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Topic: Fender double 8 tuning |
Caleb Melo
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Porterville, CA
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Posted 11 Apr 2016 9:51 am |
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| Hello just bought a 1950-51 fender double 8 steel guitar, I don't know how to play and would like some help in setting up the guitar, what strings do you all recommend and what tuning? Thanks for any help.[/b] |
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Jeff Mead
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London, England
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Posted 11 Apr 2016 10:03 am
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| What kind of music do you want to play on it? |
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Dennis Montgomery
From:
Western Washington
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Roger Guyett
From:
San Francisco, Ca.
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Posted 12 Apr 2016 4:57 pm Re: Fender double 8 tuning
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| Paul Melo wrote: |
| Hello just bought a 1950-51 fender double 8 steel guitar, I don't know how to play and would like some help in setting up the guitar, what strings do you all recommend and what tuning? Thanks for any help.[/b] |
Hi Paul
Welcome to the forum.
If it's 50-51 then it's probably a non-pedal steel guitar?? (There's a separate section of the forum for "Non pedal guitar")
But either way, it does depend on the kind of music you want to play, as Jeff said.
If it is a non pedal guitar then a classic combination is a C6 tuning and one of the E tunings - I play C6 and E13.
Knowing the type of guitar and the music you're interested in will help.
If it's a pedal steel guitar then you're probably going to go c6 and e9
Once you've figured out what tunings you want you can look at the "strings" link at the top of this page and buy the set you need for the tuning you want.
Last edited by Roger Guyett on 12 Apr 2016 5:12 pm; edited 2 times in total |
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 12 Apr 2016 5:03 pm
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http://www.steelguitarshopper.com/categories/Strings/8-string-steel-guitar/
I would suggest you start with these. E13 on the front and C6 [ECAGECAG hi to low] on the back. Maybe A6 using the same string set.
These are very common tunings for a D8. Once you get familiar with the guitar, you may decide to experiment with other tunings, but these have been used by a lot of players for a long time. |
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