Roland,
Glad to help out just keep in mind that the loop end strings from Tomastik only come in medium. They make lights and heavies but as far as I know these only come as ball end.
Roland,
Glad to help out just keep in mind that the loop end strings from Tomastik only come in medium. They make lights and heavies but as far as I know these only come as ball end.
I think you want a reasonably heavy set on there to drive the cone. I looked at the weights that a 6 or 12 string national would have from the brozeman book and figured out my tenor set from those, also checking with various repairmen & folks knowledgable with resos to verify I wasn't going *too* heavy. The break angle is pretty slight on a resonator, so I think you can get away with a little heavier than you might think. You have to adjust with your style as well, a big heavy string needs a heavy whack from a thickish pick to really drive that cone too I think.
Dan, did you have any intonation-problem when you rised up the sting gauge on your reso-tenor? Is it in tune up the neck? On mine I noticed that intonation changed when I replaced the CGDA-strings with the heavier gauges.I felt that the A-string needs a compensation and this can't be done by only moving around the bisquit. I played Kevins set at first and now planing to put on your heavier set.
Cheers
Michael
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