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Topic: My C6 tuning |
Richard Stoops
From:
Ohio, USA
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Posted 22 Dec 2016 2:30 am |
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| The tuning I'm using is, high to low, G-E-C-A-G-E-C-A. This seems to work fine. |
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Mark Roeder
From:
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Jamie Mitchell
From:
Nashville, TN
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Posted 24 Dec 2016 2:55 pm
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| you might also try tuning that top string down to D |
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Tim Whitlock
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 26 Dec 2016 9:52 am
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| Works but it can get a bit thin sounding with that skinny G at the top. I think that's why most C6 players like it with the E. Another reason to have the E on the top is that you can easily re-tune on the fly to A6, which then gives you your 5th (E) on the top string. |
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James Kerr
From:
Scotland, UK
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Posted 26 Dec 2016 3:16 pm
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Richard,
No sooner do you post your favourite tuning than people suggest changes. I like your tuning and use it too, without it sounding a bit thin. The voice is terrible though I have to admit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKZQFcoHu9o
James. |
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Tim Whitlock
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 27 Dec 2016 9:02 am
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| Very nice playing James and the voice sounds real. Well done! |
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Jamie Mitchell
From:
Nashville, TN
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Posted 27 Dec 2016 10:21 am
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| James Kerr wrote: |
Richard,
No sooner do you post your favourite tuning than people suggest changes. I like your tuning and use it too, without it sounding a bit thin. The voice is terrible though I have to admit.
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to be fair, changing one string on the top of the tuning is a pretty minor change. |
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Harry McIlwain
From:
Mississippi, USA
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Posted 27 Dec 2016 3:12 pm
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| James Kerr has some hauntingly beautiful renditions on youtube in ECACEG (LO to Hi). He is a masterful player, and builds most of the lap steels in the videos. Check out all his videos. His rendition of "The Tennessee Waltz" in this tuning is the most beautiful I have ever heard. Harry |
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Harry McIlwain
From:
Mississippi, USA
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Posted 27 Dec 2016 3:30 pm
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| Typo. Tuning should read "CEACEG" {Lo to Hi}. |
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