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Ashoke kumar Das
From:
West Bengal, India
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Posted 9 Jul 2016 11:52 pm |
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what will be the string gauge for
A Major low bass tunning ( lo to hi E A E A C# E ) &
A Major high bass tunning ( lo to hi A C# E A C# E ).
thanks.
Ashoke. |
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 10 Jul 2016 6:03 am
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low bass, low to hi: .056w, .042w, .030w, .020, .017, .014
hi bass, low to hi: .042w, .036w, .030w, .020, .017, .014
This should be pretty close, they vary somewhat with scale length. |
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Ashoke kumar Das
From:
West Bengal, India
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Posted 10 Jul 2016 11:48 pm low bass & high bass gauge
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well Erv,
which scale lenth is suitable for thisguage? my scale lenth is 25".
thanks. Ashoke. |
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 11 Jul 2016 6:56 am
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On a 25" scale you might consider some lighter gauges, although the ones listed should work just fine.
On a long scale guitar, the string tension will be greater than on a shorter scale instrument.
I have most of my non-pedal guitars tuned to the A, high bass tuning and I use the gauges listed with no problem. |
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Ashoke kumar Das
From:
West Bengal, India
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Posted 13 Jul 2016 12:37 am low bass & high bass gauge
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well Erv,
how many features of bass strings? what kind of string is suitable for steelguitar?
Ashoke |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 13 Jul 2016 7:30 am
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It depends on what sort of steel guitar you have. If you are playing an acoustic guitar, I would go with the bronze strings, for an electric guitar, stick with the steel strings.
Regular under the arm guitar strings will work fine.
On most occasions, I just buy Ernie Ball strings by the gauge. |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 17 Jul 2016 10:08 am
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I'm still using b0b's old tuning chart/gauge guide, here:
http://www.b0b.com/infoedu/gauges.htm
These gauges are probably written for about a 22" to 24" scale, with the highest note you'd be using dictating the gauge. But what's cool is that the thing is still always proportionately accurate - for a 25" scale, I would chosse gauges one note higher than the given, but on the chart it'll still work out even. Like for this at 25" ->
E A E A C# E - use the chart's gauges for this:
F Bb F bB D F
Different guitars "like" different tightness, so you have to play around. Steel guitars are fairly forgiving about using "wrong" gauges, fortunately. |
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George Rout
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St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 21 Jul 2016 7:52 am
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Hello Ashoke. Finally I catch up with you.
Re the A Major tuning, I would suggest a No. 16 string for the first E string. In the A Major tuning there are many instances where the bar is tilted on the first string. If a player is "heavy handed" as I am, I have found that anything lighter than 16 leaves you open for the bar to push the string down and maybe even hit the edge of the fretboard. And even, if it doesn't hit, the string pitch can change.
This comes from 65 years of my experience of playing the ancient A Major tuning. I use 16, 18 and 22 gauges for the first, second and third strings.
Geo
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Ashoke kumar Das
From:
West Bengal, India
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Posted 8 Sep 2016 9:21 pm low bass & high bass gauge
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Well, im using the above guege. But it seems to be not accourute matching with Pick-up. My pick up tone is mostly into sharp tone. Any option? Thanks.
Ashoke. |
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 9 Sep 2016 7:01 am
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| It could either be your pickup or how your tone is adjusted, I don't think it's a string problem. |
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