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Topic: standard guitar tuning on PSG |
Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 30 Nov 2003 4:14 pm |
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I have been experimenting with using standard 6 string guitar tuning(EADGBE) on the lower six strings of one of my pedal steels and then on the other four strings some other intervals such as a 6th and a 9th and a couple of others. Found some very cool pop/rock, blues/R@B licks.
Anyone here ever fool around with a variation of standard guitar tuning on the pedal steel? What kinds of pedal
/knee, raises/lowers did you find that were interesting. |
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Earnest Bovine
From:
Los Angeles CA USA
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Posted 30 Nov 2003 5:16 pm
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Tom Morrell was doing that when I started playing (30 years ago). He had the EADGBE in the middle of an MSA 12 string, and more strings, not in order of pitch.
Obviously the advantage is that if you are a guitar player, you already know where all the notes are. |
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David Mason
From:
Cambridge, MD, USA
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Posted 2 Dec 2003 5:30 am
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| I have thought about doing this to get more "commercial" slide guitar licks. You could have two pedals, either lowering three strings each to get open D and open G tunings, or raising three strings each to get open E and open A tunings. However, just by skipping strings in C6th tuning I'm able to get enough of those type of licks to satisfy me, and there's so much else there besides. |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 2 Dec 2003 11:17 am
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I have it with 1 pedal and 1 lever embedded in my Extended E9th:
F#
D#
G#
E
B
A with the "B" pedal
G with RKR
E
D
B
A with the "B" pedal
E
On my 10-string, it's different:
F#
D#
G#
E
B
G with pedal 5
F#
D with RKR
A with pedal 4
E
Click here to see the full copedent. I really don't see the usefulness of having the standard guitar tuning handy, but the notes are there when I need them.
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 Bobby Lee - email: quasar@b0b.com - gigs - CDs, Open Hearts
Sierra Session 12 (E9), Williams 400X (Emaj9, D6), Sierra Olympic 12 (C6add9),
Sierra Laptop 8 (D13), Fender Stringmaster (E13, A6),
Roland Handsonic, Line 6 Variax |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 2 Dec 2003 12:02 pm
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Bill, I think you will have everything you need in something like this, without getting too far from standard PSG tunings:
LKL LKR p1 p2 p3 RKL p3+LKR+RKL
F# F#
D# -D D
G# -G +A G
E +F E
B +C# B
G# -G +A G
E +F -D D
B +C# -A A
E E Notice that P3+LKR+RKL will give you that 6-string tuning on the low strings. But you also have a lot of the standard E stuff from the Sacred Steel and Nashville tunings. There are plenty of "strummable" chords, too. Think about it...
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Bobby Lee - email: quasar@b0b.com - gigs - CDs, Open Hearts
Sierra Session 12 (E9), Williams 400X (Emaj9, D6), Sierra Olympic 12 (C6add9),
Sierra Laptop 8 (D13), Fender Stringmaster (E13, A6),
Roland Handsonic, Line 6 Variax[This message was edited by Bobby Lee on 02 December 2003 at 04:39 PM.] |
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Bill Hatcher
From:
Atlanta Ga. USA
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Posted 3 Dec 2003 12:48 am
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Thanks for the info Bobby.
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