Anyone own a single neck C6th pedal steel ?
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Anyone own a single neck C6th pedal steel ?
I found an old post on this subject and several people responded that they had an old Fender 400 tuned to C6th or maybe B6th, etc. I think it would be interesting to own such an instrument...anyone have one they are willing to sell me ? I guess this could go under the WTB category, but at this point I am just curious how many are out there. I suppose economics of it keeps modern day builders from making one, other than on special order...just wouldnt be that much interest in it. Thanks in advance for any information.
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I have a 1968 Emmons S-10 with 5 pedals/4 levers in a C6 tuning, with the crossbar/bellcranks installed for a 6th pedal to be added if wanted.
Don't really want to sell it, and if you're just fishing for info, etc., you probably wouldn't want to make the investment in what this one would cost you.
I have a 1968 Emmons S-10 with 5 pedals/4 levers in a C6 tuning, with the crossbar/bellcranks installed for a 6th pedal to be added if wanted.
Don't really want to sell it, and if you're just fishing for info, etc., you probably wouldn't want to make the investment in what this one would cost you.
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I have a Wilcox SD-10 that I had set up in C6 with the intention of learning it, which I have failed to do. Thinking about selling it if anyone's interested.
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...and they are equally difficult to find. Keep it as it is, somebody has been looking for that guitar and all they have to do is find out that you have one -- or as with our OP, that such a guitar even exists.Unfortunately single-neck C6th guitars don't sell well.
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Larry, one of my local customers here in Mesa has a SD-10 C 6th with 5x5
Call me.
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On a similar note, I've been thinking lately...
What are some good modern design steels that would be easy to pick up used and reconfigure for C6 - with the caveat that I would like to position all of the foot pedals very far over to the right.
I think GFI, for example, is one, their S10 body has holes routed for crossrods all the way down the body and the foot pedals are very easy to position.
What are some good modern design steels that would be easy to pick up used and reconfigure for C6 - with the caveat that I would like to position all of the foot pedals very far over to the right.
I think GFI, for example, is one, their S10 body has holes routed for crossrods all the way down the body and the foot pedals are very easy to position.
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Where did that determination come from?John Billings wrote:Dave,
When I said that they don't sell well, I meant that they sell for considerably less than an E9th guitar. Hundreds less.
JB
I would disagree with that. The intrinsic value... i.e. the value of the sum of its parts... of an S-10 with 5 pedals and 4 knee levers is going to be the same regardless of what tuning is on the instrument. There's nothing to keep an S-10 from being either tuning.
I think there's been too few C6 S-10s sold here to make a blanket statement of what sells for less or more. If a player is shopping for a C6 guitar, that's what he WANTS. He wouldn't be looking at a C6 guitar and bargaining the asking price down because it's not E9, since there are far more E9 guitars available.
There are fewer C6 guitars because there are fewer C6 players, but that doesn't mean a guitar of that type should sell for less than an E9; only that it might take longer to sell because it's a specialty item for a particular type of player.
If anything, an S-10 in C6 should sell for MORE than an E9 of similar brand and vintage.
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I had an S-10 C6 Excel for many years and a list of about 3 or 4 guys who had already told me that, if I ever wanted to sell it, they wanted to buy it. I eventually did sell it, for the same amount that a similar E9 S-10 Excel would have sold for. They likely would have been willing to pay somewhat more, even, for the convenience of not having to switch it (or pay someone to switch it) over to C6 from E9.
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Many people do without P4, and I think you probably do without the standard lever.
So I'd just go with (low to high) CFACEGACED
With pedals
1: 10 raise to D, 9 raise to F# 5 lower to F# (P5)
2: 6 lower to Eb, 2 raise to F (P6)
3: 4 raise to B, 3 raise to D (P7)
4: 10 lower to A, 9 lower to E, 7 raise to C# (P8)
Or put P8 on 1, P5 on 2, P6 on 3 and P7 on 4
So I'd just go with (low to high) CFACEGACED
With pedals
1: 10 raise to D, 9 raise to F# 5 lower to F# (P5)
2: 6 lower to Eb, 2 raise to F (P6)
3: 4 raise to B, 3 raise to D (P7)
4: 10 lower to A, 9 lower to E, 7 raise to C# (P8)
Or put P8 on 1, P5 on 2, P6 on 3 and P7 on 4
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I play mostly C6th on a D10 Legrand. I also have a S10 Williams E9th tuning, which is what I take on the occasional session and gig where the E9th sound is required.
Although the Legrand is a ‘standard’ double neck, I have made some sacrifices on the E9th neck in order to give maximum ‘utility’ to the C6th neck. So to all intents and purposes, it is the reverse of what I have heard referred to as “E9th tuning with a spare parts neckâ€.
RKR lowers (C6th) string 3 from C to B, and on E9th string 2 from Eb to D. I used to have the standard Eb to D to Db with a feel stop on the E9th neck, but I found that this affected the feel of RKR when using the C6th neck, so I abandoned the D to Db part of the change on the E9th neck in order to achieve minimum movement and optimum ‘feel’ of RKR on the C6th neck.
RKL (C6th) raises strings 4 and 8 from A to Bb. I previously had the F#’s moving to G# on the E9th neck, but again this meant a significant movement of the lever, much more than was required to move the A’s to Bb on the C6th neck. So I disabled the change on the E9th neck in favour of the better feel on the C6th neck.
The E9th neck still has loads of functionality so the changes I have made are not a train smash.
Ideally, if I were buying a new Steel (which I hope to do at some stage), I would want two sets of Right knee levers: One set operating on the E9th neck, and the other set on the C6th neck. I would simply fold away the set that is not required. Again just stating my own personal preference in this regard. I view the two tunings almost as two separate instruments. I play E9th in a regular way; two finger picks and a thumb pick; Right foot on the volume pedal. On C6th I use three finger picks and a thumb pick, and my right foot on the pedals, typically 7, 8, & 9. I ‘kick’ the volume pedal out of the way in case I touch it by accident.
Other than as a practice instrument at home, I find it difficult to ‘justify’ a single neck C6th instrument. My experience has been that whenever I do gigs, there is always a demand for the E9th sound.
My apologies if I have expanded the topic, and gone on a ‘detour’. This is a subject on which I have expended a very significant amount of thought time, and I still end up with a ‘best compromise’ solution. Bear in mind that the issues I have touched on, are in relation to the style(s) of music that I want to play, and will not apply to everybody. I don’t think there is any ‘one size fits all’ answer when it comes to Steel Guitar configurations. So my last comment would be to decide what style of music would you want to play on the C6th neck (Western Swing, Chord Melody, Single note improvisation etc), and configure the Pedals / levers accordingly.
Although the Legrand is a ‘standard’ double neck, I have made some sacrifices on the E9th neck in order to give maximum ‘utility’ to the C6th neck. So to all intents and purposes, it is the reverse of what I have heard referred to as “E9th tuning with a spare parts neckâ€.
RKR lowers (C6th) string 3 from C to B, and on E9th string 2 from Eb to D. I used to have the standard Eb to D to Db with a feel stop on the E9th neck, but I found that this affected the feel of RKR when using the C6th neck, so I abandoned the D to Db part of the change on the E9th neck in order to achieve minimum movement and optimum ‘feel’ of RKR on the C6th neck.
RKL (C6th) raises strings 4 and 8 from A to Bb. I previously had the F#’s moving to G# on the E9th neck, but again this meant a significant movement of the lever, much more than was required to move the A’s to Bb on the C6th neck. So I disabled the change on the E9th neck in favour of the better feel on the C6th neck.
The E9th neck still has loads of functionality so the changes I have made are not a train smash.
Ideally, if I were buying a new Steel (which I hope to do at some stage), I would want two sets of Right knee levers: One set operating on the E9th neck, and the other set on the C6th neck. I would simply fold away the set that is not required. Again just stating my own personal preference in this regard. I view the two tunings almost as two separate instruments. I play E9th in a regular way; two finger picks and a thumb pick; Right foot on the volume pedal. On C6th I use three finger picks and a thumb pick, and my right foot on the pedals, typically 7, 8, & 9. I ‘kick’ the volume pedal out of the way in case I touch it by accident.
Other than as a practice instrument at home, I find it difficult to ‘justify’ a single neck C6th instrument. My experience has been that whenever I do gigs, there is always a demand for the E9th sound.
My apologies if I have expanded the topic, and gone on a ‘detour’. This is a subject on which I have expended a very significant amount of thought time, and I still end up with a ‘best compromise’ solution. Bear in mind that the issues I have touched on, are in relation to the style(s) of music that I want to play, and will not apply to everybody. I don’t think there is any ‘one size fits all’ answer when it comes to Steel Guitar configurations. So my last comment would be to decide what style of music would you want to play on the C6th neck (Western Swing, Chord Melody, Single note improvisation etc), and configure the Pedals / levers accordingly.
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