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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on April 25, 2021 at 6:29am

What kind of tuning? Open G or A or E or D? There’s a link to the cigarboxguitar.com archives down at the bottom right of the home page about tunings and strings, there’s plenty of info there. Rich that sound you are looking for has to do with the way you play the guitar, but open G or D will get you into the delta blues?

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Permalink Reply by Rich Butters on April 25, 2021 at 8:56pm

Hi Brian open G is the most common talked about

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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on April 25, 2021 at 6:38am

https://www.cigarboxguitar.com/knowledge-base/category/tunings-and-...

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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on April 25, 2021 at 2:00pm

 Rich, here’s how we post our comments

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Permalink Reply by Rich Butters on April 25, 2021 at 8:55pm

Cheers got it now

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on April 25, 2021 at 5:43pm

A common   set up . is # 3  # 4  and # 5  out of a .9s  or .10s  pack .  

If this is an electric  cbg with a mag pickup . it is best to use  "electric " strings .

Acoustic or piezo powered , you may like acoustic strings better. (but electric strings will still work .) you can eve use nylon .

Also - acoustic strings "will" work with a mag pickup . but it may sound  " muddy".

Electric are steel  core   and nickle usually   ,, Acoustic are bronze wound . etc ..  and a  magnet  cant read them as clear.

hope that helps 

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Permalink Reply by Rich Butters on April 25, 2021 at 8:54pm

Thanks mate

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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on April 26, 2021 at 7:12am

Another thing about using Nylon strings is that you get way better volume & audio response using a direct contact pickup like a rod piezo bridge combo? 

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on April 28, 2021 at 10:08am

There are Nickle core Bronze acoustic strings now for better response to pickups.

A lot of the old Blues guys used heavier gauge strings like the low wound strings E-A-D and tuned them to a open D - D-A-D. If that doesn't do it for you get some 11 or 12 gauge strings.

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Permalink Reply by Rich Butters on April 29, 2021 at 1:54am

Thanks Paul. I will give it a go

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