Tutorial about steelguitar strings

[Sebastian Müller]

It’s finally here! I just released a tutorial sharing everything I know about steel guitar strings.
The video is done in my studio in our new house, so check it out
if you are curious .
Hope you find it useful !
Aloha
Sebastian

Wie man die richtigen Lap Steel Saiten auswählt.png

please click here to watch the video: ---> https://youtu.be/gB73lMtqOhE

[Tucker Jackson]

Thank you, Sebastian!

[Scott Houston]

That's a thoughtful video. Interesting idea to base a string set for steel around an existing six string guitar set. I'm kicking myself for never thinking of that!

[Tony Oresteen]

I take a different approach. I use a string tension calculator to derive my custom sets. You MUST know the scale length of your guitar. You must know in which octave the note you want resides. Then you must know what tension you like. You must first decide how much tension you personally like for lap steel. Then as you change tunings you can easily figure out what the set should be. Here's my 22.5" C6 set and my A6 string set for 22.5" scale:



Note that the A6 set is 1 1/2 steps below the C6 set. Thus the strings need to be thicker. The second column has an "O" which stands for "Octave". This the octive when the note resides.

See:

https://www.musicandtheory.com/an-easy- ... -notation/

I like about 29 lbs of pull on my strings. You might like less or more. By plugging in different string gauges I try to find the string size that gives me about 29 pounds of pull, plus of minus 2 pounds.

I use the online String Joy calculator & the D'Addario one:

https://tension.stringjoy.com/

https://www.daddario.com/pages/string-t ... calculator

Once I have my set calculated I order individual strings. I usually make up 5 sets at a time.