However, i own 2 EJ strat, one rosewood and one maple. I don't know if this will be useful to anyone. It might be same tension on a scale or paper, buts it's a perceived tension, and that's all that really matters. I could save a lot of money on part swapping and trying to find nice sounding and feeling guitars!!!! I don't know why someone can't figure this out. With the taut feel, it's very snappy and not as much low end, it seems the string is too quick and the lows can't develop. The loose feel, you lose some snap and it gets duller and slow, lack high end, harmonics etc. The really interesting part of all this is that the tone follows with that feel. Some strats have a real loose, squishy feel to the strings. I had that super tight EJ strat and they put the guitar on my lap, and all I do is squeeze the open strings and instantly you can feel that tight feel. 010's?! To the folks that say it's in your head, well I've done this, blindfolded at the store I work at. Why do those strings feel so much tighter than another strat with. I can just fingerpick open strings and feel that taut feel. I have this strat that plays slinky right now, and all I do is switch the body (!), and everything remains setup the same, saddle height, truss rod etc. Even though it's same gauge, same tuning etc. The master of Luthiers, Dan Erlewine, didn't even know.
I've been trying to figure this out for years. I've long subscribed to the low-saddle theory, but john suhr recently suggested that taller saddles are the ticket, and when he talks, people listen. There are other theories that tall saddles make for easier bending, due to the string being more "locked" on the saddle from being at a steeper angle over it, reducing or eliminating the effects of string stretch behind the saddle. There are theories that low saddles make the strings "slinkier", regardless of how high the string is off the frets.
There's long-running arguments around here about "compliance", or how easy it is to bend a string regardless of its actual tension. If it feels harder to do bends, that could be something else, like maybe the straighter neck bringing the strings closer to the board, which might make it a little harder to grab them with your fingertips to push them for bends. that's it, no matter how you adjust anything. actual string tension is set by the gauge of string, the scale length, and the tuning. I think you're using the wrong term here.
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