Jack Richards 6 string tuning

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Tim Toberer
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Jack Richards 6 string tuning

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I just learned about this guy yesterday and I can't stop listening. His tuning is explained in the comments about the video. I really love how he has combined the pedal steel and non pedal to get the best of both worlds. His chord melody playing is some of the best I have ever heard. His six string tuning would be the same as Tom Morrell's top 6 only an octave lower. Great minds think alike!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6qRNjIGDnc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOZP2-ajglw
If you want more info this thread has a link in it
viewtopic.php?p=2906690&sid=7f4d20f9ac1 ... 450c4f1642

just looking at his tuning some more and I think I had some insight. If you combine the 6 string non pedal and the top 5 of his pedal neck you get an 11 string tuning like this
(low to high) G#-B-C#-E-F#-G#-B-C#-E-F#-G#

Morrell's E13 E-D-E-F#-G#-B-C#-E-F#-G# Jack had D on a pedal change

Julian Tharpe E6/9 (strings 11-1 ) E-G#-B-C#-E-G#-B-E-G#-Eb-F# Julian had a High F#-G# on pedal 9 and a High B-C# pedals 4 and 7 And the Middle E-F# on a vertical knee lever
And Buddy Emmons 1975

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Great stuff.

Here’s the tuning info,
Jack's chordal melodies are played on his 10 string pedal steel, while he solos on an attached 6 string lap steel tuned (high to low) G# F# E C# B G# tuned an octave lower than the top 6 strings of his pedal steel which is tuned (high to low) G# F# E C# B G# E C# E A (the low A is below the 6th string of a Spanish guitar).
Current Tunings:
DADF#AD
fDADF#AD

https://papadafoe.com/lap-steel-tuning-database
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