All Plain Strings

DroopyPawn · Post by **DroopyPawn** » 2 Jan 2003 1:57 am

I'm interested in a set of strings for my dobro but with all plain strings. No wound ones. Any chance I could find something like that? I just want to try it out.

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Larry Bell · Post by **Larry Bell** » 2 Jan 2003 6:28 am

I don't think you're gonna find an unwound string much bigger than 026. In most reso sets the four lowest strings are 026 or larger.

What is the objective? Why unwound strings?

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<small>Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2000 Fessenden S-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro

DroopyPawn · Post by **DroopyPawn** » 2 Jan 2003 6:57 am

I just want to hear how it sounds.
gs

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Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 2 Jan 2003 8:56 am

You could possibly get music wire large enough to make your own set...but as Larry said, "Why bother". It <u>wouldn't</u> sound as good, it would play a lot "stiffer" on the low strings, and as the flexibility and string tensions would be higher on those big strings, read---unbalanced, you would stand a good chance damaging your Dobro (neck, nut, or cone). Bad idea, really.

Distinguish yourself by playing well, and not by just by "sounding different".

my2cents.

Pete Burak · Post by **Pete Burak** » 2 Jan 2003 10:35 am

Speaking of plain strings, I know of one local lap steel player that uses the same guage plain strings for all of his unwound strings on a 6 string lap steel.
The guy has a slant-o-matic touch and sounds great!

Post by **b0b** » 2 Jan 2003 11:19 am

Moved to 'No Peddlers' section