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Sonny Jenkins


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Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
Post  Posted 12 Apr 2009 7:29 am    
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I would like to tune my 8 string reso to a B6,,to be more commensurate with my PSG 12 string uni. Any recommendations on string guages???
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Sonny Jenkins


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Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
Post  Posted 12 Apr 2009 12:09 pm    
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Seems like I remember seeing a "string guage chart",,,but a search does not yield anything??? Anyone???
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Rick Alexander


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Post  Posted 12 Apr 2009 12:41 pm    
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Sonny, I have a chart on my tunings page that may help you.
It shows the gauges for the tunings I use.
http://rickalexander.com/BigSteel/Tunings.html
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Mel Taylor


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Alabama, USA
Post  Posted 12 Apr 2009 2:53 pm    
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Sonny, you can try these websites also. I hope these links work.
Mel Taylor
http://www.hawaiiansteel.com/tunings/my_tunings.php

http://www.b0b.com/infoedu/gauges.htm
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Lynn Oliver


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Redmond, Washington USA * R.I.P.
Post  Posted 12 Apr 2009 10:57 pm    
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This may be the string gauge chart you were thinking about.
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Sonny Jenkins


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Texas Masonic Retirement Center,,,Arlington Tx
Post  Posted 13 Apr 2009 7:27 am    
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Mel and Lynn,,,,yes,,both of those were the ones,,,thanks a million guys.

Also let me say this ,,,,I emailed Beard guitars for a recommendation on strings and Howard responded PROMPTLY,,,talk about support!!!! and this is just an old no-name reso that I converted to 8 string.
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