Open G 6 string tuning with Benders

Carl McLaughlin · From: St.Stephen,New Brunswick,Can

Can someone give me the best copedent for GBDGBD WITH BENDERS ON TWO STRING FOR LAP STEEL.

Carl
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Now have a SX 6 string lap in G,.A Tele plus telecaster, Larrivee acoustic.Also have a Fender resonator guitar with new Quarterman cone and spider,and an Allan tailpiece.Playing through a Fender Super Champ XD,using a little delay on the amp and a Harmonix Holy Grail Echo pedal,set on Hall turned to about 1pm.Just got a Fender Dual 6 Stringmaster style. Bought a Yamaha FGX5 Recently and love it.

Joe A. Roberts · From: Seoul, South Korea

What benders are you using?
On pedal steel usually they would go from the equivalent of a D tuning to get to that G chord.

Usually:
D
A -> B
F# -> G
D
A
D

So if you are starting from the G tuning instead, you are more limited. At least if you are going for the conventional sounds.
Maybe raise the middle D to E to get E minor and G6th chords.
Bending both/either the higher B string to C and the higher G to A could be useful melodically I'd imagine.

I am assuming the benders can't LOWER the strings, but if they can, you could lower the high B to A, and the G to F#, for a reverse of the usual setup.

Let us know how it goes!

Carl McLaughlin · From: St.Stephen,New Brunswick,Can

Looking at using Peters benders, and maybe a Gretch lap steel,

Thanks for your imput.
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Now have a SX 6 string lap in G,.A Tele plus telecaster, Larrivee acoustic.Also have a Fender resonator guitar with new Quarterman cone and spider,and an Allan tailpiece.Playing through a Fender Super Champ XD,using a little delay on the amp and a Harmonix Holy Grail Echo pedal,set on Hall turned to about 1pm.Just got a Fender Dual 6 Stringmaster style. Bought a Yamaha FGX5 Recently and love it.

Fred · From: Amesbury, MA

This great with pedals but may be awkward if you want to stay in G for any length of time

D
A =>B
F# =>G
D
B
G

Carl McLaughlin · From: St.Stephen,New Brunswick,Can

Just tried this tuning looks promising,thanks
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Now have a SX 6 string lap in G,.A Tele plus telecaster, Larrivee acoustic.Also have a Fender resonator guitar with new Quarterman cone and spider,and an Allan tailpiece.Playing through a Fender Super Champ XD,using a little delay on the amp and a Harmonix Holy Grail Echo pedal,set on Hall turned to about 1pm.Just got a Fender Dual 6 Stringmaster style. Bought a Yamaha FGX5 Recently and love it.

HowardR · From: N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville

I have a Fouke aluminum lap steel, 6 string with two Certano benders......my tuning is:

1. D>E
2. B>C
3. G
4. D
5. B
6. G

Depressing both levers gives me a C (inversion).....the 4 chord change like the AB pedals......I also have the single change of D>E which gives me an E minor (inversion) and the 6th note of the G scale......

Carl McLaughlin · From: St.Stephen,New Brunswick,Can

How are the benders set up ,sound very promising.
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Now have a SX 6 string lap in G,.A Tele plus telecaster, Larrivee acoustic.Also have a Fender resonator guitar with new Quarterman cone and spider,and an Allan tailpiece.Playing through a Fender Super Champ XD,using a little delay on the amp and a Harmonix Holy Grail Echo pedal,set on Hall turned to about 1pm.Just got a Fender Dual 6 Stringmaster style. Bought a Yamaha FGX5 Recently and love it.

Christopher Blood · From: Missouri, USA

HowardR what gauge strings are you using for that set up

Carl McLaughlin · From: St.Stephen,New Brunswick,Can

Haven't tried it as yet.
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Now have a SX 6 string lap in G,.A Tele plus telecaster, Larrivee acoustic.Also have a Fender resonator guitar with new Quarterman cone and spider,and an Allan tailpiece.Playing through a Fender Super Champ XD,using a little delay on the amp and a Harmonix Holy Grail Echo pedal,set on Hall turned to about 1pm.Just got a Fender Dual 6 Stringmaster style. Bought a Yamaha FGX5 Recently and love it.

Allan Revich · From: Victoria, BC

I’m not sure how benders behave with wound strings, but I’d like to try;

D
B
G
D -> E
B -> C
G

This takes you from G to Em7 and C major. Also CM7, C9, CM9, G6 etc…

To b honest the D major to G Major above makes more sense to me overall, but if I wanted my base tuning to be G high bass. The variant I suggested might work out.
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Current Tunings:
6 String | G – D G D G B D
7 String | G9 – D G B D F A D
https://papadafoe.com/lap-steel-tuning-database

Carl McLaughlin · From: St.Stephen,New Brunswick,Can

Thanks for your imput
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Now have a SX 6 string lap in G,.A Tele plus telecaster, Larrivee acoustic.Also have a Fender resonator guitar with new Quarterman cone and spider,and an Allan tailpiece.Playing through a Fender Super Champ XD,using a little delay on the amp and a Harmonix Holy Grail Echo pedal,set on Hall turned to about 1pm.Just got a Fender Dual 6 Stringmaster style. Bought a Yamaha FGX5 Recently and love it.

HowardR · From: N.Y.C.-Fire Island-Asheville

Carl McLaughlin · From: St.Stephen,New Brunswick,Can

Have decided not to use benders as it won't give me what I want,thanks for your input.
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Now have a SX 6 string lap in G,.A Tele plus telecaster, Larrivee acoustic.Also have a Fender resonator guitar with new Quarterman cone and spider,and an Allan tailpiece.Playing through a Fender Super Champ XD,using a little delay on the amp and a Harmonix Holy Grail Echo pedal,set on Hall turned to about 1pm.Just got a Fender Dual 6 Stringmaster style. Bought a Yamaha FGX5 Recently and love it.

Allan Revich · From: Victoria, BC

Carl McLaughlin · From: St.Stephen,New Brunswick,Can

Thanks Allen,

I have been messing with Gmaj9 and it is pretty good ,might stick with it.
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Now have a SX 6 string lap in G,.A Tele plus telecaster, Larrivee acoustic.Also have a Fender resonator guitar with new Quarterman cone and spider,and an Allan tailpiece.Playing through a Fender Super Champ XD,using a little delay on the amp and a Harmonix Holy Grail Echo pedal,set on Hall turned to about 1pm.Just got a Fender Dual 6 Stringmaster style. Bought a Yamaha FGX5 Recently and love it.

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