The article with Buddy E talking about a Universal tuning was very interesting.
In related Universal history, here is a good read...
The Future Of Pedal Steel by Maurice Anderson: https://b0b.com/wp/articles/the-future-of-steel/
The Future Of Pedal Steel article by Maurice Anderson:
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How about that line, "Can everything played on a double neck be played on a universal? Probably yes. Can everything played on a universal be played on a double neck? Probably not".
If pitch changing technology didn't exist or wasn't available, I'd choose to play a C6 tuned guitar since it has closer voiced intervals. It think that's what happened historically. Many players chose C6 before pedals and still wanted that option even though later on they wanted to play that damn lick they heard in the Bud Isaacs tune, "Slowly" - hence the double neck. Then you had the whole Nashville producer influence "Don't play that C6 neck if you want work in my studio", lending further motivation to move to E9.
But now we can have it all. You can get a guitar with a standardized E9/B6 and treat it like one big tuning, or you can get the Excell and with the flip of a lever change from E9 to C6 on the same neck.
Now do we really need a second neck anymore?
If pitch changing technology didn't exist or wasn't available, I'd choose to play a C6 tuned guitar since it has closer voiced intervals. It think that's what happened historically. Many players chose C6 before pedals and still wanted that option even though later on they wanted to play that damn lick they heard in the Bud Isaacs tune, "Slowly" - hence the double neck. Then you had the whole Nashville producer influence "Don't play that C6 neck if you want work in my studio", lending further motivation to move to E9.
But now we can have it all. You can get a guitar with a standardized E9/B6 and treat it like one big tuning, or you can get the Excell and with the flip of a lever change from E9 to C6 on the same neck.
Now do we really need a second neck anymore?