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I am looking for some guidelines on what strings most steelers are using on their E-9 setup.

This should give you some guidelines.
http://b0b.com/products/strings.html <FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Bob Knight on 04 October 2002 at 05:46 AM.]</p></FONT>

This chart (another of B0B's covers alternates for raises. http://www.b0b.com/infoedu/gauges.htm

Most players use packaged sets.
Go to Scotty's Music website and take a look at the string sets he sells. Those are pretty typical gauges. There's the 'Nashville' style set that tends to be a bit lighter than the 'Tension Balanced' set -- both for E9 and C6. There are also sets for 12-string E9/B6 -- or else you can buy strings separately -- individual strings or by the dozen (that's what I prefer).

Some players prefer nickel; others prefer stainless. It is noteworthy that ONLY THE WOUND STRINGS ARE DIFFERENT -- the plain ones are the same material. There are very few mfgrs of the string wire. Many companies wind their own -- but that's just for the wound. There are also a few different alloys available, such as the Cobra Coil that Bobbe Seymour sells at Steel Guitar Nashville

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Here is another source. They have been real good to me. http://www.juststrings.com/pedalsteelguitar.html

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