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Boaz
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 strings gauges looked at SE site and couldn't find
any detailed chart regarding string gauges for all tunings ?
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Captain Strings
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Re: strings gauges One of life's great mysteries.
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Boaz
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Re: strings gauges feels like i opened a Pandora box here...
never knew
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Oct. 2024
#7159, Grand Railboard, Plum, RMR, MIDI melody.
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Stickup, Fretrails
March 2002
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqqNYL ... JdyVB5aBZQ
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Gerald
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Re: strings gauges Hi
the only "official" is in emmets "Free Hands".
But I´ve read in this forum, that SE changed the gauge over the years.
There are several threads about this topic here, but very low information about this.
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piratebruce
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Re: strings gauges Captain Strings wrote: One of life's great mysteries. True , we've all looked Boaz, it seems to be guarded by STICK a little like the Nuclear Launch Codes. I guess to stop people seeking alternative suppliers too easily? Which reminds me I need to re-string the Alto this week with my spare pack.. A new set in to Australia with exchange rates and shipping is about $100 Aus.  . The strings you saw at Stick Camp which were new , are finally dead!. 
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Per Boysen
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Re: strings gauges I typically go with a 0.009 or 0.010 as the thinnest for my twelve-stringed sticks and SG-12s. On the melody side I use a regular guitar set and on the bass side I pick strings to match the required pitches. For SG-12 I like the sound better when using a little fatter strings and tuning the instruments lower than the SE recommendation while on the 36" Stick I rather go with as thin strings as possible and tune the instrument higher, one or two half notes. All for the best sound, to my ears.
(edit:) I'd like to add that I think all my instruments sound better when using a set of strings that stretches a little harder than the SE recommendation (meaning fatter strings or higher pitched).
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Re: strings gauges Back when I worked at a Texas music store (20 years ago), one of the string repairmen had a tool that measured string gauges. So I measured my Stick strings and kept a record of them.
Here are the gauges for a 10-string Baritone Melody HEAVY:
1st - .010
2nd - .014
3rd - .018
4th - .027
5th - .038
6th - .128
7th - .087
8th - .048
9th - .026
10th - .016
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Captain Strings
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Re: strings gauges You could use a micrometer and check your outgoing set but good luck finding alternative strings long enough for a Stick for anything other the first and last string. Even then you'll only get about 2 wraps around the tuning machine -barely enough to hold tuning.
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Boaz
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Re: strings gauges Quote: A new set in to Australia with exchange rates and shipping is about $100 Aus. and i thought the $73 price i paid for a set is quite high...
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Boaz Bar Levy
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March 2002
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Per Boysen
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Re: strings gauges Boaz wrote: Quote: A new set in to Australia with exchange rates and shipping is about $100 Aus. and i thought the $73 price i paid for a set is quite high... By today's rate USD 100 is AUS 76,50.
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