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Tuning for a Struingmaster T8

Posted: 16 Jul 2014 2:44 am
by Michael Snellin
Hi, every one, i just wanted to know the C6TH tuning for the string master T8 ECAGEC???? it,s the last two that i am having a problem with.

C 6 Tunning for 8 string

Posted: 16 Jul 2014 3:13 am
by Tommy Adams
Hi,
The standard tuning for 8 string steel in C 6 is:

G
E
C
A
G
E
C
A

Top to Bottom. Hope this helps,

and happy picking. Tommy

Posted: 16 Jul 2014 6:35 am
by Erv Niehaus
On my Stringmaster T-8 I always had an E for the 1st string. E C A G E C A G, top to bottom.

Posted: 16 Jul 2014 7:07 am
by Frank Welsh
You can use an A# for the seventh string to get a C13th tuning. I like it for Hawaiian music but also find it useful for other kinds as well.

Posted: 16 Jul 2014 7:53 am
by Erv Niehaus
How does adding the A# make it a 13th chord?
The A#, or properly, the Bb, makes it a 7th chord.

Posted: 16 Jul 2014 9:28 am
by Frank Welsh
Erv, you are correct in that the A# (Bb) adds a seventh to the C chord. The combination of all the notes includes the seventh and the 13th (A). The A serves as both the 6th and the 13th of the C scale and, combined with the 7th, it can be regarded and used as a 13th chord. The lack of the 9th and the 11th in this particular formation leaves us with a partial 13th chord and this is a common situation with Spanish guitars and other stringed instruments that make it difficult or impossible to play all the notes of a given chord.

I've used this one for decades now...........

Posted: 16 Jul 2014 2:00 pm
by Ray Montee
Top to bottom:

E C A G E C# C A or whatever you choose.

Posted: 17 Jul 2014 1:01 pm
by Jack Aldrich
On my T8 Stringmaster, I have:
inner neck - C13 (from top) G E C A G E Bb G
middle neck - E7 (standard)
outer neck - Jules Ah See B11 - E C# A F# D# B F$ B

I sometime tune the C13 to C13/A7 by moving the bottom sting to A and the Bb to C#.