[CAUT] Hardness of termination vs string breakage (was Re: restrung D)

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Wed Apr 18 20:36:35 MDT 2007


> Yep, I agree. Sharpness of profile plus angle of deflection. I don’t 
> think hardness enters into it, unless somebody can show me how. I don’t 
> see how softer metal would make a sharp profile with a high angle less 
> apt to string breakage. Maybe it does, but I don’t understand how.
> Regards,
> Fred Sturm
> University of New Mexico

How about the unlikelihood of a soft capo maintaining the 
sharp profile, where a hard one would? The hard capo would 
retain the high breakage profile, while the softer one would 
blunt into a safer contour.

Ron N


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