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Topic: Need Help 6 string Tuning |
Larry Hamilton
From:
Amarillo,Tx
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Posted 1 Jan 2010 10:55 am |
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Non-forumite bass playing buddy of mine has aquired a 6 string lap steel and doesn't know how to tune it and neither do I. I am sure it has either C6, E or an A6 tuning. Please would someone give me several possible tunings and string gauges if possible. Wish I was more knowledgable about this but I'm not, so any help will really be appreciated. Thanks for your time  . Keep pickin', Larry
P.S. I don't think he cares what it is tuned to but the more possibilities the better. Thanks again.
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Ray Montee
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Portland, Oregon (deceased)
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Posted 1 Jan 2010 11:03 am I dunno...................
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IMHO........selecting a tuning is far more important than picking out the color of a Mountain Bike, Harley Davidson or Honda car.
One can take whatever is given to him/her but that might prove to be most frustrating when the player discovers the sound desired cannot be had in that particular tuning.
A prospective student should first REALLY LISTEN to a number of artists and the, figure out which one he/she wants most to sound like one day. From that point, real progress can be made.
I'd strongly recommend giving a listen to the tunes on JERRYBYRD-FANCLUB.com/ That's a C6th tuning and it made Jerry Byrd an extremely good living. String gages and other essential info' can be found on that site. |
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Larry Hamilton
From:
Amarillo,Tx
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Posted 1 Jan 2010 11:41 am
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Ray, thanks for the quick reply. However from what I understand, it doesn't really much matter what the tuning is as long as in tune. He just wants to mess around with it. Since he has no idea what he has I was just going to ask some questions and start from scratch and give him some info to choose from and go from there. Jerry, my buddy is a fine bassist that can read and plays with Big Band for the Shriners. As smart as he is he might wind up doing something with the little guitar (that I haven't seen). Just something for his enjoyment. It just needs to have a tuning so it can tuned. Thanks again for your time. Larry
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 1 Jan 2010 1:04 pm
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| Hi Larry, I would click on the "STRINGS" link at the top of the page and look at the lap steel strings. As Ray mentioned Jerry Byrd did quite well with his C6 tuning. I also think it's the most versatle tuning and offers the most choices for learning material. |
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Steinar Gregertsen
From:
Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 1 Jan 2010 1:12 pm
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The most used 6-string C6 tuning goes like this:
E
C
A
G
E
C
You can order sets of strings gauged for this tuning by clicking on "Strings" on top of this page. Scroll down and look for "Lap Steel Sets" then choose the Jagwire C6th/A6th sets.
Besides being the most widely used tuning for lap steel it's also the one with the most instructional material available, should your friend decide to get more "serious" about playing it.
For more folk/blues/rock styles of playing, standard major tunings are very popular. My personal favorites are "highbass-G"
D
B
G
D
B
G
and "E-major"
E
B
G#
E
B
E
You will find an informative string gauge chart so you can choose the correct string gauges for those tunings by clicking here.
Hope this helps.
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Nils Fliegner
From:
Germany
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Posted 1 Jan 2010 1:16 pm
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How 'bout this: C#-035w, E-030w, G-024w, A-020p, C-017p, E-014p?
This would give your friend the C6/A7 combination tuning, one of the most versatile ones around with full majors, minors and dominant 7th chords.
Or just as a plain C6: C-E-G-A-C-E. Or plain A6: C#-E-#F#-A-C#-E. Can also be retuned to E13 with the same gauges: D-E-G#-B-C#-E.
Or try B11:B-D#-F#-A-C#-E. And D9:C-E-F#-A-C-E.
A lot of mileage out of one set of strings! |
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Clete Ritta
From:
San Antonio, Texas
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Posted 1 Jan 2010 2:33 pm
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This is one of the most complete lists of 6 string tunings I've seen so far!
http://www.well.com/user/wellvis/tuning.html
The explanations and comments are excellent too.
Be prepared to change guages depending on what you're after.
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norm mcdaniel
From:
waco tx
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Posted 2 Jan 2010 2:28 pm 6 string lap steel
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Larry you ole dog Ill bet you are the guy with the lap steel and your trying to be annomus(sp)
Try tuning to a C6th 6 string and the tuning would be from low to high C E G A C E
C--46
E--36
G--30
A--24
C--18
E--14
These are some of the string guages Cindy Cashdollar uses for some of her C-6th tunings
Ole Norm in Waco Tx |
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