Tone quality

[Ron Nossaman]

 I realize that there may be other factors affecting 
>the tone of the strings (age, cleanliness, ect.) but am I making a correct 
>observation that, all things being equal, smaller diameter leads to brighter 
>tone?  What about other factors? Single wound vs. double wound? Core wire 
>diameter? Speaking length? Realize I am speaking of tone quality and not 
>pitch.
>
>Just curious...
>
>Mitch Ruth


What's likely happened here is that someone has replaced a broken string
with one of slightly smaller diameter, and it sounds livelier because it's
newer.

Ron N