Silver-plated, Nylon Core Sub-Bass Strings
for Nylon-String Harp Guitars
(including vintage and modern Viennese style instruments, Schrammelgitarres, kontragitarres, bass guitars, and other vintage and modern "classical music" instruments. |
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Sub-bass Sets & Tuning & Gauge Guide John Doan Signature Series by La Bella |
Sub-bass Singles Silver-plated, Nylon Core from .050" to .080" in either La Bella or D'Addario |
Kontragitarre
Bass Strings for Schrammelgitarres by Thomastik-Infeld |
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John Doan Signature Series Sub-bass Sets These are the exact same strings that John has been using for years on his custom Sullivan-Elliott 20-string concert harp guitar. They were developed from research and consultation between Jeff Elliott and La Bella string consultant/artist endorsee Dennis Cinelli. Material is standard silver-plated copper wire wrap over La Bella's 2001-type very balanced formula nylon core. For similar instruments with extra basses, different string lengths or different tunings, additional single gauges are available below. These strings are custom made for Harp Guitar Music by La Bella, in extra-long 40" lengths, in both tie-on and ball-end versions! Need a special gauge or length you don't see here? Just ask! |
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Tuning
& Gauge Guide for the Sullivan-Elliott 20-string concert harp guitar (courtesy John Doan) |
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| Bank | String | Vibrating String Length | Pitch | Gauge | Available at HGM |
| Super-Trebles (plain steel) | 8 | 6-5/8" | E | .011 | on request |
| 7 | 7-5/16" | D | .012 | on request | |
| 6 | 8" | C | .012 | on request | |
| 5 | 8-3/4" | B | .012 | on request | |
| 4 | 9-7/16" | A | .012 | on request | |
| 3 | 10-3/16" | G | .012 | on request | |
| 2 | 10-7/8" | F | .012 | on request | |
| 1 | 11-5/8" | E | .012 | on request | |
| Central 6 string guitar | 1 | 25-5/8" | E | .012 | on request |
| 2 | 25-5/8" | B | .016 | on request | |
| 3 | 25-5/8" | G | .024 | on request | |
| 4 | 25-5/8" | D | .032 | on request | |
| 5 | 25-5/8" | A | .042 | on request | |
| 6 | 25-5/8" | E | .053 | on request | |
| Silver wound Sub-Basses | 1 | 28-1/2" | D | .054 |  |
| 2 | 29" | C | .056 | |
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| 3 | 29-5/8" | B | .058 | |
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| 4 | 30-3/16" | A | .060 | |
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| 5 | 30-11/16" | G | .062 | |
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| 6 | 31-3/16" | F or E | .064 | |
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Harp Guitar Music
La Bella John Doan set, with tie-end |
$27.95 |
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Harp Guitar Music
La Bella John Doan set, with ball-end (.054 temporarily out of stock - tie-end available for this gauge) |
$27.95
Out of Stock |
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Silver-plated, Nylon Core Sub-bass Singles |
| Gauge | La
Bella, 40" length, with Tie-end |
La
Bella, 40" length, with Ball-end |
D'Addario Popular fine quality strings at low prices. |
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| Bulk packs of 5 per gauge available by pre-order | ||||||
| .050" | n/a | n/a | $3.25 | |||
| .052" | n/a | n/a | $3.25 | |||
| .054" | $4.95 | temporarily out of stock | $3.25 | |||
| .056" | $4.95 | temporarily out of stock | $3.25 | |||
| .058" | $4.95 | temporarily out of stock | n/a | |||
| .060" | $4.95 | temporarily out of stock | n/a | |||
| .062" | $4.95 | $4.95 2 in stock |
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| .064" | $4.95 | $4.95 1 in stock |
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| .070" | $5.95 | $5.95 (45" long) |
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| .075" | $5.95 |
$5.95 (45" long) |
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| .080" | $5.95 | n/a | $5.95 (45" long) |
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| Need a special gauge or length you don't see here? Just ask! | ||||||
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Kontragitarre
Bass Strings
From Thomastik-Infeld (high quality Vienna company). Highest quality silver-plated copper wire wrap over nylon core (tie ends), made specifically for Schrammelgitarres - also known as bass guitars or kontragitarres. The popular Roland Neuwirth Custom sets have copper wrap on the A and C# for color-coded ease of playing. Gauged from .050" to .054", from ~98cm to 116cm. Tuning (low to high) is G, G#, A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#. The 7-string set omits the lowest two strings. These strings are intended for "typical" Viennese double-neck harp guitars with long sub-bass headstocks, but can be used for any type of similar harp guitars. |
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Thomastik-Infeld "Vienna Sound" 7 bass Temporarily Out of Stock |
$39.95 |
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Thomastik-Infeld "Vienna Sound" 9 bass Temporarily Out of Stock |
$49.95 |
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Thomastik-Infeld "Vienna Sound" Roland Neuwirth Custom 7 marked bass |
$39.95 |
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Thomastik-Infeld "Vienna Sound" Roland Neuwirth Custom 9 marked bass |
$49.95 |
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Professional players and luthiers (i.e. those who derive all their income from full-time musical activities): feel free to contact us for discount options. We can likely also supply your standard neck strings. |