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Topic: WHAT TUNINGS..............are you using? |
Ray Montee
From:
Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 27 Apr 2013 7:28 pm |
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This question is directed toward the non-pedal players.........
What tunings are you currently using?
A7th
E7th
C#min
C6th
or others as a primary tuning?
What other tunings do you use as alternate tunings?
Do you retune on stage between numbers? |
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Frank James Pracher
From:
Michigan, USA
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Posted 27 Apr 2013 8:26 pm
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E7th and C6th
I play C6th for my own enjoyment mostly. When I play out I only take one lap and it's tuned to E7th because it works good for what I am ask to play.
One of the singers I have been playing with has been listening to some Chris Scruggs so there is hope yet! 
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Robert Murphy
From:
West Virginia
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Posted 28 Apr 2013 2:55 am
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| For the last 4 years my primary tuning has been A11 lo to hi AC#EGBD. It is a chord based tuning that defines the third in major,minor,diminished and 7th. I play backup and fills but the melody is never very far away. This tuning is on my Dobro, Fender D6, acoustic hawaiian and Power Slide. Very versatile and easy to grab chords. |
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Robert Allen
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 28 Apr 2013 6:14 am
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| I use two lap steels, one in A6th and the other in E7th. I use G tuning for dobro and will sometimes retune on stage dropping the 2nd string to Bb on some songs, Wayfaring Stranger for example. |
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Jeff Mead
From:
London, England
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Posted 28 Apr 2013 6:24 am
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I use A6 on my main neck and Leon McAuliffe's E13 on the second one.
For one number, I drop the C# strings on the A6 to C to make a D9. |
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Rick Barnhart
From:
Arizona, USA
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Posted 28 Apr 2013 6:37 am
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For years, I've been using the standard E9 and C6 on my D-10. Now I'm using a G6 tuning on my Clinesmith 8/6 console. I'm completely in love with the guitar and the tuning.
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Jerome Hawkes
From:
Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 28 Apr 2013 7:30 am
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I'm actually dabbling a bit with Byrds diatonic now that I have a 7-string - I think he was really on to something there. I'm a bit hesitant to go full on diatonic as its so close to the C6 I fear it will scramble my brain even more.
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Gerard Ventura
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 28 Apr 2013 8:49 am
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2 neck 8 string, main one is A6, low to high F#-A-C#-E- repeat an octave higher. Can do the swing chords but also covers pentatonic blues.
The other is E13sus4 low to high E-G#-D-F#-A-B-C#-E.
Haven't worked with it at all, but it's a cool sound for occasional fills. |
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Jerome Hawkes
From:
Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 28 Apr 2013 10:53 am
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I'm actually dabbling a bit with Byrds diatonic now that I have a 7-string - I think he was really on to something there. I'm a bit hesitant to go full on diatonic as its so close to the C6 I fear it will scramble my brain even more.
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Frank Welsh
From:
Upstate New York, USA
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Posted 28 Apr 2013 11:25 am
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| C13 and B11. I frequently shift between necks during the course of a tune. |
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Joerg Hennig
From:
Bavaria, Germany
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Posted 29 Apr 2013 11:20 am
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| A6 on the back neck, which is my most used one. On the front neck, I have a version of E13 which goes (low to high): E B D E G# B C# E. It works well for the rockabilly tunes I play with my band, some power chord stuff etc. And, by retuning the 5th string to F# and the 7th string to G#, it can easily be changed into Leon McAuliffe's E13. Sometimes I think about adding the F# permanently and moving the low B to the 8th string to give it more of a country flavor. But then I just don't want to give up the low E, it's too much fun... I guess my next non-pedal steel guitar will have to be a triple neck. |
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Rockne Riddlebarger
From:
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Stephen Abruzzo
From:
Philly, PA
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Posted 29 Apr 2013 12:22 pm
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6-string in Open E or E7, depending if I want to drop the 1st or 4th string down to D.
8-string in Modified C6 (lo-to-hi; Bb-C-E-G-A-C-E-D)
6-string in G13 (lo-to-hi; F-A-D-G-B-E) |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 29 Apr 2013 12:23 pm
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I've been using D6/G: G B D F# A B D F#. You can hear it at http://reggaerockoldies.com/music/.
Sometimes I retune the low G to E for rock tunes (John Fogerty's Old Man Down The Road for example, which is in E).
Sometimes I retune the middle F# to G for selected tunes (The Beatles' Rain, for example, or songs with dobro parts).
But most of the time it's D6/G, just like my pedal steel.
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C. E. Jackson
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Posted 29 Apr 2013 1:48 pm Favorite Tunings
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| A6 on 7 string instruments, and E6 (Don Helms) on 8 string instruments. |
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John Mulligan
From:
Ontario, Canada
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David Matzenik
From:
Cairns, on the Coral Sea
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Posted 29 Apr 2013 2:23 pm
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Eight string electric: A6th with G on the bottom. Simple retune to B11th.
Six string acoustic guitars: Low bass G.
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Sebastian Müller
From:
Berlin / Germany
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Posted 29 Apr 2013 3:13 pm
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Hibass G tuning on my Tricone, for some songs
I retune the high G string to B, so you get a G major Tuning.
C#min7 on my Rickenbacher B6 |
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Bob Russell
From:
Virginia, USA
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Posted 29 Apr 2013 6:39 pm
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| Although I've messed around with several tunings, I find that C6 and E7 are the most useful for what I do. |
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Joe Snow
From:
Argyle,Texas, USA
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Posted 29 Apr 2013 6:44 pm
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| on fender champ E, Richenbacher 6 string C6. Play those together on a stand on many gigs. D8 Stringmaster: C6 close neck, E7, or E13 on far neck. Squareneck resonator lived in G with occasional G6 for a long time, currently stays in D with some variations off that tuning. |
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Niels Andrews
From:
Salinas, California, USA
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Posted 29 Apr 2013 9:11 pm
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Reece Anderson's C6 on my MSA Super Slide 12, and loving it. Dobro Open G on the res.
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Niels Andrews
From:
Salinas, California, USA
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Posted 29 Apr 2013 9:11 pm
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Reece Anderson's C6 on my MSA Super Slide 12, and loving it. Dobro Open G on the res.
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Die with Memories. Not Dreams.
Good Stuff like Zum S-12, Wolfe Resoport
MSA SS-12, Telonics Combo. |
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Jan Viljoen
From:
Pretoria, South Africa
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Posted 29 Apr 2013 11:19 pm lap steel tuning
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Like Robert Murphy from Maryland, I play a lot of fills and backup in a South African folk band setup and I play the modified C6 Chuck Lettes tuning, which is ideal for me.
Somebody wrote me and called it a FMaj7 tuning:
L-H: F G A C E G
I have my own custom Rosewood and Gibson Br4 in this tuning.
Thanks Chuck!
My other tuning is E6 ala Don Helms on my Guya 8.
Let the games begin!
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Jack Aldrich
From:
Washington, USA
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Posted 30 Apr 2013 12:17 am
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Pretty conventional - C13 with high and low G (G Bb E G A C E G, from bottom) on most of my single neck steels and on the inside neck on my D8 Stringmaster, and Jules Ah See's B11 (B F# B D# F# A C# E from bottom)on my Stringmaster outer neck. I've just picked up a T8 Stringmaster from Mike Perlowin, and I'm planning to put an E9 or E13 on the other neck. - Jack
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Carter & ShoBud D10's
D8 & T8 Stringmaster
Rickenbacher B6
3 Resonator guitars
Asher Alan Akaka Special SN 6
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Stephen Cowell
From:
Round Rock, Texas, USA
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Posted 30 Apr 2013 12:58 pm
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C6 (hi G) and E13 (Leon)... with bass Bb6 (high F) on 3rd/bass neck.
lo/hi:
C6:ACEGACEG
E13:EG#DF#G#BC#E
Bb6:GBbDFGBbDF
Bb6 is nice because it ends up being Gmin... and C is 2 frets up, which is a nice pocket for open notes. Bass steel is fun!
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