Richard, I'll appreciate your good advice on this... everyone else please chime in too of course. I want to restring my steels and would like opinions on what to get. Here's what I'm going for:
Gretsch cheapie lap, Nashville C6 tuning
'38 Rick lap, open E tuning, need tight gauge due to low pu clearance
'63 Rick lap, no ideas yet, i'm all ears
Thanks! J
Yo Shatzy! Got a string question.
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Re: Yo Shatzy! Got a string question.
Hey Landsman,
The strings need to be setup relative to the scale length and the notes being tuned. I think all the instruments you want to string are 22" to 23" scale length. I usually tune E or D, and for those tunings I use D'Addario half round 13-56. I haven't done C6 yet.
Check out Brad's Page of Steel and the Steel Guitar Forum for that and every other tuning known.
The strings need to be setup relative to the scale length and the notes being tuned. I think all the instruments you want to string are 22" to 23" scale length. I usually tune E or D, and for those tunings I use D'Addario half round 13-56. I haven't done C6 yet.
Check out Brad's Page of Steel and the Steel Guitar Forum for that and every other tuning known.
Re: Yo Shatzy! Got a string question.
Thanks Richard, you're the man!