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I guess I'm not the first to get to this one:

Example: C6 in the 12th fret, C11 in the 10th fret without root, a tuning which gives you all the advantages of -6 and -11 tunings.
Surely already known...

Thank you for your comment, Allan.
This tuning might provide some "jazzy" sounds (whatever that means...) in a blues jam session...
If you drop the A# to A you get a B11 without root at the bottom.
Here another of my favorite 8-string tunings:
E,G#,B,D,F#,A,C#,E

I was looking for an 8 string tuning with an open E on the four top strings. At the end I came to this (from bottom to top):
D#,F#,A#,C#,E,G#,B,E
It's a kind of extended F#11...

What I would try if I had a 10-string lap steel:
F#
E
B
G#
E
C#
A
F#
D#
B

What about this one?
E
B
G#
E
C#
F#

Hi everybody, last week I bought a Framus SL-800/1 with a tuning changer system on ebay. This system is stunning and offers a lot of possibilities. This tuning is what I started to play around with: http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1403/8727_Framus_tuning_1.jpg (Forgot to register Em7, four bot...

I never thought about the fact that the string spacing at the right hand, the picking hand, might differ from the string spacing at the nut. 6.5 cm doesn't seem to be too narrow. Thank you, Liz, for your detailed information. The dealer asks 399,- $. Even with shipping costs and more than 20% import...

Thank you everybody! The dealer told me the supro 8 nut width would be 2 1/8 (inch I guess), which is nearly 5,4 cm (German measure). Compared to the Guyatone nut width (6,7 cm = 2,64 inch) this seems quite narrow to me. Or did I make any mistake converting measures? I'd rather prefer a wider string...

Try this:
http://www.studybass.com/tools/chord-sc ... e-printer/

And this:
http://www.looknohands.com/chordhouse/g ... ex_rb.html

Useful helpers!

Hi! Can anybody of you Supro Console 8-owners tell me something about the string-spacing at the nut? Is it rather narrow or rather comfortable? What's the space between two strings?
I play with Alaska-fingerpicks, by the way...
Thank you,
Tom

6 string low to high: D,B,D,F#,A,D
8 string low to high: E,G#,B,D,F#,A,C#,E

That's what I like best at the moment...

I feel quite comfortable with these Alaska picks:
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http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1029/8727_ProPick_1_1.jpg http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1029/8727_ProPick_2_1.jpg I never could get used to fingerpicks until I found those ProPicks. They worked very well for me. http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix1029/8727_Fred_Kelly_1.jpg Later I ...

Can't believe it...
Tom

Hi Steinar, I send you the very best wishes for a quick recovery. Get well soon! Your fan and forumite Tom

So you're getting bored with your old intimate and accustomed partners? It's not fun anymore? Ever thought about having an affair? Why not get something started with cheap little ukulele, a charango, a tres cubano or any kind of exotic stringed instrument? Maybe even a banjo will do! And see what ha...

I am back in Germany now without having bought that guitar (including original case), although it seemed to be a very nice one to me when I had it on my lap. But 800 $ appeared it little bit too much to me, too. So thank you all for your replies, which were a big help to me - and a big help to my ar...

Thank you both!

http://bb.steelguitarforum.com/userpix0912/8727_GibsonLapSteelBlackBig_1.jpg Hi everybody, I just found this nice sounding little beauty in a Chicagoean guitar shop. Does anybody know something about this type of Gibson lap steel? Does anybody have an idea what it might be worth? The dealer asks 80...

I don't know why, but the chord-diagram on looknohands.com doesn't work any more. Too bad, this was really useful. It showed a lot of scales, too. Micheal Hogg's chord explorer only gives you six strings, as far as I can see. I think you would have to add up additional strings in a second diagram an...

Try this one:

http://www.michael-hogg.co.uk/gce.php

Tom

...yes, that's what I love this instrument for, too. All these little secrets hidden in a handful of wires...
Tom

Hi Matt, you're right, I came to this by fumbling around with the 6string B11-tuning, which I like very much. I asked myself what my choice for an 8string-tuning would be like. I thought a fat E-major 'down in the ground' would be good, especially if you like to jam in blues sessoins. Then I turned ...

...from high to low, I guess.
Always get confused by the ways of numbering the strings.
Tom

Hi Del,

your tuning: From high to low or the other way round?
The G# right beside the G is confusing me a bit...

Tom