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Topic: String gauges |
Bob Bleifus
From:
Wildomar, California, USA
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Posted 9 Jan 2021 2:43 pm |
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| I have a melobar sxl and need to replace the strings. Can anyone tell me the string sizes it came with. |
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Jeff Highland
From:
New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 9 Jan 2021 5:06 pm
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The real question is not what strings it came with, but what tuning you want to use, that will determine string choice.
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Duesenberg Fairytale
1949 Supro Supreme
1950 National New Yorker
2008 Highland Baritone Weissenborn
2020 Highland New Yorker.
2020 Highland Mohan Veena
2021 Highland Weissencone |
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Allan Revich
From:
Victoria, BC
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Posted 10 Jan 2021 2:24 pm Re: String gauges
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| Bob Bleifus wrote: |
| I have a melobar sxl and need to replace the strings. Can anyone tell me the string sizes it came with. |
Bob, do you intend to play this, or just list it for sale?
If you're just going to sell it, buy a set of C6 strings and string it up CEGACE.
If you plan on playing it, your string gauges will depend on how you want to to tune it. Most common tunings will work with a set of strings for Open E, or a set for C6, but NOT interchangeably.
This web page will help considerably https://www.hawaiiansteel.com/learning/gauges.php
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Current Tunings:
6 String | G – G B D G B D
7 String | G6 – e G B D G B D (re-entrant)
https://papadafoe.com/lap-steel-tuning-database |
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