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Topic: E tuning for Dobro |
patrick donovan
From:
orange, texas, usa
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Posted 13 Feb 2001 5:51 am |
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Just bought a "Regal" resophonic, and I want to tune it to an "E" tuning. Anyone have this tuning and string guages? I appreciate it.
Patrick |
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nick allen
From:
France
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Posted 13 Feb 2001 6:04 am
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Tuning, high to low:
E B G# E B E
Gauges: actually, I find the D'addario "Jerry Douglas" dobro set (16-56, I think), although theoretically for G tuning, works pretty well. Kelly Joe Phelps uses a regular guitar set (13-56) but puts the second string .017 as the first string, and buys an extra .020 to use as the second.
Experiment, or do a search on "E tuning" in this forum and find out a Whoooole lot more...!
Nick
PS: in searching, also look for posts by Pete Grant, who is a great proponent of E, with solid arguments in support. |
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Ric Nelson
From:
Silver Spring, Maryland
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Posted 13 Feb 2001 7:47 am
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Here's what I have found works pretty well.
If you pull the 2nd or 3rd strings, you must keep the gauge low.
1st .017
2nd .018 to .020
3rd .036
4th .045
5th .052
6th .056 to .059
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Chris Bauer
From:
Nashville, TN USA
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Posted 13 Feb 2001 7:06 pm
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| I also find it pretty usuful to use G#BEG#BE (low to high)sometimes. Depending on the instrument, a standard resonator string set seems to work just fine for either tuning. |
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mikey
From:
New Jersey
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Posted 15 Feb 2001 7:56 pm
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| When I used E, I used E7..BDEG#BE...Phoshor bronze wounds...I think...46w 36w 34w 26w 18 15 |
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