Before you leave the store...

[Doug Garrick]

This may save you a trip back to the music store.

My local music store stocks whatever steel guitar strings I tell them to stock. So, on my suggestion, they were carrying the S.I.T. Buddy Emmons signature series but their last shipment from S.I.T. wasn't any particular series just plain ol' S.I.T. Pedal Steel guitar strings. Since the package 'claimed' that the gauges were the same as the Buddy Emmons signature series I took an E9th set home without much thought and proceded to change strings on my EMCI. Half way through the neck the #6 string comes out of the package as 020 wound instead of the 022 plain that was listed on the package. So... I robbed a 022p from another set and finished the job. I went back to the store and relayed the situation to the owner. We started looking through the rest of the S.I.T. shipment and found 2 more packages of strings that had 020 wound strings instead the 022p listed on the package. I guess I will start checking the gauges before I leave the store from now on.

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[Bobby Boggs]

Good idea. But last I heard Buddy was using George L's.

[Tony Prior]

Also make sure you have your wallet, checkbook and credit card !

I never would have thought to open a pack of strings to check for the correct gaugge sizes..Who woulda' thunk it ...

tp

[Jack Francis]

I switched to the Jagwires that b0b sells here on the forum, haven't broken a string since. Great tone and it helps the forum.
Jack

[chas smith]

I've switched to elasic bands and bungee chords, haven't broken one yet either and the tone really sets me apart from everyone else.

[Bill Ford]

I also have a set of Jagwires(Tommy White)just installed,like them so far,also purchased from b0b.

Chas,
Would that be a sorta boingy/twangy tone?
BF

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Bill Ford