C6 Tuning

Lynn Oliver · From: Redmond, Washington USA * R.I.P.

The excellent book by Andy Volk lists Cindy Cashdollar's C6 tuning as, high to low:
GECAGECA

The standard C6 strings sold by JustStrings.com are gauged for:
ECAGECAG

Does Cindy use the tuning listed in the book for her C6 instructional videos?

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Lynn Oliver

Billy Wilson · From: El Cerrito, California, USA

She does.

Roman Sonnleitner · From: Vienna, Austria

Yep, definitely - I've got the video and the TAB that comes with it, and she does use the first tuning you mentioned.

Tony Harris · From: England

You sure that second tuning's not upside-down i.e high-to-low?

Tony Harris · From: England

Oooops! No, I take that back. It's my BRAIN that's upside down today!

Rick Alexander · From: Florida, USA, R.I.P.

Lynn, to use the Just Strings set for high C6 tuning - just take out the low G string and add a high G.
.012 would be a suitable gauge for high G.

Michael Johnstone · From: Sylmar,Ca. USA

Having a 5 on top like Cindy is happenin'.
It's a common Western Swing thing to do but it's quite a bit handier than having the low G on most kinds of music,IMHO.
If you're worried about buying strings,just put together your own sets using this resource: http://www.hawaiiansteel.com/learning/gauges.html
Any music store will put a custom set together for you. Better yet,so will Bob - and Jagwires at that.

Mark Vinbury · From: N. Kingstown, Rhode Island, USA

One thing I noticed in Cindy's 1st video is she gets a bit confused when she talks about relating her 8 string to a 6 string and she says to just leave off the bottom two strings.This would be the A and C ,leaving the E G A C E G. She then goes on to list the strings as "E (C) A C E G".
This threw me off for a minute when I first started.
Seems to me it might be better to leave off the top and bottom strings (A and G) since that produces the more common C6th CEGACE Lo to Hi.

Lynn Oliver · From: Redmond, Washington USA * R.I.P.

quote:
Lynn, to use the Just Strings set for high C6 tuning - just take out the low G string and add a high G.
.012 would be a suitable gauge for high G.

Ah, that makes sense. Just shift the strings with the notes.

I like the idea of Cindy's tuning because I'm coming from G tuning on a dobro, and having the major triad on top means that most things transfer over.

OTOH, the Just Strings set works fine for G6 tuning...

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Lynn Oliver

[This message was edited by Lynn Oliver on 20 October 2006 at 09:22 AM.]

Patrick Newbery · From: San Francisco, California, USA

Some people using C6 find the high G a little too thin sounding.

Using the ECAGECAG set you can also retune to A6 to get the 5 on top again.

E
C#
A
F#
E
C#
A
F#

The 5th on top certainly gives a lot more flexibility (for me) in either Swing or Hawaiian.

Mike Fried · From: Nashville, TN, USA

I also prefer the E on top, and retune between C6, A6, and B11 on the same gauges. I tried the high G and it just sounds too shrill to me.

Maurie Junod · From: Oak Forest, Illinois, USA

I use Jagwire strings that I order from B0b. My guitar scale is 24" and I have been
able to use a .014 gauge for that top G for over three years without breakage and I get
a fuller sound. Maurie

Mark Tomlinson · From: Seattle, Washington, USA

Well, darn if I didn't just re-string my guitar absolutely 1 string/note off from the high C6.

I've got a little project for the weekend, but now I've got to find a .012p for the top string, and shift everyone over by 1.

Kris Oka · From: San Francisco, CA, USA

Mark, Cindy confused me with the statement of leaving the 7th & 8th strings off and keeping the the 1st string high G. Her suggested tuning ECACEG did not work with her tabs. But remember Cindy's tabs, for example, Cold, Cold Heart were written for 8 string steel and her tabs go to the high G. I went back to the standare 6 string C6 tuning leaving off the low A (8 string) and the high G (1st string) and finding these notes on the 2nd and 3rd strings on the 11th fret and 9th fret and the rest of tune was OK.

Lynn Oliver · From: Redmond, Washington USA * R.I.P.

Ron Whitfield · From: Kaaawa, Hawaii, USA

Come on Lynn, chance um!
I've had 17s to high G, and have a 16 to high G# on my short scale Mag.

Does get a bit scary tho...

Lynn Oliver · From: Redmond, Washington USA * R.I.P.

I'm more worried about stressing the tuning machines than I am about the strings...

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Lynn Oliver

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