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Topic: 12 string tuning |
Robert Rogers
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Manchester,TN
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Posted 14 Oct 2017 9:42 am |
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Can anybody tell me about the 12 string extended e9th tuning?How it's tuned etc....I am thinking about buying
A 12 string on double frame guitar.Everybody that knows me knows that I've always played a 10 string. |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 14 Oct 2017 11:39 am
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Same as a regular 10 string with the addition of a G# and E string in the 11 and 12 string positions. Raise the G# to A on the B pedal, and raise and lower the E on the same lever as the other E strings. There will be some variations posted here.
I'm waiting on the delivery of a Mullen SD12. I also am a 10 string player and want to switch to a 12.
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Ian Rae
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Redditch, England
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Posted 14 Oct 2017 11:44 am
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| Richard Sinkler wrote: |
| There will be some variations posted here. |
...such as instead of raising 12 to E# with the other Es, lower it to C#.
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 14 Oct 2017 12:05 pm
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| Ian Rae wrote: |
| Richard Sinkler wrote: |
| There will be some variations posted here. |
...such as instead of raising 12 to E# with the other Es, lower it to C#. |
Interesting. Might have to try that.
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Rick Schmidt
From:
Prescott AZ, USA
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Posted 14 Oct 2017 12:46 pm
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Ext.E9 is a great tuning! Just ask Earnest Bovine, John McClung, Bill Basset, Chuck Back, and Greg Leisz.
It took me awhile not to accidentally hit the 9th string (D) when I first switched over to 12 strings, but it's the D string that gives the tuning it's true E9 quality IMHO... plus so much more.
I've posted this before, but here's the video I did a few months back about my copedant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJUiMp_I-O0 |
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Greg Cutshaw
From:
Corry, PA, USA
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Robert Rogers
From:
Manchester,TN
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Posted 14 Oct 2017 9:12 pm
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Floyd Lowery
From:
Deland, Florida, USA
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Posted 15 Oct 2017 5:41 am
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I never play the E string if I'm going to play the D string, so I left the D out of my 12 string tuning. I use a knee lever to drop the E to D when I want a 9th. I also do not have my small E pulled up to F# on a pedal. I have it on a knee so I can pull it in and out when I have my A&B petals down. I did not come up with these ideas by myself. Eddie Long helped me with it.  Oh, the 12th string is tuned to a B and I drop it to a low A so when the A&B pedals are down that is a heck of a full A chord.
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