson will see the light. I just hope it is not after their whole customer base has left the building and sales drop so low they can't recover.

Ron,

I agree... I was a big Gibson fan - and haven't sold the ones I have - but the last EIGHT guitars I've bought now have been Music Man.

Kevin