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Topic: Carter Starter-E13th Tuning Question |
Mike Moffitt
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South Carolina
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Posted 5 Jun 2014 7:12 am |
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I have converted my Starter from the standard E9th tuning to a Don Helms E13th .I've removed all knee levers,but have kept the 3 foot pedals.
Any suggestions on how I might take advantage of them? Perhaps in raising or lowering strings in the E13th tuning.
Thanks for any and all reply's. |
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 5 Jun 2014 7:29 am
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Don Helms' E13th is baked into in the standard E9th tuning. Don never played the B and C# strings together. All you have to do is keep your foot over the first pedal, use it for the C# or don't use it for the B. He didn't use bar slants.
Every Don Helms solo can be played note-for-note at the same frets on a standard E9th tuning.
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 5 Jun 2014 8:21 am
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| Don never played the B and C# strings together. |
Sometimes he did, for example the intro to Honky Tonk Blues here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pHlSX_zbwY
where you hear
C# B G# strings together at fret 17
E C# B strings together at frets 20,19
On your Starter, you can find all the notes 5 frets lower than Don Helms did, using pedals down giving you an A6 tuning.
Or, the part that Don played at frets 20 & 19 you can play at frets 18 and 17 (using strings 1 2 5) which would sound a little closer to Don. |
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Mike Moffitt
From:
South Carolina
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Posted 5 Jun 2014 1:26 pm E13th Tuning
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Thanks for the replies and info,but what I mean to ask is what might I do with the 3 foot pedals.I was wondering if I might use them to raise or lower some strings in the E 13th tuning itself.
Again thanks for any suggestions |
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 5 Jun 2014 3:52 pm
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ooops my remarks were addressing a standard E9 with 3 pedals.
b0b's ideas are nice for your pedals. But it may be hard to learn to mute the C# string when you (un-)raise the B string, to avoid sympathetic vibrations. One fix for that might be
C# -> +D
B -> ++C#
on the same pedal.
It might be useful to lower G# to G on a pedal. But with a Starter, your options may be limited.
Does your E13 have a D string? I thought Don Helms played E6 with no D string. |
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Alan Brookes
From:
Brummy living in Southern California
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Posted 6 Jun 2014 10:43 am
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...from the horse's mouth.  |
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