Lap Steel?: Tunings and Strings? - Tiki Music

T Tiki_Bong Member Huntington Beach, CA Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: -16	T Tiki_Bong Posted posted on Mon, Aug 15, 2005 7:02 PM Freak-B, While C6 may sound more Hawaiian, other good tunings are E7 and straight G major. Just because a company doesn't offer pre-packaged sets of strings in certain tunings, doesn't mean you can build your own set of strings for a particular tuning. Many guitar stores sell individual strings in most gauges. Check out the site Brad's Page of Steel (or something similar). They have a page that gives a listing of string gauges for different tunings. Check out http://www.juststrings.com for your strings. I get my steel strings on this site. They have them under guitar -> Hawaiian lap steel guitar and non-pedal lap steel guitar. Good luck, and practice hard! [ Edited by: Tiki_Bong 2005-08-15 19:04 ]

Freak-B,

While C6 may sound more Hawaiian, other good tunings are E7 and straight G major.

Just because a company doesn't offer pre-packaged sets of strings in certain tunings, doesn't mean you can build your own set of strings for a particular tuning. Many guitar stores sell individual strings in most gauges.

Check out the site Brad's Page of Steel (or something similar). They have a page that gives a listing of string gauges for different tunings.

Check out http://www.juststrings.com for your strings.

I get my steel strings on this site. They have them under guitar -> Hawaiian lap steel guitar and non-pedal lap steel guitar.

Good luck, and practice hard!

[ Edited by: Tiki_Bong 2005-08-15 19:04 ]

Post #179882 by Tiki_Bong on Mon, Aug 15, 2005 7:02 PM