Translated from Hz to cents for modern tuners (1 Hz = 4 cents)
| E9th | ||||||||
| A B C are floor pedals. D E F G and X are knee levers.
Tune all open strings first, then pedals A B C, then levers D E F G and X. |
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| Open | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | X |
| F# +6 | G +6 | |||||||
| D# -4 | D -4 C# -6 |
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| G# -4 | A +4 | |||||||
| E +10 | F# -2 | D# +2 | F -18 | |||||
| B +8 | C# -6 | C# -6 | A# +10 | |||||
| G# -4 | A +4 | |||||||
| F# +6 | G +6 | |||||||
| E +10 | D# +2 | F -18 | ||||||
| D +6 | ||||||||
| B +8 | C# -6 | A# +10 | ||||||
| C6th | ||||||
| Open | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | K |
| D -6 | ||||||
| E -4 | F +8 | |||||
| C +10 | D +8 | B +2 | ||||
| A -6 | B -10 | B -10 | ||||
| G +8 | F# -14 | |||||
| E -4 | D# +10 | |||||
| C +10 | C# -18 | |||||
| A -6 | B -10 | |||||
| F +6 | F# -14 | E -6 | ||||
| C -6 | D -14 | A -18 | ||||
| E9th/B6th | |||||||||||
| A B C 4 5 6 and 7 are floor pedals. D E F and X are knee levers.Tune all open strings first, then pedals A B C, then levers D E F and X, then pedals 4 5 6 and 7 with the D lever engaged. | |||||||||||
| Open | A | B | C | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | D | E | F | X |
| F# +6 | |||||||||||
| D# -4 | C# -6 | D -4 | |||||||||
| G# -4 | A +4 | ||||||||||
| E +10 | F# -2 | E +8 | D# +2 | F -18 | |||||||
| B +8 | C# -6 | C# -6 | C# +8 | A# +2 | |||||||
| G# -4 | A +4 | A# -10 | |||||||||
| F# +6 | F -14 | ||||||||||
| E +10 | D +10 | D# +2 | F -18 | ||||||||
| B +8 | C# -6 | C -18 | D +6 | ||||||||
| G# -4 | A +4 | ||||||||||
| E +10 | D# -6 | F -14 | F -18 | ||||||||
| B +8 | G# -18 | C# -14 | |||||||||
I would like to see Cowboy Eddie Longs copedant. Thanks
See https://bb.steelguitarforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=300921
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b0b: I wonder why Jeff apparently wanted the E’s tuned 10 cents sharp on the E9th. tuning? Was he counting on most guitars to have a 10 cent cabinet drop? It will probably sound just fine, but I’m just curious as to what his thinking was based on. Thanks, Tommy…….
Cabinet drop was part of the reason, I’m sure. Almost everyone tunes their E strings sharp.
I always tune my E9th neck sharp. When I tune to 440, I have to play flat in order play with be in tune with a band. I believe that this has to due with the tuner being equal tempered. Why this is, I haven’t as yet figured out.
Paul Franklin mentioned that Jeff copied the tunings from every ones guitars when they took their breaks when jamming at his house and came up with a norm
Hi B0b,
Should lever E in Jeff’s E9/B6 universal tuning not lower the 2nd string to D? It looks like a typo. The C# is already on lever D. Also, my Zum S-12U (that I bought from Jeff) lowers D# to D with lever E. Contrary to the above copedent my Zum has the Day setup. Lever D is my RKR, lever F is my KRL, lever X my vertical and lever E my LKL.
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He probably had a half-stop on it, tuned to D (-4 cents). It wasn’t on his Hz chart, though, so I didn’t include it. The C# on the E lower lever is there to act like the D string on C6th, when in “B6th mode”.