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Matt Lange

 

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Wisconsin, USA
Post  Posted 8 Mar 2023 1:03 pm    
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Hi all, been a minute since I posted, but I am now the proud owner of a National New Yorker Lap steel, listed as 1939 but I think it's a 1940. Anyhow, love playing it so far, but I have a strange issue: string 5 is much louder than the other strings, and string 1 is noticeably quieter. The other strings seem about the same. It was tuned to c6 when I got it but I put new strings on to move it to my preferred d6 tuning (one step up). I used SIT strings, gauges form low to high D.034w F#.026w A.020 B.018 D.015 F#.014
My only thought is to swap the loud bottom F# to an unwound string, but that doesn't help my quiet top F#. Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated.
Cheers.
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Noah Miller


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Rocky Hill, CT
Post  Posted 8 Mar 2023 1:36 pm    
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If you remove the hand rest, you'll find that the poles are individually adjustable.
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Matt Lange

 

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Wisconsin, USA
Post  Posted 8 Mar 2023 6:34 pm    
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Whelp, that was easy! Adjusting the poles did the trick, thanks for the help!
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