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Topic: String gauges for shorter scale? |
Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 11 Sep 2002 12:09 pm |
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Is there a list of optimum string gauges that anyone can give me for a 22 1/2" scale Dickerson/Magnatone lap steel?
My basic tuning is A C E G A C (low to high).
I raise or lower most strings a half step from there either way sometimes.
I've seen bOb's pedal steel gauge chart, but was wondering about the shorter scale.
Thanks in advance. Rick |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 11 Sep 2002 12:26 pm
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22.5 inches is very close to the 1st fret on a 24 inch neck. So your C6 could use the gauges that you would use for B6 on a 24 inch neck, such as:
C .017
A .020
G .026
E .030
C .036
A .042
I might use heavier than these on C and A strings, because these gauges I listed are for strings that get raised by pedals, which doesn't happen on yours. |
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 11 Sep 2002 1:12 pm
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You Da Man Earnest! That's pretty close to what I've come up with also. Which C & A would you go heavier on? (low or high?) I DO raise the low strings up a half step occationally. I like the feel of as heavy as possible string gauges on this particular axe, I just didnt want to overdo it. It's such a cute little thing that I dearly love making sound as big as I possibly can.
Thanks again...Cheers! |
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Fred Brown
From:
Austin, TX
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Posted 11 Sep 2002 2:44 pm
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Rick,
I am pretty close to Ernie also on my ol' Dickerson and it sounds pretty good. It seems to stay intonated at the higher frets also, compared to the heavier strings. I got my info from the John Ely web site http://panworld.net/~johnely/learning/gauges.html
Fred |
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