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Topic: A6th pedal steel on my Fender 400 ? would it work ? |
Larry Lenhart
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Ponca City, Oklahoma
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Posted 4 Mar 2016 5:36 pm |
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I have a Fender stringmaster triple neck and I love the sound of the A6th with the deeper, richer sound to my ears anyway, and play it more than the C6th (I know its redundant but i have it tuned to the same intervals as the C6th). I have a Fender 400 that I have for sale in the FS section of the forum and it was commented that perhaps I should put the C6th tuning on it and play it that way. Well as much as i love A6th on the stringmaster non pedal of course, would it work to put it on my Fender 400 and use the same pedal approach that you use for C6th. I know its only 8 strings and only four pedals, but it would cover some of the bases. I have never heard of anyone playing A6th pedal, so there must be a reason not to do it. Just curious if you guys out there with a lot more technical and mechanical and playing skills than me would comment on this, pros and cons.
thanks in advance...it might be a really dumb idea on my part, but hey, wont be the first one nor the last out of this little Okie brain of mine ! 
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Bob Carlucci
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Candor, New York, USA
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Posted 4 Mar 2016 7:07 pm
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The Fender 400 originally came factory with the A6 tuning, and many guys played them that way decades ago.. If thats what you want, it would work just fine.. Its right here in the original 400 manual... http://www.steelc6th.com/tunings/Fender_400_Pedal_Steel_Guitar_%281967%29_manual.pdf
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Larry Lenhart
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Ponca City, Oklahoma
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Posted 4 Mar 2016 7:33 pm
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Thanks Bob for that information and thanks for the link to the manual as well.
You guys are the best !
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Zum Encore, Remington D8 non pedal, Hallmark Mosrite clone, Gretsch 6120 DSW, Gretsch G5210T-P90 Electromatic Jet Two 90,1976 Ibanez L5, Eastman archtop, Taylor Dreadnaught, Telonics pedal, Squire Tele, Squire Strat, Fender Tonemaster, Gold Tone 5 string banjo, Little Wonder tenor banjo, 3 Roland cubes 30s and 80, Carvin combo bass amp |
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Jeff Mead
From:
London, England
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Posted 5 Mar 2016 12:26 am
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When I had a 1000, I had the necks tuned to E9 and A6. A6 was always my primary non-pedal tuning.
I didn't use the changes from the manual though - I pretty much came up with things I thought that would be useful to me.
You could easily base the changes on some of the classic C6 changes though as the intervals between the strings on A6 is the same as C6 with a high G.
For example, if you had enough pedals, you could use the same copedent as Jimmy Day's listed here (top 8 strings).
http://b0b.com/tunings/stars.html |
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Ethan Shaw
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 6 Mar 2016 2:34 pm
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| Yes, I use A6, with basically transposed pedal changes from C6 on my pedal steel. It works fine. ( I play a Fender 1000. ) |
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Ethan Shaw
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Texas, USA
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Posted 6 Mar 2016 2:40 pm
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| Oh yeah, and the reason I use A6 is that when I play in the key of C, the tonic is not in open position, and A and Bb aren't way up on the neck. (And I like the deeper sound of the old Western swing guys.) |
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Larry Lenhart
From:
Ponca City, Oklahoma
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Posted 6 Mar 2016 6:05 pm
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Well it shows i dont know much....seems like its been used for years....thanks for the info guys...i will give it a whirl !
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Zum Encore, Remington D8 non pedal, Hallmark Mosrite clone, Gretsch 6120 DSW, Gretsch G5210T-P90 Electromatic Jet Two 90,1976 Ibanez L5, Eastman archtop, Taylor Dreadnaught, Telonics pedal, Squire Tele, Squire Strat, Fender Tonemaster, Gold Tone 5 string banjo, Little Wonder tenor banjo, 3 Roland cubes 30s and 80, Carvin combo bass amp |
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