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John Carpenter
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al perkins E7

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anyone know his copedant?
Ron !
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Post by Ron ! »

it's in the back of the Winnie Winston book I think.
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Jim Sliff
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Post by Jim Sliff »

It is, but may have varied a bit. from an email Al sent me a couple years ago:
The 1000 I had was an 8 stg E7th & C6th tuning.
On the E7th, I used a high G# on the 1st string, followed by the E, B, G# etc. My lowest stg was an E. I used the std Jimmy Day ABC foot pedal configuration and two home made knee levers. LKL lowered the top E stg and seems like I may have either lowered the B or raised the E with a RKR.
There ya' go!
No chops, but great tone
1930's/40's Rickenbacher/Rickenbacker 6&8 string lap steels
1921 Weissenborn Style 2; Hilo&Schireson hollownecks
Appalachian, Regal & Dobro squarenecks
1959 Fender 400 9+2 B6;1960's Fender 800 3+3+2; 1948 Fender Dual-8 Professional
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