Thanks guys.
Really helpful. Booli, that did help but can I clarify with you at bit further.
Basically I was asking to find the order in terms of thickness for my make of strings. I couldn't find the dimensions online, I really have looked a lot but I don't think it really matters. I think it goes CEGA then but I probably don't have the best eyesight.
I get that CEA is linear (low to high) but where would the high G go on this line. Would it be before or after the A?
Thanks,
Irish T
No, you are CLOSE, but the G string goes BEFORE the C string, as per below:
On/in EVERY pack of Aquila strings that I have seen, the strings are each in an individual plastic sleeve with a colored dot sticker ON THE SLEEVE, or have a colored ink dab at one end at the end of the string, and in either case, those COLORS correspond to the string's position when installed as per the BACK of the string package:
(as such, this is TOP-DOWN, from 4-to-1, from your face to the floor)
G-4th string-white dot
C-3rd string-green dot
E-2nd string-blue dot
A-1st string-red dot
Even if you have 20/20 vision, it will be near impossible to tell by sight or by touch, the difference between an A string and a G string as they are often only 20-thousandths of an inch difference in diameter (0.002"), REGARDLESS if the string is Nylgut, Fluorocarbon or Nylon.
The only reliable way to measure strings that i know if is with either a micrometer or calipers. I use a digital one I got off eBay for $15 from China that can show either imperial or metric units.
if you are still thinking that the strings are installed in LINEAR-pitch order, you do not yet have a grasp of what is meant by re-entrant tuning. CEGA is
not correct, it is in fact GCEA as per the colored dots above which I have copied directly from one of my own Aquila SuperNylgut string packs.
Please confirm if this provides enough clarification...