Herbert Ward at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > is it as simple > as: > > high tension = > more volume, better tone, less slapping, harder to play > > low tension = > less volume, worse tone, more slapping, easier to play
It isn't. At some point, too much tension will constrict the vibration of the instrument and damp the tone. It may also hurt the structural integrity of the instrument, pulling the bridge (or the top) up (or off) and pulling the nut end of the neck up, which raises the action and is otherwise not nice. Whether the tone is "better" or "worse" is in the ear of the beholder.
