[Abbenay] Resistivity of guitar strings?

[Simon Inns]

Measuring an acoustic from the bridge to the neck showed about 2 Ohms
on the 1st string and 1.1 Ohms on the 2nd (the two finest strings),
the other 4 strings are wound.  It would probably be more accurate to
grab a pack of strings new and measure them separately; I can probably
find a pack somewhere around here if you really want me to ;)

/Simon

On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Mac Ryan <quasipedia at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hej,
>
>        if is there any fellow hacker out there in possession of both a
> guitar (with metal strings) and a multimeter... could this person help?
>
>        For our boat project (http://magellanmachine.se) we are
> building a foam cutter, and we are evaluating using guitar strings
> instead of the traditional NiCr wire... Unluckily so far I haven't been
> able to find anywhere resistivity values for guitar strings (I wonder
> why... isn't anybody using them as resistors?).
>
>        If anybody is able to help, I would need to know the
> resistivity value for the three smaller strings (i.e. not those with a
> fibre core and the tiny wire wrapped around, but those that are
> apparently made of solid metal all the way through).
>
>        [BTW, I assume resistivity could be the same as I expect them
> to be of the same material, but I am not sure about this]
>
>        Thank you in advance for your help!
>        Mac.
>
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