63dim_chatzikon
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Guitar strings for lavta
Hello.
I've been trying to understand whether some certain set of flatwound strings for classical guitar will be ok for my lavta. I found another post
regarding the use of flats on an oud, but since I couldn't understand, given the particularities of each instrument, I made an altogether new post,
hoping to be very, very specific.
So, will any of these two sets ( https://www.thomastik-infeld.com/en/products/guitar-strings/acoustic... ) be usable for my 65cm scale lavta? The advantage is that classical guitars have the same scale, so scale length won't be a bad factor. What about
material, gauge and most importantly kg?
Thanks in advance! 
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franck leriche
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I had a quick look but it doesn't seem to match really unless you are ready to adapt your tuning to the strings.
If you already know which tuning you want, better to decide the diameters first and see what you can find.
If you give us your tuning I might help.
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63dim_chatzikon
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DAda, from bass to treble.
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franck leriche
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Are you willing to buy the ready-made guitar set from Thomastik?
Because you'll get 12 strings and you just need 9.
In any case, the set will be unbalanced since it is very little in common between DADA tuning and guitar tuning.
Can you buy single strings from them?
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63dim_chatzikon
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Not even oud strings use the DADA tuning, however, we still use them for lavta. Plus, if you see, the gauges of this set are really close to those we
use for lavta. I wonder if the fact that the material is different will pose a problem. Finally my question wasn't about the number of strings (let
alone that the lavta has got 7 strings.)
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