| What is your highest string? |
| A |
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1% |
[ 1 ] |
| G# |
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17% |
[ 16 ] |
| G |
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21% |
[ 19 ] |
| F# |
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5% |
[ 5 ] |
| F |
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1% |
[ 1 ] |
| E |
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48% |
[ 43 ] |
| Eb |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
| D |
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2% |
[ 2 ] |
| C# |
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2% |
[ 2 ] |
| C |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
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Topic: What is your highest string? |
b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 13 Dec 2018 5:11 pm |
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With all of the various non-pedal tunings, I was wondering what the average highest note we tune to is. I'm thinking C6th with a high G is probably the most common, or maybe a high G# on an E13th.
Of all the tunings you play, what is the highest note you tune to? (pedals don't count)
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David M Brown
From:
California, USA
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Posted 14 Dec 2018 2:51 am
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I voted "E" as I don't use any tunings with higher pitches on the first string.
I did try a Cajun tuning once that had a high G but I didn't like it so it's back to an E on top. |
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Fred
From:
Amesbury, MA
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Posted 14 Dec 2018 6:15 am
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Iรขโฌโขve been using the Leavitt tuning with an F on top and an F# on the bottom.
F high
D
C
Bb
G
E
C#
F# low
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Bill McCloskey
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Posted 14 Dec 2018 6:36 am
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Eharp tuning, so E is the top string:
E
C#
B
A
G#
G
F#
F
E
C# |
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Allan Revich
From:
Victoria, BC
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Posted 14 Dec 2018 7:48 am
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I use a modified G6 tuning, so G on top instead of D.
G
D
B
G
E
B
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G (on 7 string)
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Current Tunings:
6 String | G โ G B D G B D
7 String | G6 โ e G B D G B D (re-entrant)
https://papadafoe.com/lap-steel-tuning-database |
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Bob Stone
From:
Gainesville, FL, USA
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Posted 14 Dec 2018 11:24 am
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Using a high G on both C13 and Cajun G.
Not crazy about the tone, but for C6 or C13 it is so handy for jazz tunes, and the high G is essential for Cajun. |
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David Knutson
From:
Cowichan Valley, Canada
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Posted 14 Dec 2018 11:47 am
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"D" for me. When I first got into 8 string lap steel I went with regular Western Swing A6 tuning, but sitting in on a lot of swingy blues in the key of A led me to drop it down a tone to G6 for some big, fat dominant 7/9 passing chords. Never looked back, so...
D
B
G
E
D
B
G
E or F
Plus it's the same as my 8 string reso, so it suits my lazy streak. 
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 14 Dec 2018 3:29 pm
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By the way, mine is F#. The tuning is D6th:
F#
D
B
A
F#
D
B
G
This is also the middle 8 strings of my pedal steel tuning, which includes a high E and a low D.
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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David M Brown
From:
California, USA
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Posted 15 Dec 2018 5:07 am
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| b0b wrote: |
By the way, mine is F#. The tuning is D6th:
F#
D
B
A
F#
D
B
G
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I was wondering where the F#'s came from in the poll.
That would be an interesting tuning, you could play Rudi Wairata and Feets Rogers stuff on it. |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 15 Dec 2018 8:38 am
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| b0b wrote: |
| By the way, mine is F#. The tuning is D6th... |
| David M Brown wrote: |
I was wondering where the F#'s came from in the poll.
That would be an interesting tuning, you could play Rudi Wairata and Feets Rogers stuff on it. |
To me, it's just like a C6th but higher so that it cuts through the mix better. The low note G is like the F on a pedal steel C6th.
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Jerry Wagner
From:
California, USA
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Posted 15 Dec 2018 5:50 pm
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My Gmaj6/C7 tuning on 7-string Rick bakelite, with .013 on the Hi G:
G
D
B
G
E
C
Bb |
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Joe Elk
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 15 Dec 2018 7:57 pm
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G#
Joe Elk |
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Dom Franco
From:
Beaverton, OR, 97007
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 16 Dec 2018 8:01 pm
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| Bobby Ingano uses the high G on the C6th tuning. I've tried it a few times, but it wasn't good for me... |
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Bob Watson
From:
Champaign, Illinois, U.S.
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Posted 17 Dec 2018 3:05 am
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| David Knutson, I have an 8 string Dobro that came with a G6 tuning on it. I was interested in the E13 tuning and I found that I could change the G6 tuning to the same E13 tuning that Noel Boggs and Jules Ah See used without having to changing any string more than a whole step. The tuning is E,G#,B,D,F#,G#,C#,E. Check it out, its a cool tuning. |
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Miles Lang
From:
Venturaloha
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Posted 17 Dec 2018 7:41 am
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| E on the Stringmaster necks, D on the weissenborn |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 17 Dec 2018 8:46 am
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| Bob Watson wrote: |
| David Knutson, I have an 8 string Dobro that came with a G6 tuning on it. I was interested in the E13 tuning and I found that I could change the G6 tuning to the same E13 tuning that Noel Boggs and Jules Ah See used without having to changing any string more than a whole step. The tuning is E,G#,B,D,F#,G#,C#,E. Check it out, its a cool tuning. |
Similarly, my D6/G tuning simply slacks 2 strings on a dobro: G B D F# A D.
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Allan Revich
From:
Victoria, BC
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Posted 20 Dec 2018 10:09 pm
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| b0b wrote: |
| Bob Watson wrote: |
| David Knutson, I have an 8 string Dobro that came with a G6 tuning on it. I was interested in the E13 tuning and I found that I could change the G6 tuning to the same E13 tuning that Noel Boggs and Jules Ah See used without having to changing any string more than a whole step. The tuning is E,G#,B,D,F#,G#,C#,E. Check it out, its a cool tuning. |
Similarly, my D6/G tuning simply slacks 2 strings on a dobro: G B D F# A D. |
Iรขโฌโขve been thinking of trying that tuning on my 7 string, D G B D F# A D
For the time being though, Iรขโฌโขm keeping things real simple, open D.
DADF#AD on the sixes,
and
D F# A D F# A D on the seven. I wasnรขโฌโขt able to click with the G6 tunings.
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Current Tunings:
6 String | G โ G B D G B D
7 String | G6 โ e G B D G B D (re-entrant)
https://papadafoe.com/lap-steel-tuning-database |
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Frank Welsh
From:
Upstate New York, USA
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Posted 21 Dec 2018 10:39 am
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| E for both C13th and B11th. |
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2018 8:38 am
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Didn't Don Helms have a G# for the 1st string?
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Jerry Wagner
From:
California, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2018 8:43 am
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Allan wrote:
"Iรขโฌโขve been thinking of trying that (D6/G) tuning on my 7 string, D G B D F# A D."
It might be worthwhile to try this 7-string D6/G tuning:
G B D F# A D F#
You might find a hi F# is more useful than that lo D on your New Yorker. |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2018 9:37 am
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I agree, Jerry.
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Didn't Don Helms have a G# for the 1st string?
Erv |
Yes, he did.
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Erv Niehaus
From:
Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2018 9:40 am
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I think that's what gave the unique sound to his playing with Hank Williams.
Before Don Helms, I never heard of a high top string like that. 
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