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Post by Curt on Jan 3, 2006 15:01:20 GMT -7
Rarely if ever break a string live...but gimmie a campfire, an audiance and a few brew's and somethings gonna break !! Alcohol breaks strings, period........, well for me
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Post by Deleted on Jan 3, 2006 17:11:29 GMT -7
Alcohol. Sounds like a title to a song.
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Post by billyguitar on Jan 15, 2006 9:42:00 GMT -7
I like to do double string bends on the b and g strings (for instance playing both parts of Albatross at the same time myself) so I have been using a .012 and a .016 in those postions for the last month or so. Yesterday I restrung my guitar and went back to a .013 and a .017 in those positions. The bigger strings really did sound better. I hate to say it but bigger does sound better, to a degree. That degree being too big and strings start to sound dead. I've also noted this on my lap steels. There seems to be an optimal guage for each pitch. It would take more research than I want to to. What sounds best to me so far is to take a .010 thru .052 set and change the .010 for a much better sounding .011. Please bear in mind that this is all subjective and YMMV. Also you should know that I bend a lot and play a 25-1/2" scale instrument. If you're used to playing .009s these gauges will cramp you up in a hurry. It takes time to adjust but if I can do it anybody can. If I played a 24-3/4" scale guitar I would bump all of those guages up and thousandth or two.
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Post by bluzsteel on Jan 15, 2006 10:27:35 GMT -7
I like to do double string bends on the b and g strings (for instance playing both parts of Albatross at the same time myself) so I have been using a .012 and a .016 in those postions for the last month or so. Yesterday I restrung my guitar and went back to a .013 and a .017 in those positions. The bigger strings really did sound better. I hate to say it but bigger does sound better, to a degree. That degree being too big and strings start to sound dead. I've also noted this on my lap steels. There seems to be an optimal guage for each pitch. It would take more research than I want to to. What sounds best to me so far is to take a .010 thru .052 set and change the .010 for a much better sounding .011. Please bear in mind that this is all subjective and YMMV. Also you should know that I bend a lot and play a 25-1/2" scale instrument. If you're used to playing .009s these gauges will cramp you up in a hurry. It takes time to adjust but if I can do it anybody can. If I played a 24-3/4" scale guitar I would bump all of those guages up and thousandth or two. Im still looking for my fav lap steel gauge, to big on the lap and all the whine goes away
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Post by billyguitar on Jan 15, 2006 12:09:41 GMT -7
I have a book about Hawaiian guitar playing and players. It has a million different tunings in it and it gives guages for at least some of them. Some of the guages are lighter than you would expect, might be due to the different kinds of strings they had in the old days. To a lesser degree it also depends on what scale length your lap steel has. Most of the little 6 strings are 22-1/2", I think, and some of the bigger steels are like 24". One real important aspect is that the gauges get bigger in a very uniform way so that the bar will lay flat and contact them all at the same time. Otherwise some notes will rattle or zing. Dave, I'm sure you know these things but I'm trying to help the guys starting off on lap steel. I play an E6 tuning and I think I use a .014 for the high E. If you want to hear this tuning in action, go to my band's website www.luckysoandsos.com and click on 'the tunes'. Play 24 Hours and I do an 8 string lap steel (Supro) solo on that one. I also sing it.
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Post by bluzsteel on Jan 15, 2006 14:29:30 GMT -7
I have a book about Hawaiian guitar playing and players. It has a million different tunings in it and it gives guages for at least some of them. Some of the guages are lighter than you would expect, might be due to the different kinds of strings they had in the old days. To a lesser degree it also depends on what scale length your lap steel has. Most of the little 6 strings are 22-1/2", I think, and some of the bigger steels are like 24". One real important aspect is that the gauges get bigger in a very uniform way so that the bar will lay flat and contact them all at the same time. Otherwise some notes will rattle or zing. Dave, I'm sure you know these things but I'm trying to help the guys starting off on lap steel. I play an E6 tuning and I think I use a .014 for the high E. If you want to hear this tuning in action, go to my band's website www.luckysoandsos.com and click on 'the tunes'. Play 24 Hours and I do an 8 string lap steel (Supro) solo on that one. I also sing it. cool man, nice hearing E9th on 24 Hrs, we use to do that tune with Delbert
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Post by billyguitar on Jan 15, 2006 14:43:42 GMT -7
I think it's originally a Hank Ballard tune but Delbert's why I do it. Delbert use to come to Knsas City about every year until they stopped having the big Blues and Jazz festivals. Always a great live show. You must be proud to have been a part of such a good act! I know I would be.
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Post by bluzsteel on Jan 18, 2006 20:54:58 GMT -7
we started out playing the Lone Star in KC, then the festivals, and yes I feel very lucky and proud to have been a small part of Delberts legacy
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Post by billyguitar on Jan 20, 2006 17:48:03 GMT -7
I'm sure I must've seen you. He always has good players and rightfully so.
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