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My steel playing career started on a triple 8 string National console guitar. I used a combination of the two.: F# D# G# E B G# F# E _____ Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 54 years and still ...
EG#BC#EG# or 135613. Same interval as the C6. It seems a natural tuning for a life long E9 pedal guy like me. Am I missing something? Don't think I hear anything about this 6 string tuning. Maybe it's the High G# being a little thin sounding. Any instruction written for C6 would directly fall into the E tuning just a different key.
Hey John, I have one of my lapsteels in that E7th tuning (BDEG#BE) with a unique twist. I have Keith/Scruggs banjo tuners on strings 1 and 3. I lower the 1st string to D and the 3rd string to G and then it becomes a G6th tuning (BDEGBD) which I find myself using a little more than the E7th. I like the E7 for the more rock or blues edged things.
So even with 8-strings, there was no b7 in there. It was still an E6/AM9 tuning. The other neck had (lo to hi): F# A B D# F# A C# E. This is where the "dominant" sound was - B9 tuning with two b7's (= A note). As I understand it, Don never had a fat 13-tuning à la Leon McAuliffe with a b7 in the lower register and a sixth above.
1) Hit the ground running. Use your Dobro tuning. 2) Learn the de facto “standard” lap steel tuning; C6 (CEGACE) 3) Experiment like a madman, seeking the perfect tuning, while knowing full well that there is no single, perfect tuning. _____ Current Tunings: 6 String | G – G B D G B D 7 String | G6 – e G B D G B D (re-entrant)
Many years ago, I played a double neck 8 string Fender. Thinking I would relive my youth, I just purchased a cheap double neck six string from eBay. Now I am faced with the dilemma of what tuning to use. Back in my 8 string days, I used C6 and E13. It looks like C6 is a good choice for one of the necks, any suggestions as to what to use for the ...
This is also an Open A tuning, and might be referred to as A, low bass. Finally, on a chart not specifically written for lap steel, “A major†might refer only to the song key that the chart is written for. _____ Current Tunings: 6 String | G – G B D G B D 7 String | G6 – e G B D G B D (re-entrant)
The hi-bass tuning has a very traditional bluegrass sound. As Peter J mentioned, the lo-bass tuning seems to be a better all-around tuning for "Americana" styles. The 5-1-5-1 "power chords" in the bass can be used as both major or minor chords in a pinch. Another benefit to the lo-bass G tuning is how quickly you can retune to D or D6/Bm7.
Hello - I am relatively new to steel guitar forum and lap steel in general. In October, 2019 I purchased an SX Lap 2 Ash NA 3TS Electric Lap steel guitar. It came in Open G Tuning. I would like to learn Open D on my lap steel, however, I am not familiar with string gauges and do not understand many of the charts online.
I need to change to a E13th tuning to be able to play the songs in his book but I am using a Six String Lap and he plays everything on an 8 String but he doesn't use strings 7 & 8. What is the E13th Tuning on a Six String and also do I have to change the string Gauges or can I just change from C6th to E13th using the same Gauge Strings.