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Topic: Help With Copedent Please. First PSG |
Ray McCulloch
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Missouri, USA
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Posted 1 Nov 2022 6:23 pm |
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Hi yall. Just got my first Pedal steel (sho bud fingertip) and i am puzzled by the C6 neck. The guitar had no strings when i got it so i put some on and now i am trying to figure out what tuning this copedent was meant for. Can anyone take a look and tell me what i am doing wrong? Should use a different tuning? Different copedent? Thank you and sorry for the noob posting.
——A——B——C——D——E——F——
G.———_G#————————————
E. ——————-F——————————
C. —————————D——B—————
A. —B———————-B————————
G. ———-F#—————————————
E. ——————D#—————————-
C. ——————————————-D——-
A. —B———————————————-
G. ———-G#—————————-F#
C. ———-A——————————-A—- |
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Andrew Goulet
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Posted 1 Nov 2022 6:39 pm
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H Brian, and congratulations on the pedal steel! Are you just starting out on steel guitar, or did you play a non-pedal steel prior to buying the Sho-Bud?
I play a different copedent, but it might help to look at what I think is considered more or less "standard" C6 for pedal steel: https://b0b.com/wp/copedents/buddy-emmons-c6th-copedent/.
You said it came without strings; is this the copedent used by the previous owner?
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scott murray
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Asheville, NC
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Posted 1 Nov 2022 9:33 pm
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looks mostly correct but your 9th string should be tuned F not G, raising to F# on pedal "B" and dropping to E on pedal "F"
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pedal "B" should raise string 10 from C to D rather than lower from C to A.
pedal "F" should raise string 7 (C) a half rather than a whole step, to C#.
most guitars have your pedal "E" on a knee lever instead. I'm assuming yours has no levers for C6?
finally, many players (thanks to Buddy Emmons) tune string 1 to D, but G is the traditional tuning
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Ray McCulloch
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2022 7:11 am
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| Andrew Goulet wrote: |
H Brian, and congratulations on the pedal steel! Are you just starting out on steel guitar, or did you play a non-pedal steel prior to buying the Sho-Bud?
I play a different copedent, but it might help to look at what I think is considered more or less "standard" C6 for pedal steel: https://b0b.com/wp/copedents/buddy-emmons-c6th-copedent/.
You said it came without strings; is this the copedent used by the previous owner? |
Thanks Andrew. I will check it out. I had been playing C6 on an 8 string lap steel for a couple of years and was itching to get into a pedal steel
This is indeed the copedent that the previous owner had on it |
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Ray McCulloch
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 2 Nov 2022 7:49 am
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| scott murray wrote: |
looks mostly correct but your 9th string should be tuned F not G, raising to F# on pedal "B" and dropping to E on pedal "F"
also,
pedal "B" should raise string 10 from C to D rather than lower from C to A.
pedal "F" should raise string 7 (C) a half rather than a whole step, to C#.
most guitars have your pedal "E" on a knee lever instead. I'm assuming yours has no levers for C6?
finally, many players (thanks to Buddy Emmons) tune string 1 to D, but G is the traditional tuning |
Thanks for all the pointers! I knew that it wasn’t quite right, but i love the tone and I am pretty familiar with C6 on lap steels.
And you are correct, no levers on the C6 neck |
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