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Topic: Tuning suggestions for double neck 8 string lap steel ?? |
Kristen Bruno
From: Orlando, Florida, USA
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Posted 4 Feb 2023 6:14 pm
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I am looking for two different neck tuning suggestions for a double neck 8 string lap steel.
The genres I like are blues, country, bluegrass and maybe a little gospel.
(I mainly play a 10 string pedal steel tuned to E9 but I like to doodle (or noodle?) around on a lap steel even though it isn't as flexible as a pedal steel for chords (umm... I hope that last comment about chords didn't put me in the "Steel Without Pedals" danger zone!!!)
Thanks
K _________________ "Technology has given us the ability to repeat all the mistakes we have learned from history, but much faster, deadlier and with much greater accuracy" - KAB |
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Tony Oresteen
From: Georgia, USA
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Posted 4 Feb 2023 6:40 pm
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Inside neck - C6
Outside neck - E7 or D7 _________________ Tony
Newnan, GA
Too many guitars, not enough time to play
'72 Sho-Bud 6139, '71 Marlen 210
'78 Fender Stringmaster Quad black
PedalMaster D8 |
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Rich Arnold
From: Tennessee, USA
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Posted 4 Feb 2023 7:24 pm Re: Tuning suggestions for double neck 8 string lap...
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Kristen Bruno wrote: |
I am looking for two different neck tuning suggestions for a double neck 8 string lap steel.
The genres I like are blues, country, bluegrass and maybe a little gospel.
(I mainly play a 10 string pedal steel tuned to E9 but I like to doodle (or noodle?) around on a lap steel even though it isn't as flexible as a pedal steel for chords (umm... I hope that last comment about chords didn't put me in the "Steel Without Pedals" danger zone!!!)
Thanks
K |
Hello Kristen,
My M.O. when it comes to tunings....
On the back neck I have my go-too tuning. A G6. I pretty much leave it alone except for an occasional twist of a key. I play all styles of music with it.
And the front neck I use for all kinds of expirimenting. I might have any tuning on it at any given time. Maybe A6 maybe E13, or B11. I started using a C13, but have changed it to something else by now. |
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D Schubert
From: Columbia, MO, USA
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Posted 5 Feb 2023 6:51 am
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I like these two, C13 and E13 on my Stringmaster
Bb C E G A C E G
E G# D F# G# B C# E _________________ GFI Expo S-10PE, Sho-Bud 6139, Fender 2x8 Stringmaster, Supro consoles, Dobro. And more. |
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