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Hi guys I am a complete beginner and have been watching on you tube 3 stringed cigar box guitar for dummies,the tuning is GDG what strings should be used for that tuning as when I slide to the 12 fret my sound is completely different to that on the video .I am using the three lighter stings from a light set????Mal

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Permalink Reply by Ice Bob on April 21, 2011 at 10:00pm

try the bass A string tune it down to G. then you can put the D string on tune it to D then the G string tune it to G. like a 44 a 30 and a 18 for a heavy set for a light set just use the a d and b strings

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