Jim Sliff
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Lawndale California, USA
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Posted 27 May 2006 8:40 am |
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Hi Dan - There are a bunch of ways to set up a 1000. You can download the actual manual from Fender's website, which shows an A6 tuning and I think an E7. Most people seem to try to set it up like a newer steel, with an E9 on one neck and C6 on the other; you have to compromise and either use the top-8 of the E9, giving up some low notes, or the bottom-8 and forego the chromatic strings (no knee levers either way, obviously). I think the second system is a little better myself, and then set the other neck to the middle-8 of a C6 tuning.
As far as pedals, it depends on the number you have. If it's an 8-pedal unit I'd suggest E9 with the ABC pedals, then the next two as replacements for the "E" levers. Then tune the other neck to C6 and use the 5, 6 & 7 pedals of a normal D10 C6 copedent. You play differently - no volume pedal because you two-foot the E9 neck - but it sounds cool. The Fender's tone seems to overcome the (over)reliance on a volume pedal.
There is NOTHING like the tone of these guitars - either the old ones (long scale, flat pickups) or newer (integrated bridge/fingers, shorter scale, black pedals). There are a bunch of Fender-heads around here, so you should find answers to most anything.
Caveat regarding tuning - I gave you the easiest way to do it if you already play steel....but my setup is all different. I use a B6 tuning (close to C6 as far as inversions) with the A&B pedals more like an E9, the next three totally unique, and an E7 tuning with 3 pedals on the other neck. Still need some knee levers to complete my setup. If you look at the tuning section on the forum, my B6 changes are extracted from Sneaky Pete's copedent, which is exactly what I use on my 400 - basically a very early universal tuning!
Hope that helps. Feel free to email as well. You can also search old threads, but you'll find a whole bunch of different answers depending on styles played. The B6/E7 to me is much more versatile for country-rock, blues, rock etc....the E9/C6 is probably better if you're into traditional country stuff.[This message was edited by Jim Sliff on 27 May 2006 at 09:42 AM.] |
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