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Bob Jennings

 

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Post  Posted 12 Oct 2024 1:07 pm    
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What and where can I get (buy) instructions for the A6th 8 string non pedal steel guitar?

Bob J.
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Noah Miller


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Rocky Hill, CT
Post  Posted 12 Oct 2024 4:54 pm    
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You may just want to use C6 material and transpose 3 frets.
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Bob Jennings

 

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Indiana, USA
Post  Posted 13 Oct 2024 1:25 am     A6th Tuning
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Noah Miller,

Hmmmm, I never thought of that; Thank you for the idea.

Bob J.
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Brooks Montgomery


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Idaho, USA
Post  Posted 13 Oct 2024 6:38 am    
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Check out a couple of the short Eddie Rivers vids on youtube. Good little nuggets.
Such as:
https://youtu.be/rARCcW3I0K4?feature=shared
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J Fletcher

 

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London,Ont,Canada
Post  Posted 13 Oct 2024 8:31 am    
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Herb Remington had some A6 instructional material. Check the web .
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Tim Whitlock


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Colorado, USA
Post  Posted 13 Oct 2024 8:48 am    
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Noah Miller wrote:
You may just want to use C6 material and transpose 3 frets.


Right, however it should be noted, A6 is most always tuned with a 5th (E) on the top string as in E-C#-A-F#-E-C#-A-F#

There are two popular C6 tunings:

3rd (E) on top: E-C-A-G-E-C-A-G
5th (G) on top: G-E-C-A-G-E-C-A

So transposing will only work if the C6 material uses the second tuning (5th on top).
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Paul Seager


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Augsburg, Germany
Post  Posted 13 Oct 2024 12:46 pm    
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It's been some time since I last looked but I recall Cindy Cashdollar's Western Swing videos use C6 with a G on top. That would be your starting point. Just apply it 3 frets down.

With A6 you can fatten up the gauges to fatten up your tone! From A6, it's an easy re-tune to B11 or even the C6 variation that has an E on the first string.
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Joe A. Roberts


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Seoul, South Korea
Post  Posted 13 Oct 2024 1:30 pm    
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This book teaches C6th with a high G, too:
https://steelguitarshopper.com/mastering-the-lap-steel-guitar-by-rob-haines-book-and-online-video/
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Bob Jennings

 

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Indiana, USA
Post  Posted 14 Oct 2024 1:51 am     A6th Tuning
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Brooks Montgomery, J. Fletcher, Tim Whitlock, Paul Seager and Joe A. Roberts:

Thank all of you for the responses--I found Herb Remington A6th DVDs at Texas Music Supply, and I'll look further into the Mel Bay and I'm going to click on the others.

Bob Jennings
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Ben Alt

 

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Austin, Texas
Post  Posted 15 Oct 2024 9:54 am    
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I have been focused on A6 and also struggle finding material. The best options I’ve found are using c6 tab and moving everything up three frets, and just focusing on the center 6 strings. I really like Doug Beaumier’s books, most of the arrangements are pretty movable.

I’ve also used some of Sebastian Müller’s great arrangements for high bass A from https://hawaiian-steel-guitar.com/. The fact that he doesn’t use the f# strings can make it a good challenge to figure out how to incorporate if (or avoid it entirely). I’d definitely put his arrangements as intermediate to advanced, but really great.

I’ve taken lessons from Ethan Shaw too, and he focuses a lot on A6. (I think he was a student of Herb Remington). I’m not sure if he does Skype.


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Michael Lee Allen

 

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Portage Park / Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois
Post  Posted 15 Oct 2024 12:04 pm     Ernie Ball A6th folios
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IF you can find them Ernie Ball put out a series of A6th instruction folios. Either five or six folios in the complete set. First started with the original old (low to high) AC#EAC#E 6 string tuning, then to the standard (low to high) F#AC#EF#AC#E 8 string tuning, and finally beginning pedals.
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Rich Arnold

 

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Tennessee, USA
Post  Posted 21 Oct 2024 5:46 am    
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I think Mike Neer might have something. Or Guy Cundell. They are both on this forum. I don't use books for steel guitar so I haven't seen their material. Rose Sinclair is an A6 player too.
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Andy Volk


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Boston, MA
Post  Posted 22 Oct 2024 4:48 am    
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I have some A6th arrangements on my site.
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