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Topic: Do you solo on multiple necks? |
Gerard Ventura
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Texas, USA
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Posted 11 Dec 2007 9:56 pm |
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Hello, I'm using a D8, mostly Remington A6 neck (low to high is F# A C# E F# A C# E). I have E13 on the other, but just use it for occasional contrast chords on the IV or V.
I'm inclined to just tune both necks to A6 (a spare neck for string breaks) - There's no way I can learn to solo on two different tunings - but do you do it? thanks! |
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Bill Creller
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Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 11 Dec 2007 10:57 pm
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I strongly doubt you will ever need a spare neck for string breakage.
There are folks who use four necks for a tune ( those with long arms  ) I don't think it's a big deal except for show. Sure makes them look busy |
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 12 Dec 2007 4:30 am
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If you wish to use lush chords then you need the three inversions of a major/minor/sixth et al., available.
Within a given song I CAN use one tuning, or by preference about six tunings.
So it's my belief that using more than one tuning within a song/tune is beneficial from a chordal point of view.
Definitely NOT essential, but very pretty if done selectively.
one tuning E6th
Five or six
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Mark Roeder
From:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2007 9:55 am
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Basilh
I could not get your links to open. Is your E6 the Don Helms E6?
Mark |
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Mike Neer
From:
NJ
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Posted 12 Dec 2007 10:09 am
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Definitely. One of my necks is tuned to a variation of A6 and the other is tuned to an E-based tuning with close intervals, better for pedal steel type stuff. I switch back and forth very often.
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Anthony Locke
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2007 3:47 pm
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| Anybody can learn to solo on different necks. All it takes is alot of practice, and then some more practicing. Once you get the hang of it though, you'll find that you will start to get new ideas on phrasing, passing chords, etc. Every great musician I have met, still approach their instrument as a student open to new ideas. |
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 12 Dec 2007 4:42 pm
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Mark, try them now..
there WAS a problem with the syntax.. |
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Gerard Ventura
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2007 4:54 pm
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Good points all... I went back to A6 on one neck, "invented" this tuning on the other - what would you call it?  low to high:
string gauge/ tune
56 E
46 G#
36 D
30 F#
24 A
22 B
17 C#
14 E
thanks! |
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Jim Bates
From:
Alvin, Texas, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2007 5:13 pm
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Yes. I solo on all 3 necks of my Fender T-8 (A6th, E 13th and C6th). Always have. Why else would you have multiple necks?
Sometimes I use two necks,usually the A and E necks, on the same tune. I stood by the side of Billy Bowman when he was playing a 4 neck with Bob Wills and watched him use multiple necks during many songs / instrumentals. He got some great chords that way.
Thanx,
Jim |
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basilh
From:
United Kingdom
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Posted 12 Dec 2007 5:13 pm
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| A version of E11th is what I'd call it ! |
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Andy Sandoval
From:
Bakersfield, California, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2007 5:29 pm
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| Ocasionally I get brave and venture onto another neck on my Fender T-8 while practicing a song. It's quite a challenge but definitely worth exploring. Lots of fun too. |
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Bill Creller
From:
Saginaw, Michigan, USA (deceased)
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Posted 12 Dec 2007 7:56 pm
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| You are certainly correct about the lush chords Basil. There is a Hawaiian radio station that uses some lush chord runs by someone (??) between commercials and tunes etc. |
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Philip Bender
From:
Palmetto FL USA (deceased)
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Posted 12 Dec 2007 8:30 pm Mutiple necks
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Aloha all,
As some of you know, I added a third neck to my Excel to allow me to go from the C Diatonic to C 6th, and still have B11 or A6th for More hawaiian, or western swing material. While still taking lessons when I was young, the Indy conservatory stressed a double neck to keep working on the E maj tuning, and progress into the Am7 (C6)tuning. This is also why I am working on a new lap steel with a multiple tuning changer. I guess that up to a point, you could use any number of tunings on a song, so keep on pickin, and changin.
Phil |
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