do i need a square neck?

Paul McGowen · From: Arkansas, USA

I play using an A tuning (like if you press down the A+B pedals on a pedal steel)-- and use the lap steel "C" string guages. The notes are mostly the same or a 1/2 step different here and there from the C tuning.

I've owned resonators before and used a nut extender, but my tuning was different.

Does anyone use a nut extender with the C tuning?

I'm worried the tension will cause the round neck problems.

I'm looking for a tricone resonator and would prefer a round neck unless it will not support the tension.

Jeff Mead · From: London, England

I've got a round neck Dobro that I keep in A6 (as you say, pretty close to C6).

I've had it in that tuning for about 15 years or so with no sign of the neck warping.

Anyway, as long as you use appropriate string gauges, no tuning should exert any more force than any other.

Erv Niehaus · From: Litchfield, MN, USA

I have a round neck tri-cone tuned to A with no problems. You need the right gauge strings, though.

Dave Thier · From: Fairhope, Alabama, USA

Everybody needs a squareneck!
Seriously, if you are going to play lap style, a squareneck is the way to go. I know many folks use roundnecks, but in my experience using a roundneck to play lap style is a compromise at best. With a squareneck, you get a guitar optimized to play lap style: proper width neck for good string spacing, good bone nut with proper slotting and height of strings above fretboard, beefy neck that will not warp, flat back to the neck sits on your lap better.

Ian · From: San Francisco, CA

Yes!

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