Hello,
I am wondering what gauge strings you experienced bouzouki players out there are currently (please list your preferred guage, I would very much appreciate it!).
By bouzouki has rather small strings (smaller looking than many pictures of bouzoukis I have seen) and I am wondering if I shouldn't change them to some larger gauge set. I am currently getting a thinner sound than I would like, I am trying to figure out what I need to do to produce a thicker, but still bright sound that I keep hearing from bouzouki players.
If you have any suggestions, please, by all means post them.
Thanks,
Joshua.
Bouzouki Color/tone..should I use larger guage strings??
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What's the scale length of your bouzouki? What tuning are you using?
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The gauges I used on my long-scale bouzouki were:
G: .044
D: .032
A: .017
D: .012
G: .044
D: .032
A: .017
D: .012
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