Thank you for the answers. When I built my celebration minstrel I decided to use the 5th – 2nd of the guitar strings and actually the first string in place of the 5th. I tune it down in the D area and it sounds amazing.
I recently received a set of aquila nylguts that I am going to give a shot. They look very thin, but I may try them and see what tuning up a bit higher sounds like. My friend who also got a celebratory minstrel kit has had his tuned up around standard and it sounds good on recording, have not heard it in real life.
Do you think if I am using a bridge taller than 5/8ths to get an action I like that I should adjust the neck angle? Or is that more of a preference thing? The 5/8 bridges work okay, but I am a beginner and seem to want to pluck pretty hard. Keep in mind humidity is pretty high down here around where I am, could this be the reason for needing a little taller bridge?
Thanks