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Topic: D8 players - what tunings are you using? |
Al Sato
From:
Texas Hill Country
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Posted 16 Jan 2005 3:01 pm |
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I've been using a low A6 and E13 on the far neck. What are you other guys using? I'm thinking of going to a C6 instead of A6.
Al |
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Rick Alexander
From:
Florida, USA, R.I.P.
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Posted 16 Jan 2005 3:22 pm
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Al, you can quickly and easily retune your A6 to C6 and back again.
A6 C6 C6/A7
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E -------- E --------- E
C# ------- C --------- C
A -------- A --------- A
F# ------- G --------- G
E -------- E --------- E
C# ------- C --------- C#
A -------- A --------- A
F# ------- G (or F)--- G (or E)
The E's and A's stay the same, the C#'s are tuned down to C, and the F#'s are tuned up to G.
You can tune the 8th string to F for a "C6/FM7" tuning that is very versatile.
From the C6 tuning, you can raise the lower C up to C# and get the C6/A7 tuning.
You can also easily tune to other useful tunings such as B11th and C#m7.
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Rick Alexander
57 Fender Stringmaster T8, 49 Fender Custom, 69 Strat, Rickenbacker BD6, National New Yorker
Music Man, Fender & Peavey Amps
[This message was edited by Rick Alexander on 16 January 2005 at 03:52 PM.] |
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George Keoki Lake
From:
Edmonton, AB., Canada
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Posted 16 Jan 2005 4:29 pm
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E9th and B11th are what I use.  |
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Les Anderson
From:
The Great White North
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Posted 16 Jan 2005 5:33 pm
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C6th on the first neck, E13th on the upper.
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(I am not right all of the time but I sure like to think I am!)
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Chris Scruggs
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2005 9:00 pm
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I tune the inside to C6:
E
C
A
G
E
C#
A
A (bass note)
Sometimes I drop the fourth string from G down to F#, and play it as a D9 tuning.
I tune the outside to E13:
E
C#
G#
E
F#
D
B
E
Sometimes I drop the second string from C# down to B and use it as an E9 tuning. |
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Rick Collins
From:
Claremont , CA USA
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Posted 16 Jan 2005 9:14 pm
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| C6th, B11th, C#m9th |
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John Bechtel
From:
Nashville, Tennessee, R.I.P.
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Posted 17 Jan 2005 2:40 am
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E9/13: E, D, F#, G#, B, C#, E, G# C-Diatonic: C, E, F, G, A, B, C, E
C6/A7: Lo-A, C, C#, E, G, A, C, E
Plus Variations on the C6/A7-Neck.
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“Big John” Bechtel [This message was edited by John Bechtel on 17 January 2005 at 11:10 AM.] |
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c c johnson
From:
killeen,tx usa * R.I.P.
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Posted 17 Jan 2005 2:50 am
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| f#maj and cb9. |
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Bill Leff
From:
Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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Posted 17 Jan 2005 10:54 am
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| C13 front neck, E13 neck closest to me. I also retune the E13 to B11. |
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Al Sato
From:
Texas Hill Country
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Posted 18 Jan 2005 12:42 pm
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| Hey, thanks everyone, some of these tunings are pretty cool and give some nice sounds. |
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