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Topic: Bobby Black's 12 string tuning |
Edward Meisse
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Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 15 Aug 2009 3:50 pm |
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I have heard that Bobby Black is playing a 12 string non pedal guitar these days almost exclusively. Does anybody know how he tunes it? Does he use Mr. Anderson's tuning?
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Dave Zirbel
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Sebastopol, CA USA
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Posted 15 Aug 2009 4:53 pm
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I think it's a C6 with the high G and chromatics (D and B) on top, same intervals as the E9 top 2 strings. That was a few years ago. I think he is always experimenting.
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Edward Meisse
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Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 15 Aug 2009 8:58 pm
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Sounds like Mr. Anderson's tuning, alrighty.
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chris ivey
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california (deceased)
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Posted 16 Aug 2009 9:09 am
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| i used to think bobby was getting up there in years...now i'm that old...he keeps getting younger and better...how come i don't? |
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Edward Meisse
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Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 16 Aug 2009 12:37 pm
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It's all too obvious to anyone who comes to see me play that I don't know the answer to that question. 
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Jim Park
From:
Carson City, Nv
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Posted 16 Aug 2009 2:20 pm Re:Bobby Black
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| Bobby was in Carson City on Aug 13th playing a Carter D-10 and sounding fabulous as usual!!!!! I didn't ask him about his tuning but it sounded pretty standard to me |
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Dan Tyack
From:
Olympia, WA USA
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Posted 18 Aug 2009 5:29 am
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| I've heard Bobby play 6 string, 7 string, 8 string, 10 string or 12 string pedal and non-pedal steel with various tunings (including Jerry Byrd's 7 string tuning with the C#). He always sounds like Bobby, so I don't think the tuning makes a difference, he's always brilliant. |
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 18 Aug 2009 6:53 am
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When he had first gotten his MSA SuperSlide from Maurice, he was using that "Anderson" tuning, then the next time I saw him play it he had done some modification to it or else went back to what he was using on his West Coast Steel 12-string non-pedal, unfortunately I don't recall the difference.
In the past 3-4 years I have seen him play several times, and about half has been on a 12 string non-pedal, and the other half on his Carter D-10.
His playing is "like buttah."
One of my favorite shows he did (and Forumite Billy Wilson played piano on a few tunes) was a few years ago in Petaluma on his Carter, with sometime New Rider Gary Vogenson on a Tele along with a standup bassist. They were playing mostly jazz stuff and standards.
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Dave Ristrim
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Whites Creek, TN
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Posted 18 Aug 2009 7:12 am
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I think his 12 string copedant was listed on the California Freedom album. His C6 had a low A, then standard C6 starting with the low C on the 11th string ending with the "normal" G on the 2nd. Then the D on the first. This is what I use and I find it very handy. Again; A-C-F-A-C-E-G-A-C-E-G-D
Bobby had two D12 Emmons back then, and I believe both were stolen while he was with Commander Cody. He told me some funny stories about borrowing pedal steels while finishing the tour. |
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Edward Meisse
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Santa Rosa, California, USA
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Posted 21 Aug 2009 8:09 am
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Thanks, Dave. 
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Dave Magram
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San Jose, California, USA
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Posted 23 Aug 2009 8:49 am
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I had the opportunity to ask Bobby Black himself about his 12-string tuning. Bobby said that while he often experiments with different tunings, the tuning he is currently using with his non-pedal 12-string is(from low to high):
Bb, D, F, A, C, E, G, A, C, E, B, D
- Note that the 12th string Bb is tuned higher than the 9th string A, and the 11th string D is tuned higher than the 8th string C.
- Also note that the 2nd string B is tuned lower than the 4th string C, and the 1st string D is tuned lower than the 3rd string E.
Bobby's pedal steel is a D-10, tuned in the usual way for E9 and C6 (with first string tuned to D).
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Dave Ristrim
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Whites Creek, TN
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Posted 23 Aug 2009 9:09 am
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Thanks Dave M.. After reading this thread again, I saw it was about Bobby's non-pedal tuning. Now we have the right info.
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Cartwright Thompson
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Posted 25 Aug 2009 2:14 am
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| I've heard Bobby play the Jerry Byrd diatonic tuning. It was amazing, slants all over the place with perfect intonation. He's one of the greatest players around and one heck of a nice guy. |
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