The Steel Guitar Forum

The tuning on my other neck is c6 (acegaceg). I'm having fun with it, and totally excited. I'm mostly into first generation country music.

I'll guess I'll just tune this other neck to what it says on the strings.

Thanks for the info. I'd just love to know what the standard tuning is, the strings I bought say: 1st- g# 2nd- e 3rd- c# 4th- b 5th- g# 6th- e 7th- D 8th- b The strings that were on were: 1-e 2-b 3-g# 4-e 5-d 6-b 7-g# 8-e Cindy Cashdollar says this is her preferred for E13: 1-e 2-c# 3-b 4-g# 5-f# 6-...

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 fi...

Yeah, I am actually starting on steel, no pedals. Sorry I didn't clarify that.

So, what is the version of E for straight steel? I see many versions of E but not sure which strings to buy for E.

Thanks everyone! Seems there is consensus to learn both. I appreciate the thoughtful repsonses.

Yeah, met too! I'm hoping somebody pipes in...

I've been playing for just a few weeks now. I've got the bug and I am sticking with it. I'm lucky enough to have double neck and have it set up for c6 and e9. Originally I planned on just doing the c6 for a while and ignore the e9 until I felt proficient to explore more. However, as a bluegrass banj...