The Steel Guitar Forum

Greetings!

I'm new to the pedal steel and just purchased a
Fessenden Six Shooter...a six string model with 2 pedals..
The tuning is all too familiar BUT how can I grow this
into my eventual move to a 10 stringer?

Tuning 1-6 G#, E, B, G#, E, B
Pedal 1 raises the B's to C# , Pedal 2 raises the G#'s to A

Thanks for any thoughts you might share..

One idea would be to tune strings 5 and 6 to 5=F# and 6=E.
That way you basically have the middle 6 strings of a 10 String E9 tuning.

Another possibility is to tune 5=E and 6=D. This would give you an easy way to play 7th chords in open position similar to strings 8 and 9 on an S10 E9.

Does it have any knee levers?

My advise is to not wait. Sell the six shooter, maybe Jerry will take it back in trade,) and get a 10 string with 3 pedals and 4 knee levers now.

Mike's right. The six-shooter has some(but not all) of what you want in a 3X4 10 string, and would probably be OK for gigs where you need steel 1 or 2 songs a night, but you'd outgrow it fairly soon if you were to get really involved in playing steel....

The odds are overwhelmingly in favor of getting involved!

I've had the six shooter for roughly 24 hours and and hooked...
I'll work my way out of this and get a 10..
BTW: I'd love to get another Fessenden..

This is the painful results LOL

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WMgwFL ... sp=sharing

Haven't given up on the 6 shooter Fessenden BUT
I did find a steal on a steel "Fender-Bud"...

It's a marked difference between the 6-shooter AND
it's been a smooth transition...