String tensions for optimal power

[phandrew]

hi , i have a mp100 with factory strings had llots of power and good touch apparently strung at 23 lbs, which after getting it restrung at 24lbs has now got no power in smashes has become dead and has lost the "ping" sound not "twangs" , ther "ping " sugests to me it was tighter, am going to give it another week for the strings to bed then may get it restrung , question is should i go up or down, 22 or 27 lbs?

A higher pitch sound means the string is at a higher tension. If you can't get any power then go lower in tension.

[taneepak]

hi , i have a mp100 with factory strings had llots of power and good touch apparently strung at 23 lbs, which after getting it restrung at 24lbs has now got no power in smashes has become dead and has lost the "ping" sound not "twangs" , ther "ping " sugests to me it was tighter, am going to give it another week for the strings to bed then may get it restrung , question is should i go up or down, 22 or 27 lbs?

If you prefer factory string and the less dense "twangs" sound, it might indicate that you are more of an arm player with slow hand speed or snap. In that case an even lower tension of 20lbs could be just as good or better.