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Topic: string guages |
Will Houston
From:
Tempe, Az
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Posted 10 Mar 2012 5:20 pm |
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I have a set of Scotty's E7th strings for 8 string, I want to restring my 6 string Rick for E 7 tuning, what guages should I use. The 8 string set runs
056
046
038
034
030
022p
018
015
I have also seen other guage suggestions for this tuning, anybody have some ideas?
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Steve Ahola
From:
Concord, California
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Posted 10 Mar 2012 7:49 pm
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I would leave off the two largest strings but that's just me (I don't usually like wide gaps between strings.) I use the Scotty's E7 set for E9th by raising the middle E (the 4th string) to F#, and I omit the two low strings when using E9th on a 6 string.
Steve Ahola
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CrowBear Schmitt
From:
Ariege, - PairO'knees, - France
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Posted 11 Mar 2012 12:14 am
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download StringGauge.pdf
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6 string :
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A Major Low Bass-----E C# A E A E-----------.015 .017 .022 .030 .044 .056
A Major High Bass-----E C# A E C# A --------.015 .017 .022 .030 .034 .042
A6th --------------------E C# A F# E C---------.015 .017 .022 .026 .030 .036
B11---------------------E C# A F# D# C#------.015 .017 .022 .026 .030 .036
E Major-----------------E B G# E B E------------.015 .020 .024 .030 .038 .056
E7th ------------------- E B G# E D E or B---------015 .020 .024 .030 .036 .056 or (B=.038)
C#minor ---------------E C# G# E B E----------.015 .017 .024 .030 .036 .056
C#minor 7--------------E C# G# E D B or E ---.015 .017 .024 .030 .036 .038 or (E=.056)
C6-----------------------E C A G E C--------------015 .018 .022 .024 .030 .038
C6/A7-------------------E C A G E C#------------015 .018 .022 .024 .030 .036
D9-----------------------E C A F# E C#----------.015 .018 .022 .026 .030 .036
8 string :
A6--------------E C# A F# E C# A F#-------015 .017 .022 .026 .030 .036 .042 .050
B11-------------E C# A F# D# B F# B------.015 .017 .022 .026 .032 .038 .050 .056
C6th/A7E ------C A G E C# C A-------------015 .018 .022 .024 .030 .034 .036 .042
C13-------------E C A G E C Bb G or C------015 .018 .022 .024 .030 .036 .040 .048 or (C=.060)
C#m9-----------E C# G# F# E D B G#------015 .017 .024 .026 .030 .034 .038 .046
D9---------------E C A F# E C# A G ----------015 .018 .022 .026 .030 .034 .042 .048
E7---------------E B G# E D B G# E-----------015 .020 .024 .030 .034 .038 .046 .056
E9----------------E B G# F# D B G# E--------015 .020 .024 .026 .034 .038 .046 .056
E9----------------E B G# F# E D B G#---------015 .020 .024 .026 .030 .034 .038 .046-
E13---------------E C# B G# E D B G#--------015 .017 .020 .024 .030 .034 .038 .046
F#9--------------E C# G# E A# F# C# G#-----015 .017 .024 .030 .040 .050 .062 .068 |
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Jim Pitman
From:
Waterbury Ctr. VT 05677 USA
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Posted 11 Mar 2012 6:18 am
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Great chart Crowbear. TX for posting
A couple other things to consider:
How much string length do you have behind the nut? (keyless)
Is your guitar a string through body design at the bridge?
Generally, the longer the string, the lighter it should be, pitch being the same.
I do have some rocker slide guitar players who always use a lighter gauge on a lap steel than we dyed in the wool horizontal players merely for the type of attack and tone they are looking for.
I notice string gauge has a bearing on sustain. Alot of tension usually equates to longer sustain.
A few years back I built a 6 string lap steel using a stop bridge. I'm considering making the same design in 8 but this time I'll do string through body to see how it changes the tone. |
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Will Houston
From:
Tempe, Az
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Posted 11 Mar 2012 7:57 am
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Nice one CrowBear, Thanks for that.
Will |
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