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Dave Teski (lead paint artist for Heritage) is doing a refinish on just the top of my H525!!! He sent me this pics yesterday. He’s going to be buffing it out Saturday!!

Good Luck George! Your new priorities are absolutely required. Your health is the most important thing. As a small business owner for all of my adult life I can relate. It's not easy for sure. Get Cris to laugh a lot.

I don't think that's actually true. I went and looked in my old physics book and then confirmed a few other sources as well. The reference calculation is called Taylor's Formula: F = m * f^2 * L^2 The length (L) only refers to the vibrating length of the string, between the inside edge of the saddle and the inside edge of the nut. What we guitar players call "scale length". These links discuss orchestral instruments, but the math is applicable to guitars as well. https://www.thomastik-infeld.com/en/stringtelligence/string-technology/do-changes-in-frequency-or-vibrating-string-length-affect-the-string-tension This one is also by TI but covers more of it in a single article: https://www.thestrad.com/accessories/stringtelligence-by-thomastik-infeld-vibrating-string-length-and-string-tension/9132.article I know this comes up a lot in electric guitars, and acoustic flat tops as well, with regard to the break-angle over the bridge. For instance, the practice of top-wrapping the strings over a Tune-O-Matic tailpiece versus using the holes. It is often said it reduces string tension and make them more "bendy" but tuning the same mass to the same pitch on the same scale, would necessarily mean the same string tension. The break angle does though, alter the down-force of the bridge against the soundboard or body of the instrument. Here's a calculator that will compute the force exerted on soundboard once the string tension is known: https://www.liutaiomottola.com/formulae/downforce.htm

Always wanted one of these. I have a 550, 575 and SKB- so this one slots nicely in a missing spot as a 17 inch solid wood spruce top masterwork that I can gig with since I don't play my SKB at clubs/restaurants/bars. Nice bonus- comes with fitted Doug's Plugs to make it all the more gig-worthy without feedback issues. Should arrive late next week. Pickups are Schaller Golden 50's, which I've never played but the guys at Jay Wolfe's shop tell me they are on the bright and articulate side, kind of like HRWs. Will probably swap them out, but we'll see. I've been surprised before by pickups that I thought I wouldn't like, but turned out to be great in a specific guitar. More to come.... Anyone here have experience with Golden 50's? If so, please let me know your thoughts. Picture from the guys at Wolfe:

As Nuke said, this isn't true. The mass and length of the extra portion of the string does not come into play. The tension is dependent on the scale length, not the total string length. You can get the calculations on Stringjoy's page. https://tension.stringjoy.com/

There is not much money swimming around out there! many of us are being tested. I feel George's pain.