Everything on this page runs through one shared physics table (string-tension-data.js) and the set solver built over it (string-set-solver.js) — the same pair the hub's own per-string tension calculator reads from, moved into the network's shared package so neither site keeps a private copy that could drift. Nothing below is a lookup table someone typed by hand; every number is computed on demand.
The two tools
The String Set Advisor answers "what set should I buy": pick an instrument, a tuning, and a scale length, and it returns the balanced reference set for that combination plus every catalog set ranked by how closely it matches, each with per-string tension, total tension, and how far it deviates from the target.
The Custom Tension String Builder answers a narrower, harder question: "what gauge, string by string, gets me the feel I want." Set a target tension — flat across every string, or matched to a set already liked — and it finds the closest real gauge and type for each string, with one-gauge-up and one-gauge-down alternatives at every position.
The reference pages
- String Materials — nickel-wound, phosphor bronze, flatwound and nylon: what each is, what it suits, how it ages, and the same-gauge tension comparison where the table actually knows the construction.
- Gauge Questions — real questions argued with the solver's numbers, never a generated gauge-by-gauge matrix.
What each instrument takes
A plain reference list — string count, common tunings, and typical scale length where this site's solver covers the construction — for every stringed instrument with a family home elsewhere in the Warrior Network. No chords, no scales, no tuning lessons: those live on the instrument's own family site, linked from every page in this list.
Guitar · Bass · Mandolin · Banjo · Ukulele · Violin · Viola · Cello · and more — see the full list on any instrument's own page.
What this site does not do
Gear Warrior asks what to buy, not how to play it. The hub's own per-string tension calculator and per-instrument anatomy pages stay exactly where they are — stringwarrior.com/tools/string-tension answers a single string's tension; the set solver here answers the set-level question of what a whole instrument should carry together, and every satellite in the network keeps its own chords, scales and tunings.