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Topic: Help Witth String Gauges |
Rocky Hill
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Prairie Village,Kansas, USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2007 9:23 am |
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I try to tune my 6 string from open E-EBEG#BE to a C6th/am7 tuning CEGACE from Brads page of steel and I keep breaking my A string,.046 going to E. Do I need a different set of strings? I am using a standard set of guitar strings from high to low .013 .017 .026 .036 .046 .056 am I trying to tune to high or will a different gauge of strings help or what am I doing wrong.
Rocky Hill |
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Ron Victoria
From:
New Jersey, USA
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 4 Nov 2007 10:09 am
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Rocky, I wouldn't recommend raising or lowering a string much more than a whole step (2 frets).
For the E tuning you should have:
E - .015
B - .020
G# - .022
E - .030
B - .038
E - .056
and for the C6 tuning you should have:
E - .015
C - .018
A - .022
G - .024
E - .030
C - .036
You need a second guitar if you want to use both of those tunings.
Look here to see charts of gauges and tunings that easily retune to other useful tunings.
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Rick Collins
From:
Claremont , CA USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2007 10:17 am
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Ron and Rick are correct, Rocky.
I have never, in my life, broken a string on a non-pedal steel guitar. |
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Rocky Hill
From:
Prairie Village,Kansas, USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2007 11:16 am
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Thanks for the suggestions, I figured I was crossing the line when trying to use one set of strings on two different tunings.
I started playing lap when I got a Epiphone Les Paul and set the action up to play slide. I found some lap steel tunings and started experimenting.
I laid the guitar down, started finger picking and using a Dobro steel, I was having such a good time I bought a new GFI pedal steel. That thing frustrates me where I end up picking up the the 6 string and playing it. I'm not really sure I did the right thing for me by getting the pedal in E9th. I really like the sound of a C6th.
Again thanks for the suggestions, keep them coming because I need all the help I can get
Rocky |
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Rick Abbott
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 4 Nov 2007 6:58 pm
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Try the Carter Steel website, they have an E9 tutorial that makes sense to a 6-stringer.
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Sho~Bud D-10 Professional #7962
Remington T-8, Sehy #112
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John Bechtel
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 5 Nov 2007 7:36 pm
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On a 22½” scale, I'd use these gauges for these tunings:
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C6 _ _ _ _ _ E _ _ _ _ _ A6
E .016p _ _ E .016p _ _ E .016p
C .020p _ _ B .022p _ _ C# .020p
A .024p _ _ G# .024p _ _ A .024p
G .026w _ _ E .032w _ _ F# .028w
E .032w _ _ B .042w _ _ E .032w
C .040w _ _ E .057w _ _ C# .038w
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<marquee> Go~Daddy~Go, (No), Go, It's your Break Time</marquee> L8R, jb
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Don Kona Woods
From:
Hawaiian Kama'aina
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 12:51 am
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I am with John on this.
The thicker guages give a better fuller tone.
The thinner guages tend to give more tinnyness to the sound.
My .01 cent worth.
Aloha, 
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Rocky Hill
From:
Prairie Village,Kansas, USA
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 7:26 pm
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| John Bechtel wrote: |
On a 22½” scale, I'd use these gauges for these tunings:
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C6 _ _ _ _ _ E _ _ _ _ _ A6
E .016p _ _ E .016p _ _ E .016p
C .020p _ _ B .022p _ _ C# .020p
A .024p _ _ G# .024p _ _ A .024p
G .026w _ _ E .032w _ _ F# .028w
E .032w _ _ B .042w _ _ E .032w
C .040w _ _ E .057w _ _ C# .038w
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I'm using a converted Les Paul to play lap with, the scale is 24 3/4 do these gauges still apply to the longer scale length?
Rocky |
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John Bechtel
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 6 Nov 2007 8:50 pm
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Rocky; _ _ _ No, I would sooner recommend that you follow Rick Alexander's suggestions, or even one size smaller!
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<marquee> Go~Daddy~Go, (No), Go, It's your Break Time</marquee> L8R, jb
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