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All of the few lap-slide guitars I have or have played have the same problem. The low strings, when barred up to around the 10th fret position or higher, have a dull, thudding sound. This includes two resophonics, a Weissenborn, a vintage Oahu, an ovation fretted guitar with nut raiser, and a few ot...

OK, I did some homework. Assuming David's string sets are brass wound sets for standard tuned fretted guitar, using D'addario's tables and accounting for scale length difference, I get 129 pounds for David's older set/tuning and 96 pounds for the current one. Then I miked the strings on mine and got...

Yeah, getting more pitch change in a limiited space is what I meant about bending and heavy strings. Actually, all my intentional bending is sidewise, keeping contact (hopefully ;) ) with the underside of the bar, but I still start to stretch the adjacent string a bit, in order to get a whole step. ...

I recently acquired a vintage Oahu lap slide guitar, with very old strings on it. Can anyone give me an idea of the maximum total string tension I should string it with? I tend to like heavy strings for more pitch bend, but am wary of overstressing it. It has a thinnish square neck and a nut raiser ...

OK, thanks.

What is the right forum for lap slide guitars? I think of two possibilities:
1) One of the guitar fora, by body style (solid, acoustic) (but where would resophonic go then?
2) Other instruments.