Tuning of 4-neck Instruments

Charles Davidson · Post by **Charles Davidson** » 11 Oct 2007 8:07 pm

On his Fender quad,Mr,McAuliffe used on his A6th neck top to bottom,EC#AF#EC#AF#--E13th NECK--EC#BG#F#DG#E--Minor Neck-ECAF#FEflat,Aflat,D--Bass neck-DBGEDCBA He used the minor neck for Dim,Aug,Maj7th,Don't know the string gauges,don't you know.

Al Marcus · Post by **Al Marcus** » 12 Oct 2007 9:53 am

Basil-I just looked at your setup and you have it covered pretty good. I like the E6 and A6 configurations.

My Friend Fred Shannon and I developed a 12 string tuning based on E6 (which would have the same bar positions as E9). All the chords needed would be available, as Basil's are.. You could do a lot of strumming and still not hit a bad note.

If I remember correctly, Herb Remington's basic tuning was A6. Then he got E6 with one pedal, but I dont have the setup in fron of me, so cant remember the other pedals, all I do know that it was a very good setup with only 4 pedals, and he got all the needed chords.

E6 , E13th and A6 have always been my Basic tunings, even whan playing non pedal in the 30's..al.

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Bill Brummett · Post by **Bill Brummett** » 15 Oct 2007 5:25 pm

Al Marcus · Post by **Al Marcus** » 15 Oct 2007 6:33 pm

Bill-That is a great setup that Herb uses. What a great pioneer player he is. P1 is the Maj7th, P2 is the Diminished, and P3 is your flatted 5th, 7th 9th chord. the Lr knee is the minor , like P6 on C6 , P3 is like P5 on C6, P1 is like P7 on C6, for you C6 guys.
LKR and P1 gives you a nice E7th that resolves into A6 open. Lots of good stuff there , and very lean...al.

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