WHAT TUNINGS..............are you using?

Les Anderson · Post by **Les Anderson** » 30 Apr 2013 1:27 pm

D8; front next, (closest to me)C6th, outer neck E13th.

David Cook · Post by **David Cook** » 30 Apr 2013 2:00 pm

Lately, I have used this tuning for minor pentatonic blues.( Play along with ZZ Top] Lo to hi CGCEGACD

William Lake · Post by **William Lake** » 30 Apr 2013 2:29 pm

Leavitt tuning.
Standard on 6 string
For my 8 string add A bass and Eb on top.
On my 8 string resophonic I have Mike Neer's E9th. Great for blues and boogie.

Tom Breitenfeldt · Post by **Tom Breitenfeldt** » 1 May 2013 8:24 am

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...

George Rout · Post by **George Rout** » 1 May 2013 4:27 pm

Well, I have to hang in here with the old obscure tuning nobody uses ...............any more, A Major.

E C# A E C# A (Hi to Lo) which is the Hi Bass version.

I also use the Lo Bass tuning at home for students:

E C# A E A E

When I was playing on stage (at 76 now, I've backed off a lot of it), I used two same guitars in two different tunings, A6 and E or E7th. I used two Fender Champs and in recent years two Eastman Airlines. Playing two identical guitars saved any adjustment to the PA when I changed from one guitar to the other.

Geo

David Knutson · Post by **David Knutson** » 1 May 2013 8:25 pm

I've always been using G6 on my 7 string reso (low to high - GBDEGBD), and recently put the top six of those on a 6 string lap (BDEGBD). Makes for an easy change to E7 (G to G# - high D to E).

GBDGBD on my Dobro
EAEAC#E on my Tricone
Usually C6 on my National lap

And thanks to Ray for posting these little surveys.

Robbie Bossert · Post by **Robbie Bossert** » 1 May 2013 9:39 pm

On my D8 Fender Dual-Pro -Don Helm's E13 or, E6 as he called it; and Herb Remington's A6.

On my Gibson 6 string- C6
On my Peavey Powerslide- C# Minor
On my 2nd Peavey Powerslide- Open E.

Robbie

Dave Sky · Post by **Dave Sky** » 2 May 2013 10:44 pm

On lap steel and all of my guitars, I use Am11.
ACEGBD
All major and minor chords including 7ths of a key are found in order in the space of 3 frets with no slants. Only partial chord is the diminished.

Laurence Pangaro · Post by **Laurence Pangaro** » 2 May 2013 11:03 pm

I've got a simple version of E13 on my Chandler Studio 8. Low to high:

EBDEG#BC#E

Bill McCloskey · Post by **Bill McCloskey** » 3 May 2013 4:01 am

I have settled on a 10 string tuning, basically an extended C13: C Bb C E G A C E G (b)

L. Bogue Sandberg · Post by **L. Bogue Sandberg** » 3 May 2013 6:26 am

On my everyday 8 string resonator guitar, all low to high:

G13: F G B D E G B D (main tuning)

A11: F G B C# E G B D (don't use the F much)

G13/E7: F G# B D E G B D (lots of 7ths here)

By only changing one string a half step, I don't keep the band waiting. Also, I don't have to re-tune other strings due to change in the down pressure on the spider.

To fool around with C6 stuff at home, I usually have another resonator guitar tuned to some version of

Bb6: F G Bb D F G Bb D

This can get tweaked to the Bb equivalents of several C6 variations.

All tunings use the same string gauges, very similar to the Beard G6 8 string resonator set.

Andy Henriksen · Post by **Andy Henriksen** » 3 May 2013 4:26 pm

Les Anderson wrote:D8; front next, (closest to me)C6th, outer neck E13th.

Me too.

Bill Hatcher · Post by **Bill Hatcher** » 3 May 2013 4:47 pm

extended Leavitt.

John Bushouse · Post by **John Bushouse** » 4 May 2013 10:09 am

I always return to G or D (or A or E), 6 string. Every once in a while I'll retune the third string to go to a 6th tuning, but usually when accompanying someone else where I'll need minor chords.

Thiel Hatt · Post by **Thiel Hatt** » 9 May 2013 9:18 pm

I have a triple neck 9 string and I use the following tunings: (High to low strings)
Bottom neck C6th D E C A G E C A F
Center neck E13th F# D# G# E C# B G# E D
Top neck A6th F# E C# A F# E C# A E

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 10 May 2013 2:04 am

I still occasionally play other tunings but over the years I've pared it down to C6th and a slew of variations on open D.

All string 1-6 ....

Electric: ECAGEC, ECAGEC#

Acoustic: DAF#DAD, C#AF#DAD, DAGDGC, DAF#CAD, DBGDBE, C6th tuned down to A6th or G6th

Tony Lombardo · Post by **Tony Lombardo** » 10 May 2013 3:31 am

I use 8-string A6 tuning. (F#, A, C#, E, F#, A, C#, E low to high).

Tony L.

Ray Montee · Post by **Ray Montee** » 12 May 2013 8:19 am

Have any of you seriously tackled the C-Diatonic Tuning used by Jerry Byrd?

One of our recently deceased SGF Members did so and performed some really beautiful numbers with it.

Jerry seemed really to like it. He seemed to feel it was a great tuning for single string work.

What's your position on that tuning?

Jim Williams · Post by **Jim Williams** » 12 May 2013 10:20 am

C6 on one guitar, other is currently tuned to dobro tuning in anticipation of the dobro that is on order and should be here next Wednesday

. (Guitar Acquisition Syndrome strikes again!)

Bill Creller · Post by **Bill Creller** » 12 May 2013 1:05 pm

Having a lot of different tunings is fine if they can all be mastered. Getting the first tuning down pat before jumping into others seems to keep from being a jack of all tunings & master of none....

Bill Leff · Post by **Bill Leff** » 13 May 2013 7:30 am

Trying a new one on my Ric B6 - using a C6 string set (SIT)

Modified Feet Rogers D tuning - (low to high) C D F# A D F#

Feet used a low D from what Jeff Ah Hoy said in a previous post. I like the C on the bottom for a dominant 7th chord. Great for the not-so-jazzy Hawaiian stuff.

Tuning the A up to a B and you have a D13 chord (sans fifth) that gives me that Sol Hoopi/Dick McIntire old jazzy sound that works well for hapa haole tunes.

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