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Topic: Hey, 14 Stringers? Where do you buy replacement string sets |
Kevin Swan
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Medina, Ohio
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Posted 13 Jun 2019 3:09 am |
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I've been replacing strings one at a time, as needed but would love to find a complete set. Does anyone sell 14 string sets? Or do you buy a set for 12 and add the missing lowers?
I've used S.I.T. on my Tele's for a long time and really like them. Should I just order individual strings to make up the set? My lowest is .080
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Jerry Overstreet
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Louisville Ky
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Posted 13 Jun 2019 3:54 am
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I guess it depends on the tuning, but I played gearless Sierra Universal 14's for a few years with the standard E9/B6 set up with an additional G# for the first string and a big ol .080 bass E for the 14th.
I would just buy the U12 set and an extra 11 or 12 for the first. I seldom changed the bottom string, but it is available as a single. Matter of fact, I probably still have a couple laying around here since I've sold all my pedal steels anyway.
b0b sells SIT SU12 sets here: https://www.steelguitarshopper.com/u-12-pedal-steel/ |
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Kevin Swan
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Medina, Ohio
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Posted 16 Jun 2019 5:31 am
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| Jerry Overstreet wrote: |
I would just buy the U12 set and an extra 11 or 12 for the first. I seldom changed the bottom string, but it is available as a single. Matter of fact, I probably still have a couple laying around here since I've sold all my pedal steels anyway./ |
Thanks, Jerry. That's what I suspected. I'll buy a couple twelve sets from the forum, but it looks like the .080 is sold out. I wonder if NOBODY every bothers to change out that big ol' bridge cable, huh? If you do have a couple I'd buy them from you. If not the same vintage, I would at least like them all to have the same playing time. Let me know.
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 16 Jun 2019 9:13 am
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| I'll check first chance I get Kevin. |
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Bruce Blackburn
From:
Nashville, Tennessee
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Posted 18 Jun 2019 3:17 am 14 Stringer
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Kevin,
What kind of 14 string guitar do you have? They are pretty rare so I am always interested in who was building them.
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Robert Parent
From:
Gillette, WY
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Posted 18 Jun 2019 7:59 am
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I have been buying bulk strings from juststrings.com for several years.
Robert |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 18 Jun 2019 9:13 am Re: 14 Stringer
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| Bruce Blackburn wrote: |
Kevin,
What kind of 14 string guitar do you have? They are pretty rare so I am always interested in who was building them. |
Well obviously Deckley. The only others I have seen are Sierra, and I believe Julian Tharpe had a 14 string Sho~Bud. I know Fessenden, Mullen, and I believe Jackson, have built 13 string guitars for Robert Randolph. They would probably make a 14 string guitar.
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Bruce Blackburn
From:
Nashville, Tennessee
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Posted 18 Jun 2019 9:22 am 14 String Dekley
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Is it red by chance? My uncle had one custom built in 1979. It was red. I am thinking that may be the guitar that was custome built for him. How long have you been playing the 14 string tuning. How long have you had that particular guitar?
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Rittenberry Prestige D10, Dekley S14U, (stolen) ZumSteel D10
(2) Nashville 112's Nashville 1000, Profex II Kemper Profiler Powered, Quilter Tone Block 202, Benado Steel Dream |
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Jack Goodson
From:
new brockton,alabama (deceased)
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Posted 18 Jun 2019 9:33 am strings?
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| if you need strings that do not come in a normal set, you can call SIT company and they will put together any combination of gauges you might need. if you order a dozen sets at the time they will do them at a very good price....thanks jack |
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