6 String Cigar Box Guitar Tuning

This video covers 5 different tunings for the 3 strings cigar box guitar.

6 string cigar box guitar tuning. Total tension lbs nylon. Tunings for a 3 string cigar box guitar utilizing a d g strings from an acoustic guitar string set all notes are listed from low to high bass to treble open. The strings are all unwound steel strings 026 017 and 013 1 f b d open b. I m going to have to use the lightest gauge of strings 8 s or even so 7 s which are really thin so that way the tension wouldn t be too much.

After the gdg open g tuning the next most popular on 3 string cigar box guitars is probably dad open d. Ever wonder what kind of strings to use on your 3 string cigar box guitar. Extra lights 010 048. Of all of the three string cigar box guitar tunings the most popular is probably the g d g open g tuning.

Click show more stringing and tuning a 3 string cigar box guitar open g tuning what i. It s getting a truss rod more bracing so it can support more tension. A lot of new builders run into the question of how they achieve this tuning which strings they should use whether to go with larger strings or. I d like you to make me 4 to 6 string cigar box guitar conversion plans.

Standard tuned 6 string martin style guitar 25 4 inch scale set. Electric ultralights 009 042. 105 silk and steels 011 047.