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Topic: 6 string lap steel strings?? |
Derrick Unger
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Newark Ohio, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2016 6:20 am |
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Could someone give me the approximate string gauges for a 6 string lap steel tuned to OPEN E....thanks in advance.
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Brad Bechtel
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 24 Mar 2016 6:26 am
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I've always used a set of regular gauge electric guitar strings. Adjust to your preferences. For example, from high to low:
1. .013
2. .017
3. .022
4. .036
5. .046
6. .056
Compared to standard guitar tuning, the 1st, 2nd and 6th strings are unchanged.
Tune the 3rd string up one fret to G#
Tune the 4th string up to E (12 harmonic = 1st string)
Tune the 5th string up to B (12 harmonic = 2nd string)
Here's one set from Juststrings.com.
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Derrick Unger
From:
Newark Ohio, USA
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Posted 24 Mar 2016 9:30 am
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Thanks brad...that's the info I wanted!
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Terry VunCannon
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Greensboro, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 25 Mar 2016 5:24 pm
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| The same set I use Brad...for a long scale, like my Strat-Lap or my Asher I use a 15-58 set. |
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