String Gauge Help Please!!

Scott McRee · From: Georgia, USA

Changing a couple of the lower strings. String 9 from D to B and String 10 from B to E. Adds a bit of the sacred steel tunning. Its Dan Tyacks tuning. Please advise on what string company and gauges I should use. Thank you!!

Ron Pruter · From: Arizona, USA

Put whatever gauge you were using on 10 on 9. You may have to experiment with what gauge on 10. Maybe a .042 ?? RP
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Bobby D. Jones · From: West Virginia, USA

My first suggestion would be try to contact Dan Tyacks and obtain his string sizes. If no contact with Mr. Tyacks.

A good place to start would be look at and check, 12 string Universal tuning, Extended E9th tuning and C6th tuning to check larger string sizes.

The Universal Tuning SIT Strings.
B 9th string is .036
G# 10th string is .042
E 11th string is .054

If you can't find a set with sizes you want.
SIT and some other companies, Who supply single strings by size. Build yourself a couple sets of strings by size, Try them to see if they work proper.

Good Luck finding the strings you want, Happy Steelin.

Andrew Frost · From: Toronto, Ontario

Guages depend somewhat on how much you're lowering or raising those strings with your particular set up.
I use a 36 nickel wound on string 9, ( tuned to B ) a touch lighter than the typical 38w because I raise it up to D on RKL and I don't lower it at all.
If you don't raise it past C#, a 38w would be better.

56w is suitable for the low E on a 10 string as you might want to drop it to C# or D perhaps. Otherwise a 54w is pretty standard.

I have a G# on 10. its a 44w that raises to A and drops to F#.

John Sims · From: Ft. Lauderdale, FL

I use a .036W and a .042W on my U-12 with no issues.
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Larry Allen · From: Kapaa, Kauai,Hawaii

If yours is an S10 here’s my setup for an Ext E9.

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Donny Hinson · From: Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.

Here is a copy of an old string gauge chart from my files that may help you select custom gauges for your tuning:

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