strumsilly
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which strings from a electric guitar set [10-46]can I use for GCEA on a 20" scale. and is it possible? I don't want to experiment as steel strings are not as forgiving to reuse as nylon. and they hurt!
which strings from a electric guitar set [10-46]can I use for GCEA on a 20" scale. and is it possible?
The four highest strings from the 10 set should work just fine, if you want to go the GCEA route
it has an adjustable bridge, but the neck is from an old Vega AG .Unfortunately a 10-46 set would most likely be too much tension to tune up to GCEA on a baritone scale electric.
On a tenor steel string electric, you can tune to GCEA (low-G) by simply using the DGBE strings out of an electric guitar set.
.009 set usually is the charm, but you can use .010 gauge if you want harder tension.
Now, the 10-46 set gives medium/hard tension on a tenor electric. Hence, the tension may be too much on a baritone electric.
What I think would work on a baritone would be the lightest electric guitar set you can find (an .008 set?)
D'addario Extra-Super Light gauge:
0.021, 0.015, 0.010, 0.08
G C E A
That being said, because the scale length is not a good match for such a high tuning as GCEA, playability may be hit or miss.
Personally I would tune a baritone steel-string electric in DGBE. Better scale-length match.
If you really want GCEA, you may even have better luck tuning it GCEA one octave lower than ukulele (octave GCEA).
You could probably achieve that with the 10-46 set you have by using the EADG (6th, 5th, 4th, 3rd) strings and tuning them up to GCEA.
This also depends on what kind of baritone electric you have. Does it have a truss rod?
An adjustable bridge would also be paramount in getting the intonation accurate with these alternative tunings.
the lightest guage from a 12 string set is .08, the same as the lightest in the 6 string super lite set kissing recommended. so I ordered one. thanks for your replies. I'll let you know how it goes.I would use the first three strings of a regular set and to get a high A string, use the high string from a 12-string G course. This would be tuned a full tone higher than it was meant to be tuned, but the shorter scale length should make it doable.