All_¥our_Bass
Deathly Chuuni
For your high e, I'd suggest a 10 or 11. For the 68 in F I'd suggest at least an 80 or 85(minimun). But try those gauges you listed first, you might like the way a 68 in F sounds/feels. Btw I use a 95 for F and E 
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New Standard Tuning
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stubhead
Feral Buddha
I kept a guitar around in this tuning for a few years, and I'm going to string up one up again soon. It's great for getting different ideas - almost everything sound good, but weird, you know? Getting out of old habits is the point, to me... I ended up unhooking it because I was working on reading issues and pedal steel, and keeping track of three tunings was frying my poor li'l head.... 
I'm going to hook one up again any day now though.
It's not gonna work with standard string sets. I've got enough strings to start a store here, so what I had come up with that worked is 56-40-26-14-10-9 or thereabouts - you're not going to be bending that high G no matter what, it technically should be a high B, when they make a nice, durable, loud .005" string let me know. For down-tuned, 60-44-32-19-13-9 or so would work - you'll probably have to refile the nut just a hair but I've got two guitars set up for this and they're both in standard tuning right now with no problems. Learn about filing nut angles before you start...
There's a page of string gauges/tension/pitch all figured out at the Steel Guitar Forum but the site is down now, so I'll post it when it comes back up.
I'm going to hook one up again any day now though.It's not gonna work with standard string sets. I've got enough strings to start a store here, so what I had come up with that worked is 56-40-26-14-10-9 or thereabouts - you're not going to be bending that high G no matter what, it technically should be a high B, when they make a nice, durable, loud .005" string let me know. For down-tuned, 60-44-32-19-13-9 or so would work - you'll probably have to refile the nut just a hair but I've got two guitars set up for this and they're both in standard tuning right now with no problems. Learn about filing nut angles before you start...
There's a page of string gauges/tension/pitch all figured out at the Steel Guitar Forum but the site is down now, so I'll post it when it comes back up.Sorry to bump this up again but I watched an interview with Martin from Meshuggah recently and he said their 8s have a 70 for a low F at 30 inch scale? Is that correct, surelöy that would mean a 68 at 28 inch would be possible?
loneguitarist
Crazy Bass Player
High D is not yet possible.
My 27" 8-string currently has a 68 for the Low F & it works just fine. Just for preference though, I'm problably gonna bump it up to a 72 or 74.
just buy a pack of eight strings. us e the lower 3 and upper 3. that should work. might feel wierd goin from thick to thnner strig though
Hollowway
Extended Ranger
Cool! As soon as I get my time machine fixed I'll give ellrek a ride back so he can try that.
(Sorry. Couldn't resist.)
(Sorry. Couldn't resist.
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Stealthdjentstic
Banned
Cool! As soon as I get my time machine fixed I'll give ellrek a ride back so he can try that.
(Sorry. Couldn't resist.
Well worth it!
Mr. Big Noodles
Theory God
Cool! As soon as I get my time machine fixed I'll give ellrek a ride back so he can try that.
(Sorry. Couldn't resist.
Well worth it!
Seconded.
