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Topic: String gauge advice |
Dave Hepworth
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West Yorkshire, UK
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Posted 1 Feb 2025 6:58 am |
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Hi Folks,
I am wanting to start playing blues and rock on a 22.5 inch scale lap steel in open E tuning .The bottom string will be tuned to B and the top string tuned to G#.Could you please advise me on what string gauge set / pack would be appropriate please.Thanks in advance. |
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 1 Feb 2025 1:39 pm
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The set sold here (and elsewhere) linked below might work. Normally on a longer scale (like 25") set for E tuning the first string 13 gauge G# might break, but since the scale of your guitar is 22.5" I'm thinking it's okay.
Where I'm confused is the 6th string tuned to B. Open E normally has the 6th string tuned to E (I'm unfamiliar with B on the bottom). My question is are you tuning the 6th string down from E to B, or are you tuning it up to B from the normal E?
https://steelguitarshopper.com/e/
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Dave Hepworth
From:
West Yorkshire, UK
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Posted 1 Feb 2025 3:20 pm
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Hi Mark,
Many thanks ...B is dropped lower than the E which is on the 5th string |
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Jeff Highland
From:
New South Wales, Australia
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Posted 1 Feb 2025 4:28 pm
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A low B on a short scale is ambitious. What notes ae you tuning the rest of the strings to? Is That Ist string going to be tunes to G# above E? that would be quite a spread.
Normal Open E is tuned to an open E chord on armpit guitar
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