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Topic: Could I pose as a Dobro player? |
Tony Harris
From:
England
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Posted 1 Mar 2005 8:58 am |
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| I play 6-string C6th tuning lap steel. I've got a rehearsal with a new band coming up and I know they'd like to do a few acoustic numbers. Could I put my tuning on a cheap resonator and 'fake' a dobro? Or will I have to learn all over again with standard Dobro tuning to get it to sound authentic? I think I know the way to 'do it properly' but maybe I could get by? Thanks. |
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Gerald Ross
From:
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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Jeff Au Hoy
From:
Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Posted 1 Mar 2005 9:33 am
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Hehe, what Gerald said. And if you are playing Hawaiian, avoid the 6th note as well or I will accuse you of being too Waikiki.
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Randy Reeves
From:
LaCrosse, Wisconsin, USA
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Posted 1 Mar 2005 9:38 am
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HowardR
From:
N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville
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Posted 1 Mar 2005 9:52 am
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Leave the C out or they'll think you're Irish.
Leave the E out or they'll think you're Jewish.
That leaves you with G which is the key and root that most bluegrass is in. You'll be just fine. |
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Roger Miller
From:
Cedar Falls, Ia.
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Posted 2 Mar 2005 7:08 am
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| Jeez Howard, that was the funniest thing I'v ever heard. I gotta remember that. |
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 2 Mar 2005 10:06 am
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Tony...I did the same thing, and it works out great. What I did though was to shift the 6 string C6 tuning down one string, i.e. to an Am7.
Low to high...A C E G A C.
That way youre kind've in the right string gauge zone to actually re-tune to the real
G reso tuning if you want to fool around with it in the future. It also sounds better for blues etc. IMHO.
BTW, I've got a hipshot "trilogy" bridge on order that almost cost as much as my el-cheapo Johnson reso that should really be cool!
Here's a link: http://www.hipshotproducts.com/tmb/tmb1.htm |
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Curtis Scarrow
From:
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Posted 2 Mar 2005 10:34 am
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I play a bunch of rock/blues on 6 string c6
c e g a c e
but if I wanna play muddy style or with a real tradtional blues band I drop the low c to a and then get major chords in typical 1-4-5 guitar spots
Also When I play freebird in c6 I drop the high c to e for the unision...works amazing
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 2 Mar 2005 11:22 am
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| You guys use a "G" string ? hmmmmm. |
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Chuck Fisher
From:
Santa Cruz, California, USA * R.I.P.
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Posted 2 Mar 2005 12:22 pm
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| Keoki, that's truly frightening. |
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