Nashville tuning

Rawb

Anyone ever string a guitar for a Nashville tuning?

So if... the 1st string is a 10, and the 2nd a 13 and the third a 17.

What gage would you use for the 4, 5, an 6th ..24,32, 42?

Or thinner?

Manitou

What you do is buy a 12-string set, and just use the smaller of the strings on your 6 string guitar. Voila there ya go.
Happy Thanksgiving by the way!

Send those bridge cables that are left over to Tal.
....only he likes them flat...so flatten them out with a hammer first. :P

dthgtr

If you go to www.sweetwater.com go to videos and research on the top bar and navigate to the glossary section.They detail the string gauge
sizes and they also sell one set of Nashville tuning strings(D'Addario) for $5.00/pack.Shipping and handling is free.This is where I order my strings.

At www.daddario.com they not only tell you the string gauges but their tension also.You can also purchase single packs of strings if you would rather use different gauges.
That way you wouldn't have to waste strings.

Later.

Rawb

\Manitou\ wrote:

What you do is buy a 12-string set, and just use the smaller of the strings on your 6 string guitar. Voila there ya go.
Happy Thanksgiving by the way! :P

Aw..Ha! Thanks tou

Hey Don thanks for them links.. If I knew sweet water had that be your own expert site ... I done forgot about it..

If y'all haven't noticed I am going places that I never thought I would go! those that know me are raising eye browse... I just have to get some overalls to make the transformation complete! :twisted:

I have me a banjo comming my way :shock: should have in my hands this weekend. 8) Hope my fingers take a liking to it! :P

And Happy Thanks Giving to y'all too!



Ya I know Tou, somehow your gonna have a pic of the deliverance kid incorporated in a post! 8) :twisted: :twisted:

Rawb an Tou, cut heads!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqxzWdKKu8

Gib

\Rawb\ wrote:

I have me a banjo comming my way :shock: should have in my hands this weekend. 8) Hope my fingers take a liking to it!

I always wanted a banjo. I see them 6-string banjos on the Price is Right . . . they're tuned just like a guitar. That would be awesome.

Manitou

What's happening to us? :P

I got me fiddle and it does Cripple Creek so far. 8)
...and parts of Transylvanian Lullaby. (Young Frankenstein Theme)
I can't do the vibrato yet. That's harder than it looks.

Rawb

\Gib\ wrote:

I always wanted a banjo. I see them 6-string banjos on the Price is Right . . . they're tuned just like a guitar. That would be awesome.

Wouldn't that just make it a guitar with nashville tuning? :P

Hey gib it's a five stringer! I say go for it! some pretty decent beginer models out there for a couple bills if you want new.. E-bay pawn shops etc probably find 'em real cheap, just to try out an see how you like it.

\tou\ wrote:

What's happening to us?

I got me fiddle and it does Cripple Creek so far.

Were musicians (I think) have to keep exploring new territory ( I'll stay with that! )

Besides it's only natural.. blue grass is the original shred and it's home grown.. though todays shredders will never admit it! :P

Cripple Creek! Perhaps I might be able to get that down by spring for your first Ho Down in your barn LoL


Yet the question still remains... What's happening to us? I still want to get a dulcimer! :shock: :roll: Guess the good thing is a blue grass out fit don't need no drummer!

Rawb

What Rawb an Manitou hear when they play Cripple Creek
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4sqishGuYw&feature=fvw

What eveyone else hears!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aIuOBv5d4g

Manitou

:shock: ...a dulcimer! ......ah..yeah..yeah..um you should see yer Doctor.
There's gotta be a sauve or something to help you with that itch.
...I could see Shredd getting a dulcimer. He'll do anything to impress Shania.