I have a question for Joshua Speckman.
What is the effect of string savers?
Supposedly they decrease friction, potentially allowing the strings to slide more.
But they also make the weave pattern more severe. That is, the string saver occupies space, so the main and cross strings have more distance to travel over one another, sort of like stringing with very thick string. So does this increase friction more than that lost from the "slipperiness" of the string savers?
But on the other hand is there then a potential for this weave pattern create more friction/bite for more spin?
I ask because I have been using a lot of string savers in the hitting bed between gut mains and alu power rough crosses. This definitely increases the longevity of the gut (much less notching), but it does feel different than playing without the string savers. I seem to have accommodated my swing pattern, and string tensions, to get plenty of power and spin, but wonder if I am leaving too much potential for spin behind.
What is the effect of string savers?
Supposedly they decrease friction, potentially allowing the strings to slide more.
But they also make the weave pattern more severe. That is, the string saver occupies space, so the main and cross strings have more distance to travel over one another, sort of like stringing with very thick string. So does this increase friction more than that lost from the "slipperiness" of the string savers?
But on the other hand is there then a potential for this weave pattern create more friction/bite for more spin?
I ask because I have been using a lot of string savers in the hitting bed between gut mains and alu power rough crosses. This definitely increases the longevity of the gut (much less notching), but it does feel different than playing without the string savers. I seem to have accommodated my swing pattern, and string tensions, to get plenty of power and spin, but wonder if I am leaving too much potential for spin behind.
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