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Re: String sizes and other advice needed
> Question 1: I decided to turn an old, standard scaled electric guitar of
>Also, I know there are some Crafty Guitarists out there: What
> gauges do you guys use especially for your 6th string?
Low C string:
Acoustic: 58 is recommended and part of the John Pearse NST set. (I use 56)
Electric: Lots of variety..... Everything from 52 to 60.
http://www.seattlecircle.com/instruction/curtgolden/cg3_tuning.htm
http://www.seattlecircle.com/guitardock/archive/qa_arc.htm#q01
> Question 2: It just so happens that this guitar has it's original
> Wilkinson roller nut ....
I can't recommend the Graph-tech graphite nuts enough! Same simple,
traditional design. Completely new performance.
http://www.graphtech.bc.ca/tremnut.html
I changed a strat of mine to use a GraphTech nut. I was blown away at how
the string returns to pitch after near Eddie Van Halen dive-bombs (which I
rarely do anyway). I'm using an American Standard Strat w/OUT locking
tuners. ALL future guitars of mine will have this nut. It's no surprise
that they're becoming standard issue on many guitars. It's a relatively
simple retrofit that you could do yourself. To have a luthier fit it and
shape it appropriately would probably run between $30 and $50 bucks -- best
price/performance you'll ever get for a tuning stability modification.
> Question 3: I have ordered a non-SCSI computer recently and am thinking
> of
I've been using a PII-350 without SCSI and it works fine. I do have 198MB
RAM which really helps. The software I use is Cakewalk's Guitar Studio v.
1. I'd expect similar success with most popular HD recording software as
well.
Good luck.
Greg