Jim Williams
From:
Meridian, Mississippi, USA - Home of Peavey!
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Posted 31 Mar 2014 7:43 am |
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I believe I have seen somebody say that the Jerry Byrd Steel Guitar course specified a string set that could be retuned to the several tunings addressed in the course. What gauges would you use to be able to do this, or did you actually have to change certain strings between the tunings?
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Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 31 Mar 2014 8:50 am About those string gages................
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Anyone that has ever enjoyed watching a JERRY BYRD live performance........in person or by video.......
must realize that Jerry routinely changed tunings from C to C#min and/or others while on stage without a tuning device or changing of strings.
A good set of C6th strings, not el cheapo's, but a quality string set, should be able to make the minimal half tone +/- changes without difficulty.
If you'll lay out on a piece of paper, the several tunings you have in mind, with the top #1 string "E" on each tuning evenly placed, side by side. One can readily see that the majority of changes required actually place little or no real stress on those strings. |
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Tom Snook
From:
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
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Posted 31 Mar 2014 6:53 pm
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In his catalog of Professional Instructional Material which has all of his professional arrangements is this list of string gauges. E- 015 ,C#- 018 ,C- 018 ,B- 018,A- 022 ,G- 024,
F#- 024,E- N30 ,D#- N34 ,D- N34 , C#- N34 ,C- N34 ,Bb- N38 ,A- N38 ,G#- N56 ,Low C-C60 , Low A- C65 . 015 to 024 are plain strings,N 30 to N 56 are Nickle Roller Wound Semi Flat Strings,C60 to C65 are Compound Wound Strings. I use these strings and tune to C6 ,E9 , C#m9 and B11,all on the same steel. And will use them on my new to me 60's vintage Carvin 8 string. Play some Hawaiian Steel Guitar! Aloha 
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