Stringmaster 24.5 C6 8 string..guages and brand?

Jeremy Brownlow · From: San Marcos, Texas, USA

howdy folks..
what are good guages and brand to string up a 1955 D8 24.5 scale stringmaster for the standard C6?...thanks in advance

G
E
C
A
G
E
C
A

[This message was edited by Jeremy Brownlow on 04 March 2005 at 02:16 PM.]

Chris Scruggs · From: Nashville, Tennessee, USA

With a 24.5" scale, you can just buy a C6 pedal steel set and use the high eight strings.

CS

John Bechtel · From: Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.

John Pearse has individual-strings available at very reasonable prices! http://www.Jpinfo@aol.com
This is my choice for 24½” Scale C6:
G .012p
E .015p
C .018p
A .022p
G .024w
E .030w
C .036w
A .044w

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“Big John” Bechtel
’49-’50 Fender T–8 Custom
’65 Re-Issue Fender Twin–Reverb Custom™ 15” Eminence

Todd Weger · From: Safety Harbor, FLAUSA

I like to use .016 to .070, like these:
http://www.juststrings.com/jps-7600.html

I tune (hi-lo): E-C-A-G-E-C-A-C

I sometimes raise that low A to Bb for a C13, ala Junior Brown, or sometimes lower it to G, but most of the time not. That really low C is critical for an 8-string, C6 Hawaiian tuning, IMO.

TJW

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Todd James Weger/RD/RTD
1956 Fender Stringmaster T-8 (C6, A6, B11); 1960 Fender Stringmaster D-8 (C6, B11/A6); Chandler RH-4 Koa semi-hollow lapsteel (open G); Regal resonator (open D or G)

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