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Topic: What kind of strings should I put on this beast? |
Max W. Thompson
From: Texas, USA
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Posted 8 Feb 2023 3:44 pm
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A friend of mine inherited this steel homemade steel guitar, and brought it to me to try and resurrect.
I need to know what suggested tuning for each neck? I'm thinking an E tuning and a G tuning, but I have no experience on slide with anything but E9 on a Blanton I used to have.
Basically it is two six string necks on a 24 inch scale body.
Any suggestions would be appreciated. |
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J Fletcher
From: London,Ont,Canada
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Posted 10 Feb 2023 4:57 am
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From here it looks like an S12 . |
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Noah Miller
From: Rocky Hill, CT
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Posted 10 Feb 2023 7:42 am
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Holy moly - is that a Lowrey? |
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Max W. Thompson
From: Texas, USA
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Posted 10 Feb 2023 8:29 am
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J Fletcher wrote: |
From here it looks like an S12 . |
It does, but the spacing is as wide as a six string guitar, so I figure it was designed to be two separate necks. |
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Max W. Thompson
From: Texas, USA
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Posted 10 Feb 2023 8:40 am
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Noah Miller wrote: |
Holy moly - is that a Lowrey? |
Yes. As far as I'm concerned, it is "The Lowrey". The same model as Garth Hudson played with The Band back in the old days.
I was looking for an organ to mess around on, and this one showed up, and I could not resist. Right now my toddler grandson plays on it more than I do, but I get to mess with it once in a while. (I'm more of an acoustic guitar guy now.)
Some day someone will show up that can really play it, and I'll make them take it home with them. |
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