{"id":91,"date":"2017-03-17T14:25:21","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T13:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clicmusikr.cluster017.ovh.net\/?page_id=91"},"modified":"2024-03-31T10:40:21","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T08:40:21","slug":"strings-for-the-tap-guitar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.clicmusic.be\/index.php\/shop\/strings-for-the-tap-guitar\/","title":{"rendered":"Strings for the Tap-guitar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Strings for Tapping instruments<\/h1>\n

Available qualities<\/b><\/p>\n

We are happy to provide the students with quality strings.
Daniel has redesigned the gauges in order to provide his students with the best feeling.
They can fit most types of tap guitar.<\/p>\n

Please check the distance between the nut and the bridge before any purchase.
Pay attention to the fact that some instruments have a larger scale, with the result that the wounding will stop before the nut.<\/b><\/p>\n

The usual tap-guitars we fit, like Stick TM, Megatar TM, Warr Guitar TM, Vassilevsky Pagaya have usually a scale of 34″ = 84cm between lower and upper bridges.<\/b><\/p>\n

Some Chapman Stick tm of the last generation do have a longer scale. In that case, some of our strings will not fit. Read carefully.
Contact-us<\/a> if you have any doubt.<\/b><\/p>\n

Our strings have an overall length is 45″ (115 cm).
Winding length (mesured from the ball end, not from the bridge) is 36.5″ (93 cm).<\/p>\n

We have also the bass strings (gauge over .060) available with exposed core (7cm) at the ball end.(see plans hereunder)
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The normal pack contains 16 to 19 strings. With these you can fit most types of tuning.<\/p>\n

If you wish to know more about the various tunings in usage on the tap-guitar please consult\u00a0http:\/\/tapguitar.net\/index.php\/tunings\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Metal quality: we provide”Mello Tone” Nickel covered, It is sweet to the frets and has a brilliant silver color. ( we do not provide anymore the “Ringing Bell” pure stainless quality,\u00a0 brilliant sound, more oxydisable,\u00a0 harder to the frets).<\/p>\n

We provide also three different gauges sets: ‘Sweet Fingers<\/strong>‘ which is\u00a0light, and has\u00a0 expressiveness in the melody strings. It needs experts fingers, good ears and is specially designed for musicians \u00a0who want to render a melody with microtonal adjustments such as bending, blues or Indian\u00a0classical.\u00a0 “Medium Fingers<\/strong>” is fairly resistant to the finger’s pressure, though allowing some bending. Specially designed for beginners, or for experimented players who like to play chords. \u00a0‘Power fingers<\/strong>‘ offers a maximal magnetic output, resistant to the fingers, stays on the pitch whatever the pressure, \u00a0fits the heavy instruments.<\/p>\n

All strings sets are custom-made for us and fit both the crossed hands and the uncrossed hands disposition of strings.\u00a0 <\/i><\/p>\n

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Article<\/strong><\/td>\nGauges<\/strong><\/td>\nPrice<\/strong><\/td>\nDescription<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Quality “Mello tone” Nickel<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0W<\/strong> is for Wounded. Otherwise strings are plain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Light Gauge ‘Sweet fingers’<\/strong><\/td>\n008 (2), 009 (2), 010,
012, 013, 016,
W022, W025, W028,
W034, W040, W044,
W065, W095<\/td>\n		45\u20ac<\/strong><\/td>\nFor double regions bass\/melody instruments.
Light tension for maximum expressivity.
Bends easy, but sustains less<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Medium Gauge ‘Medium fingers’<\/strong><\/td>\n009 (2), 011 (2), 013,
014, 016, 018, W026,
W028, W030, W032,
W038, W048, W060,
W080, W110<\/td>\n		52\u20ac<\/strong><\/td>\nFor double regions bass\/melody instruments.
Medium tension, a good compromise between light and heavy gauges.
Easy bending and good sustain. Available in two formats: with exposed core (7cm) at ball end,\u00a0 or entirely wounded from ball to end to fit longer scale touch boards.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Heavy Gauge ‘Power+ fingers’<\/strong><\/td>\n010 (2), 012 (2), 013 (2),
016, 019,W026 (2),
W030, W036 (2), W048 (2),
W052, W068, W090, W120<\/td>\n		63\u20ac<\/strong><\/td>\nFor double regions bass\/melody instruments.
Small bends. Heavy tension, high volume output and punchy dynamics.
Easy to stay in tune, preferred by many jazz players.Available in two formats: with exposed core (7cm) at ball end,\u00a0 or entirely wounded from ball to end to fit longer scale touch boards..<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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Tunings<\/h2>\n

Tuning bass in fifths-melody in fourths<\/b> (similar to the Standard tm\u00a0 tuning of Stick Enterprises, developped by Emmett Chapman 1968)<\/p>\n

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Sweet fingers<\/b> (Regular gauge, easy to touch, expressive bass, easy to bend melody.): Six Melody strings (gauges\u00a0 in 1\/100 of inches):\u00a0 08 (2 units), 09 (2 units), 12, 16, 25W, 34W. Six Bass\u00a0 strings (gauges 92W, 65W, 40W, 22W, 13, 10).
Medium fingers <\/b>(medium gauge, straight but expressive melody and bass) . Six Melody strings (gauges\u00a0 in 1\/100 of inches):\u00a0 09 (2 units), 11 (2 units), 14, 18, 27W, 38W. Six Bass\u00a0 strings (gauges 110W, 80W, 48W, 32W, 28W, 16).<\/p>\n

Power+ fingers <\/b>(resists to the pressure, maximum output, fits heavier instruments)\u00a0Six melody strings (gauges in 1\/100 Inch): .010 (2 units) .013 (2 units) .019 .026 .036 .048 \u00a0Six bass strings\u00a0 .120 .090 .052 .030 .016 .012<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Tuning bass in fourths \/ melody in fourths<\/b>\u00a0 (as played by Daniel Schell, Wolfgang Daiss and others)<\/p>\n

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Sweet fingers\u00a0<\/b> (Regular gauge, easy to touch, expressive bass, easy to bend melody): Six “melody” 08 (2 units), 09 (2 units), 12, 16, 25R, 34R.\u00a0\u00a0 Six Bass strings : gauges 92R, 65R, 44R, 28R, 22, 13.
Medium fingers <\/b>(heavy gauge, straight but expressive melody and bass) . Six Melody strings (gauges\u00a0 in 1\/100 of inches):\u00a0 09 (2 units), 11 (2 units), 14, 18, 27W, 38W. Six Bass\u00a0 strings (gauges 110W, 80W, 60W, 30W, 16, 13).<\/p>\n

Power+ fingers <\/b>(resists to the pressure, maximum output, fits heavier instruments)\u00a0Six melody strings (gauges in 1\/100 Inch): .010 (2 units) .013 (2 units) .019 .026 .036 .048 \u00a0Six bass strings\u00a0 .120 .090 \u00a0 .068 .048 .036 .026<\/p>\n

Strings without and with exposed core<\/h1>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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String covered on whole length<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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String with exposed core on the bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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String with exposed core<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Strings for Tapping instruments Available qualities We are happy to provide the students with quality strings.Daniel has redesigned the gauges in order to provide his students with the best feeling.They can fit most types of tap guitar. Please check the distance between the nut and the bridge before any purchase.Pay …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":85,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-91","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clicmusic.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clicmusic.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clicmusic.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clicmusic.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clicmusic.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.clicmusic.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":964,"href":"https:\/\/www.clicmusic.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/91\/revisions\/964"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clicmusic.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clicmusic.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}