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Comment by James Boutilier on May 18, 2011 at 5:06pm

Hey Diane--- I guess I'm just not getting it.

I understand the gauge size, but I thought if you wanted a DAD strummer, you need those strings.... whereas what is listed on Gitty's site is DF#A

-sorry for being so thick on this.

 

Sam--- really 7/8 is to much.... Crap ! Took me Hours to find it.

I thought I saw a vid that said 1x2  (maybe they assumed dressed, so 3/4 x 1 1/2)

 

Back to drawing board (grin)

 

jim

Comment by Diane in Chicago on May 18, 2011 at 5:00pm

James, Gitty has the gauges on the web page for each set of strings.  For the Open D set (D, F#, A), it looks like:

 

#1 - .034" Bronze Wound
#2 - .026" Bronze Wound
#3 - .017" Plain Steel

 

The string calculator for a 25" instrument says:

 

G - .032

D - .021

g - .016

 

So I'll bet those strings will work out if you use an open G tuning.

Comment by Wichita Sam on May 18, 2011 at 4:29pm

James,

 

1) 7/8" is plenty thick for a strummer neck strung with 3 or 4 light strings...

 

2)  Assuming you end the fretboard at the box.... and, you place the nut off the end of the headstock end of the fretboard... then, the fret board is the VSL, minus how far onto the box from the neck end of the box you place the bridge.... ( for example, if you have a 24" VSL and you place the bridge in the middle of a 10 inch box, the fretboard would be 19" long  24-5=19 ...  or, if you place the nut 1/3 from the tail end of a 9 inch box, you have an 18" fretboard... 24-6=18 )  Of course, if you extend the fretboard onto the box or if you place the nut, the fretboard is lengthen by those amounts.

 

hope this helps,

the best,

 

Wichita Sam

Comment by James Boutilier on May 18, 2011 at 3:14pm

Finally found a couple long boxes !! And located some neck wood.

 

2 Quickies if anyone got a moment:

 

1) Neck wood. I got Brown Maple - 3 inch x 7/8 inch.  Plan is to rip it into two 1.25" wide necks.  Is 7/8" thick good ?

 

2) FRETBOARD:  Given a standard 23-25 inch VSL, how long is a Fretboard for a typical 3 string Strummer?   I might have found some 1/4" nice dark wood for fretboards cheap.  They are 18-19" long

 

ps- Diane- I sent a message to Gitty..  waiting to see if he can tell me if I can use his strings to get DAD....  hate not being in the loop (some things don't come to me easily about this stuff <grin>)

 

----thanks everyone... so trying to get the supplies together !!

Comment by Diane in Chicago on May 17, 2011 at 5:13pm

Don't know how Gitty packages his up, but likely there is a gauge number on there.  .0something  That is the number you need to know.  If you message him, I'm sure he'll help you out.

Comment by James Boutilier on May 17, 2011 at 2:43pm

Hey, yup, saw it, saw the website. I understand it figures out string gauge, but what Im looking to know is, how to know which actual strings from a package. Example the ones at CB Gitty say 3 pack for Open D tuned D, F#, A... but open D on strummers are DAD,  so I'm completely confused.

 

 

Comment by Diane in Chicago on May 17, 2011 at 2:26pm

Read about four posts down, measure your instrument from nut to bridge and use the string gauge calculator to figure out each string for your DAd tuning.

Comment by James Boutilier on May 17, 2011 at 12:08pm

hey-

for stringing up a basic DAD strummer, what strings do I need to buy?

I was on CB Gitty site that sells 3 string packs, but they are for DF#A

 

Thanks

jim

Comment by Rand Moore on May 16, 2011 at 1:50am

Hi Mal...

The string gauge calculator Diane is referring to seems to want you calculate the gauge of each string separately. You need to know how you want to tune your instrument. Many are tuned to D-A-d; so, in this case, your first string is "d", the second is "A" and the third string is "D". Run the calculation for each string and those are the size strings you should use.

The way I figure it is a guitar string can usually be tuned a couple notes higher, so based on what's provided in a set of 6 guitar strings, I pick 3 strings which come closest to how I want to tune it. Not very scientific, but I rarely bust a string. Usually I end up using strings 2, 3 and 4 from a set of 6 guitar strings.

-Rand.

Comment by Mal Chilvers on May 15, 2011 at 4:41pm

I am asking here as a complete novice,does the string calculater calculate each individual string.like 1 2 3 or for the full set Mal  UK

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