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Strings for Tapping instruments

Available qualities

 We are happy to provide the students with quality strings, originally selected with the help of  Traktor Topaz. Daniel has redesigned the gauges in order to provide his students with the best feeling.  They can fit most types of tap guitar. Overall length is around 112 cm (44"). Winding length can cover bridge to peg distance up to 105 cm (36.5"). The normal pack contains 16 to 19 strings. With these you can fit most types of tuning. If you wish to know more about the various tunings in usage on the tap-guitar please consult tunings.

We provide two metal qualities for the wounded strings : "Mello Tone tm" or "Ringing Bell tm" . The "Mello Tone" is Nickel covered, which gives  a sweet tone. It is also sweet to the frets and has a brilliant silver colour. The "Ringing Bell" is pure stainless quality and has a brilliant sound. , harder to the frets, and has a darker iron colour. As the 'Ringing bell' contains no Nickel it has a more powerfull  magnetic output. 

We provide also three different gauges sets: 'Sweet Fingers' which is light, and has  expressiveness in the melody strings. It needs experts fingers, good ears and is specially designed for musicians  who want to render a melody with microtonal adjustments such as bending, blues or Indian classical.  "Medium Fingers" , is fairly resistant to the finger's pressure; Specially designed for beginners, or for experimented players who like to play chords.  'Power fingers' offers a maximal magnetic output, resitant to the fingers, stays on the pitch whatever the pressure,  fits the heavy instruments. 

All strings sets are custom-made for us and fit both the crossed hands and the uncrossed hands disposition of strings. 

Article	Gauges	Price	Description
Quality "Mello tone" Nickel
Light Gauge 'Sweet fingers'	PL008 (2), PL009 (2), PL010, PL012, PL013, PL016, NW022, NW025, NW028, NW034, NW040, NW044, NW065, NW095	45€	For double regions bass/melody instruments. Light tension for maximum expressivity. Bends easy, but sustains less	Order
Medium Gauge 'Medium fingers'	PL009 (2), PL011 (2), PL013, PL014, PL016, PL018, NW026, NW028, NW030, NW032, NW038, NW048, NW060, NW080, NW110	46€	For double regions bass/melody instruments. Medium tension, a good compromise between light and heavy gauges. Easy bendings and good sustain	Order
Heavy Gauge 'Power+ fingers'	PL010 (2), PL012 (2), PL013 (2), PL016, PL019, NW026 (2), NW030, NW036 (2), NW048 (2), NW052, NW068, NW090, NW120	63€	For double regions bass/melody instruments. Small bends. Heavy tension, high volume output and punchy dynamics. Easy to stay in tune, prefered by many jazz players	Order
Heavy Gauge Double melody **New**	PL010 (2), PL013 (2), PL019 (2), NW026 (2), NW036 (2), NW048 (2), NW068	25€	For double-necks guitars and instruments tuned in dual melody.	Order
Quality "Ringing Bell", Stainless
Light Gauge 'Sweet fingers'	PL008 (2), PL009 (2), PL010, PL012, PL013, PL016, NW022, NW025, NW028, NW034, NW040, NW044, NW065, NW095	45€	Same as above in stainless quality	Order

Tunings

Tuning bass in fifths-melody in fourths (similar to the Standard tm  tuning of Stick Enterprises, developped by Emmett Chapman 1968)

Sweet fingers (Regular gauge, easy to touch, expressive bass, easy to bend melody.): Six Melody strings (gauges  in 1/100 of inches):  08 (2 units), 09 (2 units), 12, 16, 25W, 34W. Six Bass  strings (gauges 92W, 65W, 40W, 22W, 13, 10).
Medium fingers (medium gauge, straight but expressive melody and bass) . Six Melody strings (gauges  in 1/100 of inches):  09 (2 units), 11 (2 units), 14, 18, 27W, 38W. Six Bass  strings (gauges 110W, 80W, 48W, 32W, 28W, 16).

Power+ fingers (resists to the pressure, maximum output, fits heavier instruments) Six melody strings (gauges in 1/100 Inch): .010 (2 units) .013 (2 units) .019 .026 .036 .048  Six bass strings  .120 .090 .052 .030 .016 .012

Tuning bass in fourths / melody in fourths  (as played by Daniel Schell, Wolfgang Daiss and others)

Sweet fingers  (Regular gauge, easy to touch, expressive bass, easy to bend melody): Six "melody" 08 (2 units), 09 (2 units), 12, 16, 25R, 34R.   Six Bass strings : gauges 92R, 65R, 44R, 28R, 22, 13.
Medium fingers (heavy gauge, straight but expressive melody and bass) . Six Melody strings (gauges  in 1/100 of inches):  09 (2 units), 11 (2 units), 14, 18, 27W, 38W. Six Bass  strings (gauges 110W, 80W, 60W, 30W, 16, 13).

Power+ fingers (resists to the pressure, maximum output, fits heavier instruments) Six melody strings (gauges in 1/100 Inch): .010 (2 units) .013 (2 units) .019 .026 .036 .048  Six bass strings  .120 .090   .068 .048 .036 .026

How to order
 
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 "Power Tapper" are  trade marks of TouchStyle Publications. USA. "Mello Tone" and "Ringing Bell" are trade marks of Action Marketing USA. 

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