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Strings for lap steel
My father in law just brought me his 1946 BR-3 Gibson Lap steel to change the strings on. He hasnt changed them since 1953.
How do you determine the gauges? I would think you need different gauges depending on how you tune the guitar. And--if you are tuned to open G, does that mean you can only play certain songs? I dont understand this guitar and open tuning. Some help would be appreciated. Thank you.
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There isn't a "standard" lap steel tuning at this time. DADF#AD (low to high) is pretty widely used for blues & rock, CEGACE for country & swing. Does your father-in-law play? If so, ask him what tuning, I guess.
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Thanks. He said he took 12 lessons in 1953 then lost interest. Now at 80 years old he wants to pick it up again, but I doubt he would know anything about string gauges or tunings. I will have to do that for him.
Thanks both of you.
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(You may see EBEG#BE sets, those are the same intervals a DADF#AD, just one step higher)
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If you go to the JP Strings website, it will show their recommended string gauges for various tunings (Am, C6, B11) for 6-string lap steel guitars. Here is the link: https://www.jpstrings.com/brstring.htm#haw6
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Old post from the Steel Guitar Forum, containing a chart of gauge vs. pitch and scale:
https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=181987 |