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Topic: All Plain Strings |
DroopyPawn
From:
Fox, OK, USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2003 1:57 am |
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I'm interested in a set of strings for my dobro but with all plain strings. No wound ones. Any chance I could find something like that? I just want to try it out.
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Larry Bell
From:
Englewood, Florida
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Posted 2 Jan 2003 6:28 am
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I don't think you're gonna find an unwound string much bigger than 026. In most reso sets the four lowest strings are 026 or larger.
What is the objective? Why unwound strings?
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Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2000 Fessenden S-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro |
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DroopyPawn
From:
Fox, OK, USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2003 6:57 am
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I just want to hear how it sounds.
gs
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 2 Jan 2003 8:56 am
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You could possibly get music wire large enough to make your own set...but as Larry said, "Why bother". It wouldn't sound as good, it would play a lot "stiffer" on the low strings, and as the flexibility and string tensions would be higher on those big strings, read---unbalanced, you would stand a good chance damaging your Dobro (neck, nut, or cone). Bad idea, really.
Distinguish yourself by playing well, and not by just by "sounding different".
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Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2003 10:35 am
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Speaking of plain strings, I know of one local lap steel player that uses the same guage plain strings for all of his unwound strings on a 6 string lap steel.
The guy has a slant-o-matic touch and sounds great! |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 2 Jan 2003 11:19 am
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| Moved to 'No Peddlers' section |
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