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Topic: Getting rid of the 'clunk' G6 reso with new strings |
Michael Lester
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Posted 13 Mar 2024 7:12 am |
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Please recommend an 8 string reso string set for G6.
I'm finding a lot of sets for lap steel - but they're not wound for acoustic guitar. The set I put on this guitar was a lap steel set and may be the problem.
Your experience would be appreciated.
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Miles Lang
From:
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Posted 13 Mar 2024 10:40 am
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You may have to construct a set from singles. I use this chart for both acoustic/reso and electric steels. I like John Pearse 80/20 for the wound strings on my Weissenborn.
G6 - low or hi bass?
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Miles Lang
From:
Venturaloha
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Howard Parker
From:
Maryland
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Posted 13 Mar 2024 11:11 am
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FWIW
I use D'Addario EJ42 (6 string phos/bronze) and buy additional singles, .030 wound for string 4 and .058 wound for string 8.
Of course you can start with any standard reso set for G tuning and add singles as required.
I don't know that anyone makes a specific G6/8 string set for reso/dobro these days.
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Michael Lester
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 13 Mar 2024 12:50 pm Strings
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Thanks Miles and Howard.
I should have suspected that they'd have to be custom made up since I couldn't find a set anywhere for an acoustic 8.
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Michael Lester
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 13 Mar 2024 1:02 pm Just Strings
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Well...just looked up Just Strings .030 single string - $2.28. I could live with that...
Shipping = $7.95!
Disappointed. |
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Howard Parker
From:
Maryland
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Posted 13 Mar 2024 1:11 pm
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Ahh..
I buy (and use) 1 doz. of each gauge. I do change strings frequently.
Might be able to find small quantities at a local shop.
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Robert Murphy
From:
West Virginia
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Posted 13 Mar 2024 2:17 pm
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Michael Lester
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 14 Mar 2024 11:07 am Shipping kills experimenting
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Goldtone shipping for one set of 8 strings =$10.50
I might have fallen off the turnip truck, but I seriously doubt that a package of strings via USPS costs $10.50.
Next time I'm at Guitar Center I'll pick through the single string drawers. |
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Howard Parker
From:
Maryland
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Posted 14 Mar 2024 2:36 pm Re: Shipping kills experimenting
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| Michael Lester wrote: |
Goldtone shipping for one set of 8 strings =$10.50
I might have fallen off the turnip truck, but I seriously doubt that a package of strings via USPS costs $10.50.
Next time I'm at Guitar Center I'll pick through the single string drawers. |
Least expensive USPS flat rate Priority box is $10.50. Least expensive Priority Mail is now $9.85.
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Michael Lester
From:
Illinois, USA
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Posted 16 Mar 2024 1:05 pm Shipping for strings
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Thank you Howard... your numbers match what I found. My frustration comes from the shipping choices offered by vendors.
A package of coiled strings will easily fit in a padded (or unpadded) envelope that weighs less than an ounce and will ship for a couple postage stamps.
Why would the vendors offer only cartons at very irrational prices? You'll forgive me I hope if I'm skeptical and wonder if there's not a profit stream somewhere in the shipping part of the sale.
FWIW, I found a dozen American made .030 bronze guitar strings on Amazon for $12.79 + $3.49 shipping- $1.35 ea shipped. The online string sellers mentioned in this thread ships one string for $1.90+$7.50 making one string $9.85.
I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I know when something doesn't feel right.
BTW, I found two single strings to complete a 6 to 8 string set at Guitar Center for $2.40ea. |
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Howard Parker
From:
Maryland
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Posted 17 Mar 2024 5:42 am
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Vendors & many customers prefer Priority Mail. I know I do. The cheapest rate, even for an envelope is $9.85.
I don't see much of a profit in shipping.
As a former parts vendor, we would never use 3rd class/ "Parcel Post".
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Eric Dahlhoff
From:
Point Arena, California
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Posted 17 Mar 2024 9:44 pm
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Yep, shipping is high now-a-days 
But the cost of shipping one string is the same as shipping 10 sets of strings. So I always order strings for a bunch of my guitars at once. Including a few extras to try something new. Unless you live near a store that sells singles, that's how it is. 
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