Intro - Newbie player/owner - MSA Maverick S10 - E9 tuning??

[Andrew Gregg]

Greeting all,

Having played non-pedal steel for quite a while, and having had some playing experience on a few other pedal steels (including one I got in a guitar trade that resembles the offspring of a 70's Chinese restaraunt and a 70's standup Space Invaders cabinet) and B/G bender guitar, I've found myself buying an MSA Maverick to finally learn on.

I'm keen to get the guitar setup/tuned for E9 tuning, but am wondering where to start, and what might be the most applicable tuning to work with. I realise now (at work) that I probably should have recorded what the pedals/knee lever is set up for.

I'm also after some sort of reference tone to help with the tuning process.

Thanks in advance!

Andrew

[Charles Davidson]

Andrew,Welcome to the forum from Alabama,but are you sure it's an MSA maverick? Anyway welcome and happy picking,DYKBC.

[Andrew Gregg]

Hey Charles,

Thanks for the nice welcome!

I'm guessing it's a maverick - it has a maverick badge on the front, an MSA badge on teh over side, and came in an MSA branded case. I'd guess it's from the 70's.

Cheers

Andrew

[Andrew Gregg]

Boy..is my face red! It is a sidekick!

[Andrew Gregg]

what a way to make an entrance into a forum...

[Bob Blair]

Andrew, I hope this helps.

http://www.steelguitarinfo.com/download ... Manual.pdf.

[Andrew Gregg]

Hey Bob,

after realising my mistake, I found the link to the PDF - makes perfect sense now. I'll try it out when I get home.

Thanks!

[Andrew Gregg]

this is slightly confusing uponfurther reflection...the 4th string appears to be tuned to the high E of a guitar, the 3rd to Ab, 2nd Eb, the 1st to F# - are the 1st-3rd at higher pitches than the E?

[Marc Jenkins]

Welcome Andrew!

And yes, the top three strings are higher pitched than the 4th string E. It was sure weird at first, but I got used to it pretty quick.

[Andrew Gregg]

Wow! I'm guessing the dog will love this pitches!!

Thank Marc - looking forward to getting home and getting tuned tonight

[Charles Davidson]

Don't sweat it Andrew,Learning all this stuff is half the fun,The more you learn the more you will want to learn,If I can help in any way,feel free to e-mail me anytime.DYKBC.