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Topic: Tunings for lap steels with benders |
John Watson
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Ontario, Canada
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Posted 1 May 2020 6:45 am |
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Anyone familiar with "common" tunings for lap steels with benders - such as the dussenberg. Luke Cyrus does some nice stuff but I think not usually in comon tunings. I've seen
GBD F#AD but perhaps there's some other go to tunings people are familiar with? |
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K Maul
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Hadley, NY/Hobe Sound, FL
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Posted 1 May 2020 7:44 am
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I use a very standard D (DADF#AD) and bend strings 2 + 3.
Have also used DEF#G#BE bending 2+3
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Jerry Wagner
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California, USA
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Posted 1 May 2020 8:01 am
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Hi John,
I'm in the process of building a 7-string lap steel that I'm planning to fit with a Certano string bender. The tuning I use most is GM6/C7; Hi to Low: G,D,B,G,E,C,Bb. The 2 bender strings will be D & B. With that similar DM6/G tuning, I would be bending the F# & A strings. E9 pedal steels are set up to bend the B-string to C# with pedal #1. Standard electric guitars that are set up with a strap actuated bender typically bend either the B or D string. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-Bender |
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Jeff Mead
From:
London, England
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Posted 1 May 2020 12:01 pm
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| Jerry Wagner wrote: |
| Standard electric guitars that are set up with a strap actuated bender typically bend either the B or D string. |
I've never heard of a standard electric guitar with a D bender. G is quite common though - definitely the most popular after B (many guitars have both B and G). |
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Tony Boadle
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Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland
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Posted 1 May 2020 12:36 pm
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After much experimentation, I found that E6th works well in most situations....lo- hi B C# E G# B E with the benders raising the G# to A and the second string B to C#. Basically imitating the A and B pedals on a PSG.
Try it! |
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John Watson
From:
Ontario, Canada
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Posted 2 May 2020 7:20 pm Tunings for lap steels with benders
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| Thanks for the responses. I'm going to try some of these out. I actually have an 8 string that I tune the same as strings 1 - 8 of an E9 pedal steel, except I lower down to B9 so I can more easily do behind the bar bends for alot of country sounds. I was thinking of getting a second lap with benders and a different tuning for some other sounds. |
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John Watson
From:
Ontario, Canada
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Posted 2 May 2020 7:46 pm Tunings for lap steels with benders
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| Sorry make that D9. I'm only down about one full tone from E9. |
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Paul Strojan
From:
California, USA
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Posted 5 May 2020 1:10 pm
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My dream guitar is a lap steel with the Bud Isaac/Speedy West E9 to A6 change.
E, G#, B, D, F# G#, B, E to E, A, C#, E, F#, A, C#, E.
Wrist levers for the G# to A and B to C#, change and a dropper for the E to D. |
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