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Have you considered reentrant strings? D or …….. D A ………... A F# ……… . F# D ………... D A ………… A F# ….……. D D …………. a b ……….… b You lose the big DAD power chord with the first on, but gain B minor and Bm7 The second brings back the power chord but has awkward dual reentrant strings.

My understanding is that he played pretty much exclusively 1 5 1 3 5 1 tunings, mostly tuned D E and F. It would make sense that if he wanted to keep a guitar tuned up to G, that he might put a low G on string 7, for G G D G B D G, or maybe a low D for D G D G B D G. It would be nice to hear from so...

You can replace the low string with a reentrant 6. I do it on my 7 strings.
Either b D A D F# A D or e G B D G B D.

On 6 strings you will end up with an awkward 1-7 interval (c# B E G# B E)

You might also consider the more usual E B E G# C# E or E C# E G# B E.

That’s very generous of you. I don’t understand why you didn’t explain to your wife that whatever string gauges you give away, you’ll need the next day

I experimented with a 7 string version of that tuning for a while.

GBDFACE

There are a ton of useful chord combinations n there.

Have you considered a reentrant string for the. 8th string? Perhaps a Bb.

Tom Dougherty wrote:I have a National Reso Phonic at my store, s/n T 1098 in good condition. No pick up. Any thoughts on a value??

Without photos and more details it is very difficult to estimate a value..

… The strings that were on were: 1-e 2-b 3-g# 4-e 5-d [ drop to C# ] 6-b 7-g# 8-e Is there really this much variation in tunings? Am I supposed to just try them all and decide what's best? I'd just like to be told what the most common E tuning is to get started on straight steel, no pedals. Yes, th...

Too cool!

It looks like it was designed to be played like a double neck, with two different 7 string tunings.

I'm just beginning on a double neck steel, no pedals. Can someone break down what the notes for each string should be for me? I'm confused by all of the E variations. I finally bought a set of E13's. They say to start with first string as G#, but the chord thingy I have from Cindy Cashdollar says f...

Maybe you can find a husk here? Sometimes there are used bodies and parts available on EBay too.

You made an excellent choice. Chris’s instruments are first class, and he is a pleasure to work with. Congratulations!

Wow! I would be all over this if I still lived in Toronto.

Quite a bit of info in this thread, https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=281635

Very nice. Cool vibe.

A thought…
By tuning to Dmaj7 you could use the benders to bring the D strings back up to E. One bender = Dmaj9.
Two benders = A6

Can anyone on this thread recommend tabs for G6 or some tips on to think about the tuning if we know a little C6? The BDEGBD tuning may be better for you You can use A6 TAB, since it's the same pattern up a whole step. Plus the top 3 strings still match your Dobro G tuning. Thank you David. I have ...

That was nice. Tres cool.

Robert Murphy wrote:I don’t use the low root with a band so BDEGBD.

David M Brown wrote:…This is the tuning I learned, it’s the common A6 transposed down.

I should have included the BDEGBD tuning in my initial post. It’s fairly common, and is essentially the common 7string G6 without the low root.

Perhaps because one can tune as low as D2 on string 6 and as high as G4 on string 1 there are a myriad of playable tuning possibilities. Moving beyond six strings opens up still more possibilities. I believe that the most common versions are; GBEGBD EBDGBD But these all work too; EGBGBD EGDGBD GDEGB...

Andy Volk wrote:I use a standard set of Dobro strings and tune down to G6th - the identical intervals to C6th.

GBDEGB?

I'm actually cutting wood this morning for a lap steel, it's only been a couple of years since I dreamed this up. Live edge curly spalted maple... Anyway I digress. I play two lap steels - a 23" scale National Dynamic and a 25" scale Dobro. I find the 23" scale to be a bit fiddly, I ...

Looks good...similar tuning I've been using low to high E G D G B E and E G D G B D using a 32 gauge string in place of the low E & tuning it to an E an octave higher than a low E... this gives 6th chords, major/minors etc with the 6th out the way too + there when needed.. Joel, I’ve come aroun...

Some sweet tones emanating from those machines AND from those fingers.

That was excellent!

How about this one, from back in their bluegrass days..,
https://youtu.be/jUYnZtM_Qgw

Mando & Dobro.