Lap Steel Guitar Strings Gauge

Depending on your tuning and other factors there is leeway and room for personal choice when stringing up a straight steel guitar.

Lap steel guitar strings gauge.

For pedal steel the choices are more limited due to the physics of raising and lowering strings. 4 6 out of 5 stars 26. Ghs custom c6th 6 lap steel guitar strings gauges 15 36w 2 sets. Jerry liked the tone obtained from using a slightly thicker gauge string.

Bob quasar has a string gauge chart on his pedal steel web page. These lap steel string are custom made to fits any 6 string lap stand up steel guitars and designed for c6th tuning. If you would like to request a certain tuning or custom string gauge on your lap steel we will be happy to make those changes for you at no additional charge before we ship. 4 6 out of 5 stars 21.

Sgn products formally the steel guitar network world famous ghs custom c6th 6 lap steel guitar strings. Individual non pedal lap guitar strings can be found in the single strings section. All of our six string steels ship with these strings. We carry string sets designed for 6 string a6th c6th e13th and e7th tunings as well as 8 string a6th c6th e13th and e7th tunings.

The string gauge chart below could be used as a general guide for pedal steel guitar but is primarily aimed at steel guitar without pedals. Beloved steel guitar legend jerry byrd 1920 2005 said he preferred to use a 016 string for his top e string. Get it as soon as thu sep 3. Just let us know in the comments section of your order.

Ghs lap e nickel plated steel electric hawaiian lap steel e tuning strings. You ll get a good overview of what is commercially available by visiting this site. 4 4 out of 5 stars 46. Non pedal lap steel guitar strings are available in many different tunings.

The jmls e six string set is designed for e major tuning. Ghs lap e nickel plated steel electric hawaiian lap steel e tuning strings. Just strings has a wide variety of lap steel strings available. Ghs custom c6th 6 lap steel guitar strings gauges 15 36w 2 sets.

Certain tunings require that you use a different set of strings than a normal electric or acoustic guitar would use. Ghs electric lap steel strings g tuning 16 58.