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Topic: Tuning options |
Tony Boadle
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Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 10 Jun 2016 10:35 am |
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I'm happy enough with my present E7th 8-string tuning....but if I fancied a change (I play mainly Country and a little Western Swing) then what's the best general purpose option? I'm along way from music shop,so changing a string set needs planning and research lol!
Greetings from Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland. |
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Stephen Abruzzo
From:
Philly, PA
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Posted 10 Jun 2016 11:09 am
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| Please spell out your current tuning bottom-to-top and maybe someone can come up with something for you that isn't too far off your current tuning. |
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Tony Boadle
From:
Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 10 Jun 2016 11:41 am
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Good thinking! E G# B C# E G# B E
Over to you...... |
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Tim Weaver
From:
Minnesota, USA
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Posted 10 Jun 2016 12:04 pm
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What octave is your low E at? The low E on a guitar, or the E at the 2nd fret on the D string of a guitar?
Or, another way to ask the question: what string gauges do you use?
I'm tuned in E too, and I start at the higher of the two E's. I use a 36w string gauge for my low E.
My highest string is a G# (11 gauge), and I can't imagine trying to tune even higher to the B and E! So, after I write that I imagine you must be at a lower octave to start out with.
Also, I think you've got an E6 tuning because of the C#. For a 7th you'd want a D in there instead. (But that's just the name, if you can play fine no big deal!)
I don't have much experience with other tunings, so take this with a grain of salt, but some of the more common 6th tunings would be close to what you have, and may only need to swap out 1 or 2 strings.
C6:
A C E G A C E G
A6:
F# A C# E F# A C# E |
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Stephen Abruzzo
From:
Philly, PA
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Posted 10 Jun 2016 3:02 pm
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| Tony Boadle wrote: |
Good thinking! E G# B C# E G# B E
Over to you...... |
As Tim said.....you have an E6 tuning, not E7, and that should be good for what you want to play.
One suggestion:
E9: lo-to-hi...E-G#-B-D-F#-G#-B-E....this is a fairly easy re-tune with lots of fun stuff in there. |
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Tony Boadle
From:
Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 10 Jun 2016 3:09 pm
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| Thinking back, I originally tuned the fifth string to D, then dropped it to C# after a while. My low E is 56 gauge BTW. |
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Norman Evans
From:
Tennessee
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Posted 11 Jun 2016 4:39 am
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| I play the same E6 tuning you have on one neck. On the other neck I have a modified A6 tuning lo to hi A C# E F# A C# E F# This gives me the same string groups on strings 8 thru 2 as the E tuning with a 6Th note on string 1, which is very useful to me.The gauges I use are A 042, C# 36, E 030, F# 026, A 022, C# 018, E 014, F# 012. |
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Tony Boadle
From:
Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 11 Jun 2016 4:58 am
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| That modified A tuning looks like an interesting option......and thanks team for all your input! |
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Ron Simpson
From:
Illinois, USA
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Michael James
From:
La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
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Tony Boadle
From:
Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 14 Jun 2016 1:39 pm
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Help! I'm away from home until tomorrow night, my i-phone is suddenly blocking outgoing emails.... could anyone take a minute to e-mail George Boards and pass on my apologies for not replying to his mails? Back online tomorrow night.
Many thanks, Tony Boadle, currently in the sticks outside Galway...... |
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