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This is my first post. I need help figuring out George Strait's "Overnight Male" steel intro. Is it E9 or C6? Does anyone have or know this part and have it tabbed out?
Thanks,
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Again Thanks

I need this one too. I've been faking it for too long.

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This is how I play it; I use a 12-string universal sort of tuning, but I'll transcribe it for C6;

1---------------------------------------------------
2------------------8--------8-8---------------------
3--------------5---8--8~~~--8-8--8~~~---------------
4-----------5--5---8--8G~8--8-8--8G~8---------------
5------~~5--5---------8E~~-------8E~~---------------
6------~~5------------------------------------------
7---------------------------------------------------
8---------------------------------------------------
9---------------------------------------------------
10--------------------------------------------------

1---------------------------------------------------
2----12--12---10--10---7--7--6--5------5------------
3----12F-12F--10F-10F--7F-7F-6F-5F-----5F-----------
4----------------------------------3~5--------------
5---------------------------------------------------
6---------------------------------------------------
7---------------------------------------------------
8---------------------------------------------------
9---------------------------------------------------
10--------------------------------------------------


By "E" I mean the standard C6 5th pedal, "F" the standard 6th pedal, and "G" the standard 7th pedal. I have to two-foot it to get the notes on the 8th fret where both pedals are used. I don't know if Sonny Garrish had some different C6 setup when he did this and could do it with one foot or with a lever... (I think it is Sonny<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Bill Wilson on 21 May 2000 at 11:10 AM.]</p></FONT>

Bill, can you chart it for E9th?

Thanks Bill, I have a E9/B6 universal setup and I couldn't keep my rkr engaged and grab pedals 5 & 7. Since my first post, I've listened to the song alot and I've come up with the first part (E9 neck,I'm new at this, but I think it's pretty close), but I am missing the 2nd part where it runs down from F to Bb. I'll try to show the tab below. Bill can you help with that 2nd part? Thanks
4-----------6C--6C~~6----6C-6C--6C~~6---
5--------6------------5--------------5--
6 ~4--6--6--6------------6--6-----------
7 ~4--6---------------------------------

Somehow I knew that was going to be the next question (E9 version) - here goes;

1---------------------------------------------------
2---------------------------------------------------
3---------------------------------------------------
4-----------------9L-------9L-9L--------------------
5--------------6--9--11~9--9--9--11-9---------------
6-----------6--6-----11~9--------11-9---------------
7------~~6--6---------------------------------------
8------~~6L-----------------------------------------
9---------------------------------------------------
10--------------------------------------------------
(1)


1---------------------------------------------------
2---------------------------------------------------
3---------------------------------------------------
4----13-13--11-11---8-8-7-6------6-------------------
5----13-13--11-11---8-8-7-6------6------------------
6----------------------------4~6--------------------
7---------------------------------------------------
8---------------------------------------------------
9---------------------------------------------------
10--------------------------------------------------
(2)

notes:

(1) if you have a pedal or lever that raises 5 & 6 a whole tone (like E. Bovine’s 3rd pedal setup) you can use that instead of going to fret 11 – this will sound more like the C6 version.
(2) If you have the “Paul Franklin” 4th pedal lowering strings 5 & 6 a whole tone you can use that instead of sliding up from fret 4 – this is what I do on my universal

<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Bill Wilson on 22 May 2000 at 08:37 PM.]</p></FONT>

Thanks, Bill. It's easier than I thought it was.

Thanks Bill. I appreciate your hard work. It makes mine much easier. Again Thanks

It was nothing; I've been playing this stuff for many years in a lot of clubs - don't even have to sit at my steel to tab a lot of these songs out. Glad to help.