MENUCANCEL

THESE SUGGESTED STRING GAUGES ARE JUST A GUIDELINE. INSTRUMENTS VARY WITH WHAT WORK BEST, SO IT’S GOOD TO EXPERIMENT BY GOING UP OR DOWN ONE OR TWO GAUGES WITH EACH STRING. PLEASE NOTE: TUNINGS ARE LISTED HIGH TO LOW.

6 String

  • G

    D B G D B G
    16 18 26 36 46 56

  • G6th

    If you like to go back and forth between the regular G tuning and the G6th, keep the 34 gauge string on.

    D B G E B G
    16 18 26 34 46 56

  • D

    D A F# D A D
    16 20 28 36 49 62 (or 64)

  • C6th

    G E C A G E
    10 14 18 24 26 34
    OR

  • C6th

    E C A G E C
    14 17 21 24 30 36

8 String

  • E13th

    E C# B G# F# D G# E
    13 16 18 24 30 38 52 64

  • C6th

    G E C A G E C A
    11 14 18 24 30 36 44 54

  • A6th

    E C# A F# E C# A F#
    13 16 24 28 34 42 56 62 (or 64)

Cindy recommends

Slide Rules, by Andy Volk

Designed to fit in your guitar case, Slide Rules includes over 70 of the most popular and useful tunings for acoustic & electric lap steel guitar, bottleneck slide guitar, resophonic guitar, Weissenborn® and Hindustani slide guitar as used by the greatest players of the past and present.