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Topic: Chalker's older "other" tuning... trivia quiz |
Herb Steiner
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Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 16 Jan 2004 4:06 pm |
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Going through the mountains of steel guitar historical data I seem to accumulate, a forumite who's "been around" sent me a document on old Fender letterhead entitled
"CURLEY CHALKER Fender 1000 Tuning." This was before he went to 10-string guitars and the E9th.
Most of us know that on the 1000, Curly played a C6 tuning going from F (low) to E (high).
Easy enough. But before he played the E9 tuning, what was his second neck tuned to, and what were the pedal changes?
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Herb's Steel Guitar Pages
Texas Steel Guitar Association
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Doug Seymour
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Jamestown NY USA (deceased)
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Posted 16 Jan 2004 4:32 pm
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I'm very interested in knowing the answer to this one, but I don't go back that far. (As far as my knowlege, I mean) I can remember Bobbe writing excitedly to me about Curley's playing when Bobbe was down that way......
maybe early 60s?? Always been a fan of Chalker's stuff! but can't say I knowingly ever heard him play another tuning???? (other than E9th) Don't keep us in suspense, Herb! What was it? |
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Paul Graupp
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Macon Ga USA
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Posted 17 Jan 2004 5:37 am
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Doug: Frank Crawley, a long long time friend of Bobbe's, lives here in Macon, Ga. He has told me lots of stories about Bobbe when they were in the USAF; how Bobbe would hitchike to some distant city to hear and watch Curly playing. I'd bet he knows what this tuning is...
Regards, Paul  |
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Paul Graupp
From:
Macon Ga USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2004 4:18 pm
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Bobbe ??? Herb ??? Anyone out there......
Regards, Paul |
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John Bechtel
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 20 Jan 2004 9:40 pm
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That might have been another secret, like his Verticals were for a long time! I caught him in a weak-moment one evening and he told me what they did, which I had on my 1st. Franklin in '80.
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“Big John” Bechtel
http://community.webtv.net/KeoniNui/BigJohnBechtels
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Herb Steiner
From:
Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064
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Posted 20 Jan 2004 11:53 pm
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Okay, the envelope please... (muted drum roll in background)...
Curly's *other* tuning was...
F13!
Open P1 P2
F_________+G
D_________+Eb
C_____+D
A_____+Bb
G
Eb
A
F
And for an added bonus, here's the C6 tuning...
Open P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10
E__________________________+F________-D
C_______________________________-B___-B___-B
A______+B__+B_____________________________-G#
G__________-F#___+G#__-F#_________________-F#
E__________________________-Eb
C
A______+B
F________________-E___+F#_________________+F#
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Herb's Steel Guitar Pages
Texas Steel Guitar Association
[This message was edited by Herb Steiner on 20 January 2004 at 11:54 PM.] |
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Rich Sullivan
From:
Nelson, NH 03457
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Posted 21 Jan 2004 3:00 am
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| Very interesting, Herb. That F13 (open, no pedals) is the same as Leon's and Noel's E13 neck, only raised a half-step. Any ideas why? Do you think he liked the higher sound, or just the fact that an F tuning complements a C tuning positionally? |
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Larry Bell
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Englewood, Florida
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Posted 21 Jan 2004 9:18 am
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Curly played a lot of jazz with a lot of horn players. I would imagine that he played F13 because it's a horn key.
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Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps
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