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    Default Yet Another “What Strings Do Yiu Use?” Thread !!!

    I’ve been using 13/24/34/52 on my GBOM for some years (scale length 20 1/2 inches). My stock is getting depleted and I’m just about to get the nice people at Newtone to make me a few more sets.

    I feel that I could do with them being a little heavier. What do you use/think/recommend?

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    Default Re: Yet Another “What Strings Do Yiu Use?” Thread !!!

    Check out Austin Clark’s strings. He has them custom made for his GBOMs.

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    I have them custom made in the UK - Newtone are less than 20 miles down the road from me - and importing from the US to the UK is prohibitively expensive. What I don’t want to do is to order say ten sets and then decide they’re too heavy; I’m just looking to see what others are using.

    I don’t know where Austin gets his custom sets from (I didn’t know he did them) but, as it happens, it was Austin who originally suggested the gauges I’ve been using, I just feel that I could do with something a tad heavier. ....... and, yes, it’ Clark GBOM No.84.

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    Default Re: Yet Another “What Strings Do Yiu Use?” Thread !!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Ray(T) View Post
    I’ve been using 13/24/34/52 on my GBOM for some years (scale length 20 1/2 inches). My stock is getting depleted and I’m just about to get the nice people at Newtone to make me a few more sets.

    I feel that I could do with them being a little heavier. What do you use/think/recommend?
    Who made your GBOM? Is it an archtop or flattop?

    Your current gauges are running these approximate tensions:

    E4 329.63 Hz 20.5" 0.0130"ø PL 0.00003744 lb/in 17.70 lb
    E4 329.63 Hz 20.5" 0.0130"ø PL 0.00003744 lb/in 17.70 lb
    A3 220.00 Hz 20.5" 0.0240"ø PB 0.00011682 lb/in 24.60 lb
    A3 220.00 Hz 20.5" 0.0240"ø PB 0.00011682 lb/in 24.60 lb
    D3 146.83 Hz 20.5" 0.0340"ø PB 0.00023887 lb/in 22.40 lb
    D3 146.83 Hz 20.5" 0.0340"ø PB 0.00023887 lb/in 22.40 lb
    G2 98.00 Hz 20.5" 0.0520"ø PB 0.00055223 lb/in 23.07 lb
    G2 98.00 Hz 20.5" 0.0520"ø PB 0.00055223 lb/in 23.07 lb
    175.54 lb

    If it were me I would increase the gauge for the E string to a .014:

    E4 329.63 Hz 20.5" 0.0140"ø PL 0.00004342 lb/in 20.52 lb
    E4 329.63 Hz 20.5" 0.0140"ø PL 0.00004342 lb/in 20.52 lb
    A3 220.00 Hz 20.5" 0.0240"ø PB 0.00011682 lb/in 24.60 lb
    A3 220.00 Hz 20.5" 0.0240"ø PB 0.00011682 lb/in 24.60 lb
    D3 146.83 Hz 20.5" 0.0340"ø PB 0.00023887 lb/in 22.40 lb
    D3 146.83 Hz 20.5" 0.0340"ø PB 0.00023887 lb/in 22.40 lb
    G2 98.00 Hz 20.5" 0.0520"ø PB 0.00055223 lb/in 23.07 lb
    G2 98.00 Hz 20.5" 0.0520"ø PB 0.00055223 lb/in 23.07 lb
    181.20 lb

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    Default Re: Yet Another “What Strings Do Yiu Use?” Thread !!!

    Thanks - as I said in my last post, its a Clark (arch top).

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    Default Re: Yet Another “What Strings Do Yiu Use?” Thread !!!

    FWIW I am running .016, .024, .032, .052 on my 20" Buchanan, which it seems happy with, although the recommended gauges are .016, .024, .036, .054.
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