What do you think of this C6?

Chris Scruggs · From: Nashville, Tennessee, USA

I have recently been fooling around with this version of C6/A7 and liking it alot. I would describe it as if Jerry Byrd and Joaquin Murphy had to agree on the same tining, this is it.

E .015p
C .018p
A .022p
G .024w
E .030w
C#.034w
A .068w low
B .020p high

You still get all the bottom end with the low bass A string, but you can pick up the high B for a nice A9th or C6 chromatic runs.
I geuss it would be C6/A9.

What do you think?

C Dixon · From: Duluth, GA USA

Except for requiring the "fat lady" to press the bar down at the lower frets, it has much to offer. Since the thumb actually aids in fast picking; and that B note being there, makes for some very interesting things musically.

If I was going to go this route I might replace the low A string with an F string. Then you would have the best of Jerry's C6/A7 and his diatonic tunings all in one. Without messing up his split slants on the upper strings as his diatonic tuning often does.

I like it,

carl

TonyL · From: Seattle. WA

I have this as the middle tuning of my T8.

It sounds great, especially with someone who really knows how to play it...

TL

Earnest Bovine · From: Los Angeles CA USA

Joachin would have used a high G instead of the low A.

Paul Graupp · From: Macon Ga USA

I know this is about a pedal tuning but it's appropriate to this discussion. I recall when the added high string(s) on E9th were placed at the rear (low end...) of the tuning. It did require the Fat Lady option to keep it right, especially when the D# string was added to the F# already there. I remember being very satisfied when those two strings were placed in front of the tuning where they remain to this day.

Regards, Paul

Wayne Cox · From: Chatham, Louisiana, USA * R.I.P.

Looks good on paper but putting an .o68 next door to an .020 sounds like a recipe for bar buzz and/or tuning problems.
~~W.C.~~

Bobby Lee · From: Cloverdale, California, USA

I saw Bobby Black using this one:

 D


 B


 E


 C


 A


 G


 E


 C#

The third string E is the highest pitch.

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Al Terhune · From: Newcastle, WA

Chris -- I tried this and liked it. However, I use the E version of the C6/Am, so I put a light-guage (.014) D# on the bottom. You can get a banjo-roll type thing going with it...which means if I went ahead and brought it up to E, it WOULD BE a banjo-roll type thing...hmmm. I'll try that.

I've often thought about doing similar things, but have been too lazy, with a 10-string lap -- putting different, lighter gauge strings on 9 and 10, because the heavier strings just conflict with the bass player.

J D Sauser · From: Wellington, Florida

I would definately put the B out on the top.
I used to have B and D out on the top just like what b0b shows for Bobbe Black, by recommendation of Maurice Anderson. This gives a nice chromatic scale feel to a straight bar and an outboard minor 3rd interval that fits in well too.
But later when I went C6th/A7th I dropped my top "chromatic" D to C# and found that it not only resolves the A7th part of my tuning well but also added an aditional set of major 3rd intervals with string #5-A (just as the top B does with string #6-G). These intervals can come in handy at times.
The top B will also do something else for you: When playing together with the high A string (#5 on my setup) you can backwards slant 2 frets and have a unison and given the wider spacing it can be mastered in-tune quite easily. Then surprise everybody doing something usually only E9th pedal playes do: Slanting forward one fret (minor 3rd) or even 2 frets (cross slanting form backward to forward) a couple of fret further up of down.
If you tune JI as most non pedal players, you will have found out that it's tricky to get a good sounding minor 3rd off F & G strings with a forward slant (the minor 3rd wants to be a little sharp in JI). With A and B and the wider spacing you can do that, or even a major 3rd easy and accurate and even the backward unison.

Setup on B10 Rickenbacher:

1-C#
2-B
3-E
4-C
5-A
6-G
7-E
8-C#
9-C
10-A
(11-F is on my x-mas wish list)

... J-D.

Al Marcus · From: Cedar Springs,MI USA (deceased)

Bobby Lee- That tuning of Bobby Black's has got a ton of posibilities. With 8 or 10 strings , it is possible to play a lot of music without pedals.

JD S. -It is good to see you cooking from Spain. You have a lot of stuff in your tuning setup.....al

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