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Larry Hopkins
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Lubbock Texas USA
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Posted 29 Nov 2023 5:23 pm |
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Was wondering on the third string g#.will a .11 gauge stretch easier than a .12 gauge I keep breaking the .11 put a .12 on and it tunes up and plays fine ,not much different in tone.it breaks the .11 right on the changer finger. 
Larry
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Chris Templeton
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The Green Mountain State
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 29 Nov 2023 7:28 pm
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Yes, it takes more tension to tune a 12 to the same note as an 11 due to it's larger mass.
Several players use 12...probably just as many use 11 or 11 ½ with the PG designation which means they are specific to pedal steel guitars.
I like 12's for most of my guitars, but I will use whatever's in the seat compartment at the time. |
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K Maul
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Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
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Posted 30 Nov 2023 5:21 am
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Interesting how people started using 11s instead of 10s for the same reason but modern designs make it possible now to use a heavier string. I still use 11s on most of my steels but will start changing over to 12s and see how it goes.
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Larry Hopkins
From:
Lubbock Texas USA
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Posted 30 Nov 2023 7:12 am String
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Thanks guys
Larry
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,peavey renown 115,Vegas 400, Peavey envoy, peavy bandit 65 head,baby bloomer
2 -Nashville 400, Emmons SD-10 legrande lll ,Emmons Black Rock ,sho-bud pac a seat,,Jackson Madison 63; |
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Larry Allen
From:
Kapaa, Kauai,Hawaii
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Posted 30 Nov 2023 11:19 am G#
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I have used Cobras then NYXLs .012 for years.. no breakage (Excel). Balances volume and tone better , .when I used .011s they would break at the bridge from the stretching… 
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John Hyland
From:
South Australia
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Posted 1 Dec 2023 12:42 pm
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Going in the other direction I seem to remember my fist PSG had a .009.
Neededless to say but It was pretty thin sounding. |
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Bobby D. Jones
From:
West Virginia, USA
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Posted 1 Dec 2023 9:49 pm
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It is a rule of physics. It takes less pressure to move a smaller string to desired note, But the string must be pulled further to reach the note.
It takes more pressure to move a larger string to desired note, But the larger string does not have to travel as far to reach the desired note.
If you do the math a .012 has about 14 percent more area in the diameter of the string than a .011 does.
Tone difference seems to be the ear that hears it. |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 3 Dec 2023 2:49 pm
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| John references the .009 gauge from years gone by. When I first started on PSG late 70s a .010 was not unusual for the 3rd in an E9 set....actually quite common. I think over the years steel guitar tone graduated toward a thicker, fatter sound. I began using .011's shortly after beginning and went to .012s sometime a few years later and still prefer them today but 11s or 11.5s are certainly adequate. |
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