just built a four string lap steel cos i cant find a box yet for my cbg,22 1/2in from bridge to nut using four middle strings and pick up from an old strat copy any body got any tips for tuning the dam thing
thanks the slider took about three hrs so far,beech body an brass fittings still needs a final rub down an sealing might even treat it to some new strings ,nice looking cbg,thinks i will have to make some box/s and print my own labels seems like a few of us here in the uk having trouble finding box/s
bairfoot cajun said:
try gdgd or eadg or dada these are several open tunings but the middle one would be standard fer the top four strings of a 6-string guitar. sometimes i tune the 2 bottom strings the same for a drone effect on open tunings this would be gdgg and dadd mostly i tune by ear so i,m not real sure of the many different types of tuning i can find by ear,unless i would tune then check it on a tuner. by the way that is a nice dam thing that you built there. cool looking little slide guitar.when i first discovered cigar box guitars i couldnt wait to build one so i built my own box untill i could find cigar boxes here is a pic of the first one i ever built.
try gdgd or eadg or dada these are several open tunings but the middle one would be standard fer the top four strings of a 6-string guitar. sometimes i tune the 2 bottom strings the same for a drone effect on open tunings this would be gdgg and dadd mostly i tune by ear so i,m not real sure of the many different types of tuning i can find by ear,unless i would tune then check it on a tuner. by the way that is a nice dam thing that you built there. cool looking little slide guitar.when i first discovered cigar box guitars i couldnt wait to build one so i built my own box untill i could find cigar boxes here is a pic of the first one i ever built.
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bairfoot cajun said: