| What gauge is your 1st string on 10-string C6th? |
| .011 (G) |
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2% |
[ 2 ] |
| .012 (G) |
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28% |
[ 20 ] |
| .013 (G) |
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5% |
[ 4 ] |
| .014 (?) |
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1% |
[ 1 ] |
| .015 (D) |
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18% |
[ 13 ] |
| .016 (D) |
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11% |
[ 8 ] |
| .017 (D) |
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26% |
[ 18 ] |
| .018 (D) |
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1% |
[ 1 ] |
| other |
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2% |
[ 2 ] |
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| Total Votes : 69 |
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Topic: Poll: what gauge is your 1st string on C6th? |
b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2017 8:34 am |
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The D'Addario poll got me thinking. Buddy's SIT set has .017 for the first string D. Seems a bit heavy to me. What do you use?
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Last edited by b0b on 10 Mar 2017 10:30 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 10 Mar 2017 12:09 pm
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I still use a G on the 1st string. I use George L's and it is a .012.
.017 is what Mr Franklin told me to use if I used a D on the 1st string. |
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Richard Sinkler
From:
aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 10 Mar 2017 2:11 pm
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.015 (D) Live Steel Strings standard gauge.
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Ian Rae
From:
Redditch, England
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Posted 10 Mar 2017 2:31 pm
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0.015" - string 2 on a B6 uni raising to D# for E9 purposes. Agreed .017 seems a bit heavy.
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 10 Mar 2017 5:25 pm
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Zero seventeen for the s.1 D string, raised to Eb with a LKV lever.
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Rick Abbott
From:
Indiana, USA
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Posted 10 Mar 2017 7:17 pm
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I use a 13 on the G (first string). Both of my pedal steels are 23" scale.
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 12 Mar 2017 9:25 am
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| Herb Steiner wrote: |
| Zero seventeen for the s.1 D string, raised to Eb with a LKV lever. |
I thought you were a high G guy, Herb.
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 12 Mar 2017 11:19 am
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| b0b wrote: |
| Herb Steiner wrote: |
| Zero seventeen for the s.1 D string, raised to Eb with a LKV lever. |
I thought you were a high G guy, Herb. |
Not since October 1977, b0b. I had a conversation Paul Franklin Jr. at the DJ Convention in Nashville that year wherein he explained how necessary it was, and it totally made sense to me, melodically.
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Ron Hogan
From:
Nashville, TN, usa
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Posted 13 Mar 2017 8:31 am
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| 014 guage |
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Paddy Long
From:
Christchurch, New Zealand
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Posted 19 Mar 2017 6:20 pm
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my first three are 017, 014, 017 .... I also raise my 1st D a half tone.
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Greg Cutshaw
From:
Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 19 Mar 2017 7:16 pm
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12 string C6 top 3 strings:
F .013
D .015
G .011 |
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Tiny Olson
From:
Mohawk River Valley, Upstate NY
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Posted 20 Mar 2017 2:13 pm
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.015 (D) on my '69 "Original" Emmons and .016 (D) on my LeGrande. Like Herb, I raise the 1st string a half-tone w/ an additional, dedicated C6 lever. It's a LKR though, not a verticle.
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