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Comment by Tex Pierce on September 10, 2016 at 5:41am

Newbi here, want to learn 3 string slide guitar, have a 3 string fretless and need best lessons for strictly slide, chord chart for slide chords, tuned to GDG, I am 68 and need all the help I can get. Tried learning regular 6 string, but with bad arthritis in my left hand had no luck. The 3 string CBG will be my last hope. Appreciate any and all help. Thanks!

Comment by 3 String Blues on June 27, 2016 at 6:09am

Found this old image from Termo king!

Comment by TN Twang on February 23, 2016 at 3:17am

Just looked at juststrings.com.  Good site. Thanks.

Comment by JIm Trussler on February 22, 2016 at 6:42am

Wayne, thanks for the info on Juststrings. Looks interesting so far.

Comment by Wayne Bigler on February 22, 2016 at 6:33am

I use nickle round wound electrics in gauges .042, .030 and .020 for G and A tuning. You can hear what that sounds like on my page or my website. I get my strings at juststrings.com where you can buy individual strings by bulk.

Comment by JIm Trussler on February 22, 2016 at 6:24am

there is a Long & Mcaqauade about 2 hours from here so I will have to check out buying individual strings. I am looking at going back to the piezo on the next build so I will try the acoustic strings on that.
I generally use the leftover strings from a set to align the bridge so the string spa being is even on the top and bottom.

Comment by George Mesheau on February 22, 2016 at 6:02am

huh, I can buy individual strings, electric or acoustic at my local music shop ... JFYI.. that of course is here in Canada thru. the largest seller in Canada I think, Long&McQuade music stores.

Comment by TN Twang on February 22, 2016 at 5:08am

Yeah. now that I look at your ID picture it's obvious that you're using "real" electric pickups. Good luck finding individual electric strings. To keep from wasting 3 strings out of each set, I sometimes buy a set of 6 and use the bottom 3 on one guitar (tuned D A d) and the top 3 on another (tuned d a' d'). Of course that throws you into the key of D instead of G, but I'm a low-voice vocal anyway.

You can always build lots of 1 and 2-string diddley bows and use up your leftover strings...

Comment by JIm Trussler on February 22, 2016 at 12:24am

TN, thanks for the input. On the last 2 builds I used magnetic pole pick-ups. TRolling through the boards suggested both acoustic and electric strings so aia tried both. I must admit the electric strings worked best. You have clarified something though, I did a piezo pickup build and used electrics and I guess I should have used acoustics....

Comment by TN Twang on February 21, 2016 at 2:55pm

Don't use electrics unless you're putting in a "magnetic" electric pickup that won't work without them. Sounds like you're not doing that. Acoustics will work best on acoustic guitars (such a concept) and also on acoustic guitars with piezo pickups or Radio Shack buzzers or whatever to connect them to an amp. I use metal acoustic strings instead of gut or nylon because these guitars make little enough sound as it is and softer strings would be even quieter.

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