12 String Double Neck High 'G' Recommendation:

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Hey, Gents...

On my new Von Herndon Doublneck, the G string tonal duties are handled by a plain .017" (low) and a .008" high octave.

I broke the .008" pulling it up an octave higher, so I swapped on a .009" which worked out ok. However, it was pretty spooky pulling it up to pitch.

Any suggestions on a better/more durable string for the 'G' position???

Thanks!!!

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Robert Herndon said:
Hey, Gents...

On my new Von Herndon Doublneck, the G string tonal duties are handled by a plain .017" (low) and a .008" high octave.

I broke the .008" pulling it up an octave higher, so I swapped on a .009" which worked out ok. However, it was pretty spooky pulling it up to pitch.

Any suggestions on a better/more durable string for the 'G' position???

Thanks!!!

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Yes!
On my dulcimers, I take a .008 and wind that sucker up a whole step past high G to ultra super mega high A.
In the past I've had to solder the wrap at the ball end to keep it from unravelling under tension.
Some would make it for a while, others would pop on the way up. It was an annoying crap shoot.
I've tried .009's, .008's and even .007's, Nothing lasted more than a tuning or two.
My best luck seemed to be with super cheap Squier bulk .008's with the winds soldered.
At less than $3.00 a dozen at least I could afford to break a few strings now.

I finally stumbled upon D'Addario NYXL .008's just for the problem string. Bingo!
Ordered some singles from Just Strings.
The downside to these is a single now costs what a dozen of the cheap strings cost.

But they can take the tension and last for weeks or even longer.
I now include the D'Addario NYXL .008 on every dulcimer that I make or service, and use that string in my custom gauged string sets
for any high tension application, including my own 12 string.
 
Hackmaster said:
Yes!
On my dulcimers, I take a .008 and wind that sucker up a whole step past high G to ultra super mega high A.
In the past I've had to solder the wrap at the ball end to keep it from unravelling under tension.
Some would make it for a while, others would pop on the way up. It was an annoying crap shoot.
I've tried .009's, .008's and even .007's, Nothing lasted more than a tuning or two.
My best luck seemed to be with super cheap Squier bulk .008's with the winds soldered.
At less than $3.00 a dozen at least I could afford to break a few strings now.

I finally stumbled upon D'Addario NYXL .008's just for the problem string. Bingo!
Ordered some singles from Just Strings.
The downside to these is a single now costs what a dozen of the cheap strings cost.

But they can take the tension and last for weeks or even longer.
I now include the D'Addario NYXL .008 on every dulcimer that I make or service, and use that string in my custom gauged string sets
for any high tension application, including my own 12 string.
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Wow! Thanks!!!!
 
Robert Herndon said:
Hmmmm....I was thinking just the opposite!!!!

A .009" is under more tension (I think) acting as a 'G' string than it is as a high 'G' string...No????
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Not sure how that tension scale goes, but I've had better luck with the .008's than anything else.
But this is also tuned up a full step from where you're going to be.
 
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