Twin 8 Tunings and string gauges ?

basilh · Post by **basilh** » 12 Oct 2000 5:33 pm

What tunings shoud I use on my "Olde Ugly"?
Purely for Hawaiian stuff like Barney Isaacs Jr.
The guitar is 22 1/2" scale length.

The correct gauges for this scale length would be useful to have. Most recomendations I've seen, seem to be for a longer scale.
Mahalo.

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Basil Henriques
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and
Emmons D-10 1970 "Anniversary"
1949 "Leilani"
1949 Dickerson
RICKENBACKER "Olde Uglie" Twin 8
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Robert · Post by **Robert** » 12 Oct 2000 6:29 pm

Basil - Here's one "Hawaiian" tuning with gauges that you can put on one ugly neck:
C# Minor 7 - tuned E G# B D E G# C# E low to high, gauges low to high .052W .042W .034W
.030W .026W .022W .017 .015 - these are gauges I borrowed from Cindy Cashdollar instructional tapes and DeWitt Scott's tunings website (what's become of Scotty's site BTW?) and are the same gauges I use on my A6 neck. I haven't gone Hawaiian on this C# Mi 7, but you can play "Bootheel Drag" on it! Try this, and have fun.

Robert

Bill Leff · Post by **Bill Leff** » 13 Oct 2000 9:00 pm

Check out John Ely's page for info on Barney Isaac's tunings. I know he played C13 (C-Bb-C-E-G-A-C-E low to high) for one.

-Bill

Robert · Post by **Robert** » 16 Oct 2000 9:13 pm

Basil - me again. That particular set of gauges I laid out earlier can feel a bit slinky on a C#mi7 . . . just drop a few gauges off of each string if you think so, too. I'm using wound strings for fourth strings, BTW, and plain strings for the lightest three. Sorry for the mis-info, but the guitar wasn't in front of me when I wrote you the other day.

Rob