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Topic: String gauge advice.... |
Tony Boadle
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Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 11 Jun 2013 3:01 pm |
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Hi all,
I'm having great fun with my recently purchased Recording King Lap Steel. I was tuning to GBDGBD and switching back and forth from my Reso. Then I remembered reading about GBEGBD (Cindy Cashdollar?) and tried that. What a great tuning....it's hard NOT to sound good!
So my question. The previous owner had it strung with light gauge and tuned to open E, guitar style. I just re-tuned temporarily, using the same strings. I'd like to fit the right gauges that will enable me to tune to GBDGBD but raise the 4th to E when it suits.
Is it possible to buy a ready-made set, ideally smooth wound? I've a spare set of GHS reso strings, 16/18/28/36/46/56. I think they'd be too heavy for the RK, and the 36 might not like raising a full tone?
All suggestions appreciated.
Kind regards from a very wet Ireland. We had our Summer last week.  Tony |
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Morgan Scoggins
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 11 Jun 2013 3:22 pm
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Tony,
I use A6 tuning on my steel( E,C#,A,F#,E,C# A, F#).Your G6 tuning,(D,B,G,E,B,G)is a step lower. I would suggest using string gauges 0f .16,.18,.22, .30,.42,.48. I think that would work well for you.
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Dale R Stiles
From:
Bradenton, FL
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Posted 11 Jun 2013 4:08 pm Re: String gauge advice....
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| Tony Boadle wrote: |
Hi all,
I'm having great fun with my recently purchased Recording King Lap Steel. I was tuning to GBDGBD and switching back and forth from my Reso. Then I remembered reading about GBEGBD (Cindy Cashdollar?) and tried that. What a great tuning....it's hard NOT to sound good!
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That's her G6 (56,46,34,26,18,16) and you can find the gauges she uses for that and other tunings on her website.
Enjoy |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 11 Jun 2013 7:10 pm
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This here's the motherload:
http://www.b0b.com/infoedu/gauges.htm
Cut and paste it, print jillions, paper your bathroom... I've probably referred to it a few hundred times. Some adjustments are in order for different scales and such, but the same relative relationships hold true. |
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Dale R Stiles
From:
Bradenton, FL
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Tony Boadle
From:
Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 12 Jun 2013 11:16 am string gauge advice
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| Thanks team, all advice duly noted! Tony |
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