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Topic: How many tune C6 down to B6??
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Parr Bryan
Member From: Texas USA
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posted 28 October 2006 10:37 AM
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Hi all,
Was wondering how many of you tune your C6 down 1/2 step (1 fret) to B6.
I found by doing this I can play this neck easier because I'm using the same fret changes like on E9 in regular keys like d,e,g,a,and c on the first fret.
With this neck tuned to C6 I find myself playing on frets which corespond on E9 to Gb,Ab-yuck, making fret changes(bar moving to next position to play melody) harder.
Also, with the B6 tuning,to go from E9 to B6 is easier in that you just go down (back) 2 frets from the E9-with AB pedals down key to be in the same key on B6.
I know this is nothing new but that "Bob Wills neck" is easier to play for me now.------------------
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Gene Jones
Member From: Oklahoma City, OK USA
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posted 28 October 2006 10:49 AM
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I've been tuning the C6 neck to B6 since the 1950's. I use the standard C6 string set.------------------
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Twayn Williams
Member From: Portland, OR
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posted 28 October 2006 10:51 AM
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I did this on my lap steel and find it much easier to find chords quickly, mainly because it gives me a "key" on the B string like a standard guitar. I think if I had a double neck steel I'd tune the inside neck to some version of an E6 instead of B6 though. |
David Mason
Member From: Cambridge, MD, USA
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posted 28 October 2006 11:58 AM
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I usually tune all the way down to Bb6th, using a standard string set, for tonal reasons. It's "stringier" sounding somehow, less glossy and warmer even in the same keys (two frets higher). I assume that my low end will be correspondingly muddier, but big, four-string, closely-voiced chords played down low aren't something I've had any occasion to need yet, so I haven't had any reason to weight the tradeoffs (yet?). |
Jerry Overstreet
Member From: Louisville Ky
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posted 28 October 2006 12:31 PM
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A few years back, I was switching back and forth between Uni 14 and D10. I tuned the rear neck to B to match the U14. Took only a short while to get used to it, and I couldn't tell any difference in the timbre by doing this. It makes sense musically cause you can relate it to the E9th tuning.
I don't think it matters much. It's just personal preference AFAIAC. |
Alan F. Brookes
Member From: Brummy living in California, USA
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posted 28 October 2006 02:04 PM
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I tune my E9 down to D#9 to avoid string breakage. On the regular guitar I tune down a semitone so that I can play in Eb/D#, because when you're playing blues on the keyboard, in Eb it's all the black notes. I also tune my lute down from A min to G#min which helps play with the dulcimer and cittern, but that's another story.Just don't tune the C6 neck up to D6 or the first press of the pedals will give you an interesting twang ! |
Al Marcus
Member From: Cedar Springs,MI USA
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posted 28 October 2006 06:16 PM
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Gene-Smart move.Interesting post- although I use E6 tuning on the back neck. I can see where B6 tuning on the back neck would be easier than C6 to relate with the E9th neck....al  ------------------
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[This message was edited by Al Marcus on 28 October 2006 at 06:18 PM.]
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Sam Lewis
Member From: Conway, Arkansas, USA
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posted 29 October 2006 07:09 AM
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I'm like Gene, I started tuning to Bb6 way back in the sixties (when I bought my first Fender 1000) and I use the lower tuning today. Only, now, I tune to B6. Works great.SAm Lewis, Mullen RP D-10, 8&5, twin Steen Kings, Goodrich pedals, Pevey BassFex with the Firmware modification. |
Rick Schmidt
Member From: Carlsbad, CA. USA
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posted 29 October 2006 08:53 AM
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Seems like it makes sense to me, although in my case it's probably too late. |
Bobby Lee
Sysop From: Cloverdale, North California, USA
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posted 29 October 2006 09:02 AM
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I tuned up to D6th for a couple of years, to cut through the sound of a large band better. It used most of the same gauges as E9th, plus the low strings. Here's how it looked:
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