Ok, I am posting this as I head out the door for work. My first CBG build is about done. I am ready to string it up.
I am using some strings I had given to me. Some of the packages have numbers, one has a .025 on it. Not sure
What it all means. I am numbered 2, .025, 3, 4, 5 and 6. What strings should I ise on my 3 stringer? As I see it I don't
Have the little E string.
Any info would be helpful here.
Thanks,
Mike
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There are many possibilities for stringing and tuning a CBG. A very common tuning is GDg. Use the A , D, G strings. This would be strings 5, 4, 3. The thicker wound strings, but not string 6, the thickest low E. The A is tuned down to G.
Without changing strings, you can retune to ADf# which is Open D tuning. Currently, I have a series of free lessons on my page teaching a method of moveable chords that makes it possible to play and strum the CBG like a standard guitar.
If you are interested in lessons for the GDg tuning, please check out my instructional video CD 4 that is for sale here:
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There are many possibilities for stringing and tuning a CBG. A very common tuning is GDg. Use the A , D, G strings. This would be strings 5, 4, 3. The thicker wound strings, but not string 6, the thickest low E. The A is tuned down to G.
Without changing strings, you can retune to ADf# which is Open D tuning. Currently, I have a series of free lessons on my page teaching a method of moveable chords that makes it possible to play and strum the CBG like a standard guitar.
If you are interested in lessons for the GDg tuning, please check out my instructional video CD 4 that is for sale here:
http://shop.ebay.com/njmikeb/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&a...
Please feel free to write if you have any questions. Enjoy your new build, Keni Lee
What it means.
The .025 string means it 25 thousandths thick.
The 2,3,4,5,6 that the location the string goes. 1 being the thinnest ( bottom) 6 the thickest (top).
Which ones I would use? 2,3,4 or 3,4,5. Depending on the sound I was looking for.
2,3,4 for a higher tone, 3,4,5 for a lower.
AFKAM