Strait up tuning for E9

Bo Legg · Posted 21 Jan 2008 10:29 pm

Strait Up tuning for E9 10 string. Related to the basic A B C pedals and 3 knees because most everyone will have these changes. This tuning is not limited to these pedals and knees.
A pedal raises the B's to C#
B pedal raises the G#'s to A
C pedal raises the E on the 4th string to F# and the
C pedal raises the B on the 5th string to C#
E knee lowers the E's to D#
F knee raises the E's to F
D knee lowers the D# on the 2nd string to D

Open tuned strait up 442
With A & B down tuned strait up 440
With A & F in tuned strait up 440
With E knee in tuned strait up 443
With B & C down tuned strait up 439
With A & B & D in tuned strait up 440
If anyone is interested I will be happy to explain.

Charlie McDonald · From: out of the blue

I'll try it out. Sounds simple enough.
However, it is 'tampered' (doesn't meet the narrow definition of straight up).
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Bo Legg · Posted 22 Jan 2008 1:33 pm

Charlie
It is strait up. If I place the bar at the 12th fret with A & B pedals down and move the bar slightly forward to compensate for cab drop the meter would read 442 strait up. Which when you think about it is the only way you could tune strait up if you have cab drop.
When I push A & B pedals on my Steel the cab drop causes the meter to read close to 440 on all the strings strait across and I know they were tuned to 442. So logically the cab drop effects all the strings almost equally and therefore the pedals would read 442 if they were not effected by cab drop.

Charlie McDonald · From: out of the blue

I see; interesting idea.
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Stan Paxton · Posted 23 Jan 2008 10:15 am

Hey Bo,
Is Lebanon, Mo still there? Smile

Many years ago, I used to hang out in Wright county some, raised in Texas county. ...anyway, what you have here makes sense on paper. I just made a copy, and am going to try it. As we all know, being in tune with a keyboard playing is sometimes "trying"; with strait up being 442, maybe that will help there, also.
God Bless, and a Great '08
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