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Neville Robinson

 

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Essex, UK
Post  Posted 11 Jan 2023 11:59 am    
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First I must thank you all for my welcome.

Now my question:- I have a lapsteel tuned to C6. My lovely wife, of 52 years, bought me a Gretsch G5700 it arrives tomorrow, bearing in mind I need to have access to much tuition what would the panel of boffins advise for a tuning for the new guitar?

By the way it seems that I am the only English man from UK on this forum. Unless you know differently!!

Please do not mistake english humour for any thing disrespectful, we are the same but different!
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Bill McCloskey


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Post  Posted 11 Jan 2023 2:50 pm    
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Welcome Neville. There are many members from the UK on the list. If you go to the "Members" link and type in UK in the search box next to location, you will see everyone. There are a lot.

As for your guitar, if you like what you have now and don't want to learn a completely different tuning, you can do a A6 tuning which will be the same grips you are used to now but with a lower voicing. If you want to try something new, Dobro tuning; GBDGBD is a very good, easy to play tuning and there are a ton of lessons on on Lessons with Troy you can learn from.

Good luck and have fun.
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Neville Robinson

 

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Post  Posted 11 Jan 2023 4:30 pm    
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Thank you. I will look In to those tunings.
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