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String selection for a 3 string?

Posted by Charlie on November 27, 2016 at 10:06pm in Building Secrets, Tips, Advice, Discussion

I'm in the process of building my first 3 string. It has an under bridge pickup. I want to tune to GDG as that seems to be the most common for the sound I'm after. I have bought a set of aucaustic steel guitar strings but not sure which of the 6 to put on my guitar. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

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  • David L. November 28, 2016 at 7:22am
    CB Gitty has a good info page on which strings to use for GDG tuning with sound clips.
    http://www.cigarboxguitar.com/knowledge-base/open-g-gdg-tuning-on-y...
    • Charlie > David L. November 28, 2016 at 7:36am

      thanks. Looks to be just the info I need.

  • Kigar November 27, 2016 at 10:54pm
    There are a lot of options but for a typical scale length of 24 to 25.5 inches the 3, 4, and 5 strings are probably the most commonly used. Good luck with your build!
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